Southern Alberta News
Farmer’s market season wraps up at Agri-food Hub
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on October 16th, 2024
Vendors displayed their products one last time on Saturday as the Lethbridge Farmer’s Market wrapped up for another year at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre. “It’s been a great year,” said Paul Kingsmith, the Agri-food Hub’s director of community engagement Kingsmith highlighted the number one reason for it being a great year is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cat beds may just be the purrfect thing for the family felines
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on October 16th, 2024
Cats have the opportunity to have a comfortable, artistic looking bed thanks to one local business. Brad Kronlund is the owner and creator of Custom Cat Cribs and was at the Lethbridge Handmade Market at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre. Kronlund initially started the concept in his parents garage at 15 years old with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Geomagnetic storm responsible for brilliant display of aurora borealis
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 16th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge and area residents were able to witness the colourful and sometimes dynamic aurora borealis last week thanks to a geomagnetic storm. Locke Spencer, associate professor and Canada research chair in the physics and astronomy department at the University of Lethbridge, explained that what we are able to see is the result of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nenshi reacts to provincial announcement on health care
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 16th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Rob Miyashiro, Alberta NDP candidate for Lethbridge West and Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi reacted to Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange’s announcement on Primary Care Alberta Tuesday. “Primary Care Alberta will be the provincial health agency responsible for the oversight, coordination and delivery of some Primary Health care services,” said LaGrange during her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CCH students put Faith In Action for shoe drive
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com What started as a school requirement fulfilment quickly became something three Catholic Central High School students could not get enough of because of the impact it was having on the community. Three CCH Grade 12 students began to fulfill their 40-hour Faith in Action volunteering requirement for their Religion 30 class and graduation ... Read More »
2 responsesExhibit does an ‘Untelling’ of portraits of Indigenous peoples
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Artist Lauren Crazybull is “Untelling” the work of painter Nicholas de Grandmaison with a new exhibit that opened Friday at the University of Lethbridge in the Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery. Blackfoot and Dene artist Crazybull, who now lives in Vancouver is a member of the Kainai First Nation and Alberta’s first ... Read More »
1 responseFriendship centre director says everyone needs hope
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com “Everybody needs hope.” That’s the message Elaine Creighton Fox wants the public to hear. Everybody needs hope. Creighton Fox, director of the Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Centre – the longest standing Indigenous organization in Lethbridge – says Indigenous peoples are still suffering the harm caused previous generations by the residential school system. As she and ... Read More »
1 responseWestJet changes fly with Tourism Lethbridge
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tourism Lethbridge and Lethbridge Airport representatives shared their thoughts on the recent changes to flights frequency in and out of Lethbridge on Thursday after a round table discussion with WestJet representatives. Airport manager Cameron Prince said they are excited to see the change because the reliability of flights is something they have heard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Troy Reeb talks to Polytechnic students about internship
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 5th, 2024
Every year one student in the Digital Communications and Media program at Lethbridge Polytechnic gets a once-in-a-lifetime internship opportunity at Chorus Entertainment headquarters in Toronto and Montreal. Troy Reeb, co-chief executive officer of Chorus entertainment, met with first- and second-year students in the program on Friday morning to not only discuss this opportunity, but also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Coaldale school hosts grand opening
By Cal Braid SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 5th, 2024
Prairie Winds Secondary School in Coaldale on Friday threw wide its doors for its official grand opening. Students, teachers, dignitaries, and guests packed the bleachers and seating area in the gleaming new gymnasium that will get plenty of high-intensity use in the years to come. The school is on the northwest edge of town and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LPS info session helping residents avoid becoming victims of fraud
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 4th, 2024
Scams come in many forms, whether it’s a virus on your computer, a fake lover who needs money to come see you, or even what seems to be a grandchild who needs help to get out of a pickle. The result of all these scams ends the same: the loss of money or personal information. ... Read More »
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