Southern Alberta News
Locals get Olympic send-off
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Sport Council celebrated 11 athletes, officials, coaches, and mission staff with a Lethbridge connection who will represent Canada at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games with a media send-off Monday. During a small ceremony on Monday morning at Legacy Park, Susan Eymann, executive director of Lethbridge Sport Council, recognized the group who will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Train station AHS services moving to Melcor Centre
By Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2024
All Alberta Heath Services teams and programs working at the train station location will be moving to the Melcor Centre on July 22, pending the completion of renovations. AHS says the move will consolidate all public health programs in her one location, “providing clients with convenient access to multidisciplinary healthcare teams and resources.” The last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man not criminally responsible for gas bar robbery
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who robbed a gas bar last year was spared a jail sentence after being found not criminally responsible. Stephen Rene Geworsky pleaded guilty recently in Lethbridge court of justice to one count of robbery, and while he was earlier determined by the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre to be fit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oncologist wait times worsening, says Alberta Medical Association
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Wait times for oncologists in Alberta are unsafe and worsening. That’s the message being made Friday by Dr. Paul Parks, president of the Alberta Medical Association. Parks said in a release that oncologists deliver life-saving procedures seven days a week at all hours of day but their work is being hindered by shortages ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council facing light agenda for upcoming meeting
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A light agenda on Tuesday will see city council consider a request from its Governance Standing Policy Committee to accept mayor Blaine Hyggen and councillor Jenn Schmidt-Rempel as its representatives on Team Lethbridge. Consisting of representatives from various local organizations, Team Lethbridge is an advocacy and government relations effort in which meetings are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Latin Fest comes to Galt Gardens today
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Ethnic Association is bringing their ninth annual Latin Fest back to Galt Gardens today after hosting it at the Multicultural Centre for the last few years. Anastasia Sereda, executive director told the Herald during a phone interview on they are very excited to bring the festival back to the park, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New exhibits opening at SAAG
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Art Gallery summer exhibitions open today with three new exhibitions and a new Shop at SAAG feature artist. Adam Whitford, associate curator and exhibitions manager spoke to media about the upcoming exhibits Friday and said everyone at SAAG was very excited for their summer shows. “In our lower gallery we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP Musical Ride facing challenges ahead
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com Hooves marching in formation, officers in Red Serge atop horses as they perform intricate drills in front of awed audiences, this is the tradition of the famous RCMP Musical Ride. The North-West Mounted Police, the predecessor to the RCMP, began serving western Canadians in 1873, with the very first Musical Ride happening three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U of L nursing students gain first-hand experience helping unhoused
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2024
University of Lethbridge nursing students got first-hand experience helping the unhoused population through a partnership with the Lethbridge Wellness Shelter and Stabilization Unit. Chloe Crosschild, assistant professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences in the nursing department, says the faculty saw the benefit for the students to see things in a different perspective. “We saw ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteers desperately needed in community
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Volunteers are an important part of the community and for many organizations they are the force that helps them get through every day which makes the need for helping hands dire at the moment. Last week multiple organizations gathered at the Galt Museum and Archives in hopes of recruiting volunteers for their various ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge man volunteering to create a more colourful, vibrant city
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com Cities are often considered to have rather bland colour palettes, but one local man says this simply doesn’t have to be the case. Timothy Robinson is in his second year of volunteering his time and money to help turn Lethbridge’s “boring” green spaces into a more colourful and visually diverse ecosystem. He says ... Read More »
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