Southern Alberta News
Riana has her sights set on Miss Universe
By Sam Leishman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 4th, 2025
The Miss Universe Canada pageant is much more than skin deep for Riana Maerz. The 23-year old from the Crowsnest Pass has been selected to represent Alberta in the competition this coming August in Windsor, Ontario. Contestants are not only judged on their personal fashion, including an evening gown and a swimsuit, but also upon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donation to polytechnic awards a win-win for school and auto dealers
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 3rd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Polytechnic has received a large funding contribution from the Lethbridge Auto Dealers Association (LADA) that is being matched by the Board of Governors Matching Endowment initiative toward student awards. LADA’s donation of $113,600 is being matched to a total of $213,600, which will benefit an existing endowment created by the association in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP caucus takes issue with endorsement of local candidate
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 3rd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The UCP caucus is claiming that the support of federal Liberal candidate Chris Spearman by former Lethbridge West MLA for Shannon Phillips confirms what it calls a deep NDP-Liberal alliance. Spearman, who is campaigning to be elected as the next member of parliament for the Lethbridge riding, says that Phillips is a personal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Skretting earns Catholic education award by living his faith
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division recently announced that Aaron Skretting, director of Religious Education, has been named the Excellence in Catholic Education Award recipient. Chantel Axani, Superintendent for Holy Spirit Catholic Schools says the award is a very prestigious award, that the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta (CCSSA) awards for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Working class, helping vulnerable are key issues for NDP candidate
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With the federal election only a few weeks away, New Democratic Party candidate Nathan Svoboda says his “boots on the ground” approach to life in Lethbridge sets him apart from his fellow candidates. “When it comes to my volunteering with Streets Alive, the Soup Kitchen, the Sage Clan, I have always been a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police enforcement project highlights pedestrian safety
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge police have wrapped up a month-long pedestrian safety traffic enforcement project that saw officers engage with nearly 300 parents and students, issue 16 tickets, and deliver numerous verbal and written warnings. Sgt. Daniel Lomness of the Lethbridge Police Traffic Response Unit, says pedestrian safety is the responsibility of both drivers and pedestrians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ag ministry official says lessons learned in feeder receivership
By Kristine Jean SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com on April 2nd, 2025
Controversy is still brewing over the collapse of the Picture Butte Feeder Cooperative (PBFC), but a government official says resolution is coming. John Conrad, assistant deputy minister for the primary agriculture division of Agriculture and Irrigation, was at a town hall meeting Tuesday in Lethbridge for PBFC members. The closed-door meeting was hosted by receiver-manager ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City residents have options for getting rid of old batteries
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com It’s a dilemma faced by Canadians and people around the world on a daily basis — what do you do with your dead batteries. Do you sneak them into a garbage container knowing full well you’re contributing to pollution? Or do you hoard them in a drawer because you don’t know what other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buffalo harvest experience of a lifetime
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 27th, 2025
For time immemorial Blackfoot people relied on buffalo (bison) for all of their basic needs and to this day the buffalo continue to be a centre piece in Blackfoot culture. Tim Bruised Head, from the Kainai Nation, hosts buffalo harvests for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to better understand Blackfoot culture. He hosted his 38th ... Read More »
1 responseReport highlights loss of health care workers
By Sam Leishman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 27th, 2025
The provincial government is not incompetent; it is making clear choices to prioritize private health care to the detriment of Albertans, according to a new report released by Friends of Medicare this week. Access Denied: How the Changing Accessibility of Health Care Services in Alberta Impacts Equity takes a closer look at how dwindling capacity ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province seeks feedback on food safety
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 27th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta government is seeking public feedback on efforts to shape the future of food safety in the province. After a 2003 E. coli outbreak at Calgary child care facilities, the government established an external review panel to identifying ways of strengthening food safety legislation and inspection process in kitchens that service licenced child-care ... Read More »
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