Southern Alberta News
Dragon Boat Festival features cultural learning experience
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 22nd, 2024
The Dragon Boat Festival being held at Henderson Lake this weekend will have a new cultural learning experience at the ATB KidZone. University of Lethbridge graduates, Jerett Sitter who is Chinese, and Henry Heavyshield who is Blackfoot, collaborated to make an interactive project of both visual arts and storytelling. Heavyshield says he really enjoyed collaborating ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 22nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com Visitors flocked to downtown to celebrate and experience traditional Indigenous heritage on National Indigenous Peoples Day. With events spanning across the entire city, Galt Gardens became the hub of entertainment with food, music, games and other activities available to the public. Echo Nowak, Indigenous Relations specialist with the City of Lethbridge, says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hillcrest mine victims to be honoured
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on June 22nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com On June 19, 1914, just two hours after they began their day shift at the Hillcrest mine in the Crowsnest Pas, 189 men – the oldest being 46 – died when a gas explosion ripped through it. The disaster was the worst in Canadian history and it will be commemorated Sunday in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Food banks requesting water this summer
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 21st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com As temperatures can scorch well above 30 degrees in Lethbridge, a multi-organization partnership has formed to try and beat the heat. The Interfaith Foodbank and Lethbridge Foodbank have joined forces with nine other local groups, including the City of Lethbridge, to ensure water is available to those in need. Mac Nichol, the executive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SACPA talk addresses new government bills
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on June 21st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com What are the pros and cons of two pieces of Alberta government legislation that will have an impact on municipalities? That was the focus of Thursday’s presentation of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization. Coaldale mayor Jack Van Rijn gave the SACPA audience an indepth look ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous program graduation celebrates Blackfoot culture
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 21st, 2024
Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society held their year end celebration and graduation ceremony on Wednesday. What started as a daycare in a basement office in 1996 has grown to help Indigenous children age 19 months to 12 years through their various programing. Jocelyn Davis, CEO of Opokaa’sin, says the primary focus is on Blackfoot culture. “Blackfoot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New CEO takes the reins at the Galt Museum and Archives
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 21st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com While working on her undergraduate degree in Vancouver, B.C., Sarah Newstead discovered she loved digging through garbage. With an interest in the past and stories of the past, she wanted to be a historian, but during her undergraduate studies she decided to take an archeology course. “Just on a whim, because I had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Skateboarding and Indigenous communities team up for event
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 21st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With Go Skateboarding Day landing on the same day as National Indigenous People’s Day, Borderline and Analog Books have partnered to celebrate both in one big free event. Ian Gauthier, owner of Borderline skate shop, told the Herald this week that since many skateboarders in Lethbridge are Indigenous, they are bringing both communities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous student earns medal of merit
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 20th, 2024
A Blackfoot student has received a Medal of Merit along with his masters of music degree at the University of Lethbridge. Sonny-Ray Day Rider completed his masters degree this spring. He says it was surreal receiving the distinguished award. “I was nominated by my committee for my thesis work, and I guess my achievements that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Magrath ready for solstice car show
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 20th, 2024
Magrath will be hosting their annual summer solstice classic car show and shine and parade this Saturday. What started in 2020 as a means to bring some light during the pandemic, has grown into a yearly event. Rosemary Minors says her husband’s love for cars is what inspired the event. “My husband has has always ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prayer and smudge lights the way for National Indigenous Peoples Day
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 20th, 2024
The University of Lethbridge hosted a Blackfoot prayer and smudge on Wednesday to celebrate ahead of National Indigenous Peoples Day. The ceremony was followed by a discussion led by Elder-in-Residence Ninnaisipistoo (Owl Chief), Frances First Charger. First Charger spoke about the values by which Indigenous people try to live, and said before the colonization of ... Read More »
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