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!Gala to raise funds for local hospice
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 4th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The third annual Frosted Flare Art Benefit and Gala this Saturday will help the Guided Journeys Foundation toward its goal of developing the first stand-alone residential hospice and palliative care centre in southern Alberta. Co-founder and past president Kinga Zentner says the organization, established in 2022, continues to raise funds to purchase land ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Folk musician excited to be back in Alberta
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 4th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He may be in his mid 70s but veteran Americana musician Ray Bonneville isn’t slowing down. The Quebec-born, American-raised Bonneville maintains homes in northern Ontario and Texas has embarked on a three-province tour which brings him to Lethbridge on Saturday where he will perform for a Lethbridge Folk Club audience at the Army, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Planning key to tackling homelessness, says expert
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 4th, 2025
A researcher from York University who published a paper about neurological disorders and mental illnesses among people experiencing homelessness shared his findings to a group of U of L students on Thursday afternoon, after performing extensive research in Thunder Bay. Frederic Fu, a postdoctoral fellow at York University’s School of Health Policy and Management, said ... 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!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!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 »
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