Southern Alberta News
Adoption of Alberta addictions strategy shows it’s working, says minister
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Premiers of two different parties in two provinces on opposite sides of the country are looking at legislation that would provide involuntary care for people who are at risk of harming themselves or others because of addictions and other issues. For Alberta’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Dan Williams, that shows other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crowsnest Pass taxpayers concerned about debt, spending
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com An organization of Crowsnest Pass taxpayers wants financial accountability from their municipal government. The Crowsnest Taxpayers Association says taxes and community debt are both rising and they want to know why. Association members, in an interview with The Herald last week, expressed concerns about council’s spending on various projects including a Bellevue revitalization ... Read More »
1 responseShadow minister hosts health care town hall in city
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge residents had their voices heard about health care at a town hall staged last night in the Galt Museum by NDP shadow minister for Health Sarah Hoffman and NDP MLA Dr. Luanne Metz, who is chair of the party’s Future of Heath Care Advisory Team. Hoffman, who served for several years as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soup kitchen celebrates 40th anniversary
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Soup Kitchen has been serving meals to those in need for 40 years and they celebrated their milestone with many volunteers, donors, suppliers and staff Tuesday night. Bill Ginther, executive director of the Soup Kitchen, shared with the Herald some of the history and highlights of the last four decades of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Artist-designed utility boxes bring colour to U of L campus
By Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
At the unveiling and celebration of Faculty of Fine Arts alumna Laurel Scott’s artwork in Anderson Hall earlier this year —a large, welcoming 12-metre vinyl-wrapped mural of the southern Alberta landscape — Mark Slomp, Executive Director of Student Services, issued a challenge to the ULethbridge community: bring more art to campus. Discussions were already underway ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP candidate wants a course correction for Lethbridge West
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com United Conservative Party candidate for the vacant Lethbridge West seat in the Alberta legislature John Middleton-Hope says he hopes for a course correction for citizens in that riding. “I am certainly excited to be the candidate. We have a lot of work to do. It is an important course correction for citizens of ... Read More »
1 responseRotarians taking decommissioned emergency vehicles to Mexico
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Rotary clubs from Alberta and Saskatchewan are once again giving a helping hand to needy emergency services in Mexico. A group of 17 Rotarians in seven decommissioned vehicles including four firetrucks and three handi-buses left Lethbridge Sunday morning as dawn broke on a seven-day, 4,100 kilometre trek to Mazatlan. An eighth vehicle was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lottery helps fund valuable trials for cancer patients
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com One of two Albertans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes and 60 are diagnosed each day with the disease. It’s expected that this year 23,000 new cancer cases in total will be diagnosed in Alberta alone. Ryan Kelly of the Alberta Cancer Foundation says while a diagnosis can be devastating “huge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Powwow celebrates culture and well-being
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 1st, 2024
The vivid colours of traditional regalia were accompanied by the strong beat of drums as Indigenous dancer’s athleticism shone at second annual Reconciliation Powwow was held at the Agri-food Hub over the weekend. The annual powwow was hosted by the Honouring Traditions and Reconciliation Society. According to their website, the Honouring Traditions and Reconciliation Society ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Food bank hosts workshop on reconciliation
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 28th, 2024
A workshop exploring how to better understand Truth and Reconciliation was held on Thursday at the Interfaith Food Bank. Cindy Rendall, owner of Untethered Heart Counselling and an instructor at Red Crow College, facilitated the workshop. The workshop was also funded by Reconciliation Lethbridge. In the workshop participants explored the history of racism against Indigenous ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City company gets funding from Canada Space Agency
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge company is one of seven across Canada in its category to receive funding from the Canada Space Agency. Blue Sky Spectroscopy Inc. has been awarded $350,000 to create an “intrinsically calibrated multi-axis laser-based position metrology system suitable for cryogenic and space applications,,” says the agency. It received the funding in the ... Read More »
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