Southern Alberta News
Food banks see rise in use with donations still needed
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 4th, 2024
With the Christmas season over and a new year underway, city food banks are still in great need of donations with the more families feeling a financial pinch in their pocketbooks. The Christmas Hope campaign – a partnership of food banks and other local organizations, was able to help over 9,500 community members, 33,64 of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pot shop owner dreaming bigger
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 4th, 2024
Edward Pan says he’s in the business of selling happiness. Owner of Twenty Four Karats cannabis store on Mayor Magrath and 5 Ave S, he was the first to be interviewed in Alberta for a cannabis licence and if he has it his way, he’ll be the last one standing. While Twenty Four Karats isn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City man with disability developing sports podcast
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Mitch Lawson of the Southern Alberta Community Living Association sees huge potential in a young man with a dream of growing a locally based sports podcast into a huge success. Ryan O’Donnell, who was diagnosed in his teens as being on the autistic spectrum while attending Catholic Central High School, is working to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gravestone QR code provides link to a lost life
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 3rd, 2024
A QR code has been etched onto a headstone for the first time in Lethbridge. The initiative was a collaboration between Cornerstone Funeral Home and Lethbridge Monumental to memorialize the life of a young woman from Coaldale. The family of 18-year-old Bethany Vander Beek, who died following a vehicle collision near Highway 25 in February ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New president wants community to play role in University of Lethbridge
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Digvir Jayas wants Lethbridge residents to feel they are part of the University of Lethbridge community. The seventh president and vice-chancellor of the university was formally installed into his new position last fall. His arrival on campus was, as the university has stated, representative of a year of change “that saw a significant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tourism Lethbridge committees helping with strategies
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 30th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com 2023 was filled with highlights for Tourism Lethbridge, says CEO Erin Crane, especially the outcomes from four advisory committees which have helped streamline that organization and highlight priorities the organization took on during 2023. Crane says the four advisory committees for sporting events, business events, attraction and Indigenous tourism, were formed in 2022 ... Read More »
3 responsesPolice on the lookout for impaired drivers this weekend
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 30th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com You can run but you can’t expect to hide if driving while impaired on New Year’s Eve. With one last weekend of merry-making before January arrives, many southern Albertans may be in the party mood. But they can expect to be caught if they get behind the wheel of their vehicles while impaired ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year-In-Review: Top stories from October – December
By Lethbridge Herald on December 30th, 2023
As we all prepare to turn our calendars to the new year we take time to reflect back on 2023 and examine all the highs and lows, ups and downs and leading stories that graced the pages of The Lethbridge Herald. This is the last of a four-part series. OCTOBER The Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Society held ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Magrath man dead in collision with semi
By Lethbridge Herald on December 29th, 2023
A 78-year-old Magrath man died Wednesday night when the sport utility vehicle he was driving struck a semi-trailer from behind on Highway 3 at the intersection of Highway 509. The semi driver was uninjured. Coaldale RCMP said the initial investigation shows the semi was slowing and making a left turn when it was struck from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year-In-Review: Top stories from July – September
By Lethbridge Herald on December 29th, 2023
As we all prepare to turn our calendars to the new year we take time to reflect back on 2023 and examine all the highs and lows, ups and downs and leading stories that graced the pages of The Lethbridge Herald. This is the third of a four-part series. JULY Piikani Elder Harley Crowshoe has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Organ donations on the rise in Canada
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 29th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Canadian Institute for Health Information, an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing essential health information to all Canadians, says new data shows organ donations and transplantations across Canada are on the rise. “The exciting trends that we saw in data from 2022 at a national level is that Canada’s organ donation and ... Read More »
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