Southern Alberta News
Bird count seeing increase in numbers of some species
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on December 17th, 2024
The 125th installment of the Christmas Bird Count is being celebrated in North America this year, and records show Lethbridge has participated since 1983. CBCs are conducted between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5 within the same 24-kilometre wide diameter circle every year. “There’s certainly (an) upward trend of a lot of birds like mallards, Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sock Mountain program a success
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Various organizations gathered at Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre this week to visit their annual Sock Mountain and take what they needed for their clients. After collecting socks for the last month though Sock It To ‘Em with the help of schools and by donations dropped off at the centre, Nord-Bridge opened its doors Thursday ... Read More »
1 responseCookie campaign success boosts Green Shirt Day
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Holiday Smile cookie campaign will be putting grins on a lot of faces. The week-long campaign that ran from Nov. 18-24 raised $37,827.92. Half of that money will go to support Tim Hortons Foundations Camps while the other half is going to support Green Shirt Day, the Logan Boulet Endowment Fund at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downtown task force members support move to an administrative committee
By Toyin Obatusin - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2024
Downtown Lawlessness Reduction Task Force Committee members met at City Hall on Thursday morning and discussed a Governance Standing Policy Committee recommendation to have it disbanded. In attendance were city council members, Downtown BRZ members, a representative of The Lethbridge Police Service, a representative of The Lethbridge Fire and EMS Service, The Director of Community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SACPA hears talk on the state of education
By Toyin Obatusin - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2024
Teachers Kevin McBeath of Winston Churchill High School, Danielle Gareau of Lethbridge Collegiate Institute (LCI), and Derek Resler of Wilson Middle School, spoke at Thursday’s session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs on how to get public education on track. Alberta spends the least on public education out of any other province in ... Read More »
2 responsesPostal strike creating hardship for Birds of Prey Foundation
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Canada Post strike is taking a significant financial toll on the Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation in Coaldale. Typically, 75 per cent of the Foundation’s annual donations arrive by mail between late November and Dec. 31. But with more than half of the critical Christmas donation period already over, contributions have plummeted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council approves three OBMs
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council on Tuesday passed three official business motions. A motion put forward by Acting Mayor Jeff Carlson regarding the Pay As You Go plan for Utility-funded projects passed unanimously. His motion called on council to “direct Administration to draft a policy to implement a Pay As You Go program to fund utility-supported ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire marshal urges caution during the holidays
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With Holiday celebrations just around the corner where families get together to cook, eat and enjoy each other’s company, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services is reminding residents to stay alert. Troy Hicks, Chief Fire Marshal with LFES told reporters Thursday that during this time of the year it is common for them to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council approves second phase of land use bylaw renewal project
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council on Thursday morning continued their meeting which started Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. and lasted until nearly midnight that day. Council pulled three items from the consent agenda to deal with separately and passed the rest in one motion. Among those pulled from the agenda was the Land Use Bylaw Phase ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Curtain rises on ‘Matilda’
By Toyin Obatusin - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 13th, 2024
Winston Churchill High School drama students gave a preview to media Wednesday at University Theatre of their production of the Roald Dahl classic “Matilda, The Musical”, based on music by Tom Minchin and the book by Dennis Kelly. Students presented a matinee the same day of the preview, prior to the opening of the show ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City man creates doc on Indigenous music scene
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 12th, 2024
An Indigenous Lethbridge man has created a documentary on the Indigenous perspective on the music scene. Jerry Morrison is the lead creative on the documentary Kitsi’nooki, which translates from Blackfoot to you see me. The documentary was funded by Telus Storyhive Indigenous storytellers 2.0. Music has been part of Morrison’s live for a long time. ... Read More »
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