Steffanie Costigan – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge is getting $1 million from the provincial government to fund about 50 temporary winter shelter spaces. Provincial Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services Jason Nixon said Tuesday the government’s priority is to keep the most vulnerable people safe during the winter season
Read More »Steffanie Costigan – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge is getting $1 million from the provincial government to fund about 50 temporary winter shelter spaces. Provincial Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services Jason Nixon said Tuesday the government’s priority is to keep the most vulnerable people safe during the winter season ... Read More »
3 hours agoTheodora MacLeod – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter What do the Suez Crisis, troubles in Ireland, Indo-Pakistani conflict and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have in common? Borders. These examples, like many international conflicts throughout history, were and are– at their core– about national land ownership and territory rights, upheld by invisible, manmade boundaries. For more ... Read More »
3 hours agoMore than 130 handmade artisans packed a hall in the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre on Saturday for the Lethbridge Handmade Market’s annual Holi-Yay. Thousands of people came to do anything from checking boxes off on their Christmas list with some shopping to listen to live music and browse all the booths. The Laula Handmade ... Read More »
22 hours agoBy Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team are riding a six game winning streak into the semester break and know there is plenty of work to be done through constant improvements. The two latest wins came over the Mount Royal University Cougars on home court over the weekend. “I ... Read More »
3 hours agoBy Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team are riding a six game winning streak into the semester break and know there is plenty of work to be done through constant improvements. The two latest wins came over the Mount Royal University Cougars on home court over the weekend. “I ... Read More »
3 hours agoBy Justin Seward Lehtbridge Herald Lethbridge Hurricanes players made a visit to Chinook Regional Hospital to deliver teddy bears to the Pediatric ward from the 27th annual Toque and Teddy Toss on Tuesday afternoon. The lucky recipient of the some of the bear delivery was three-year-old Knox Marshall, who got to mingle with Canes captain ... Read More »
3 hours agoFROM THE HILL Rachael Thomas – Conservative Member of Parliament for Lethbridge Imagine you are making a big purchase and have hired a lawyer to negotiate the terms for you. You make your expectations known and your lawyer promises he can get everything you have requested. As part of the process, your lawyer goes into ... Read More »
4 days agoJason Schilling ALBERTA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Alberta’s students deserve the best. Unfortunately, our ability to attract and retain teachers to work in public schools is being eroded. Dedicated teachers are exiting the province and exiting the profession because of how untenable working conditions have become. With an influx of new students into classrooms in recent years, ... Read More »
7 days agoAT THE LEGISLATURE Shannon Phillips – NDP MLA for Lethbridge West For those of us with long memories of Alberta politics there was a certain irony to this week’s revelations of sole-sourced contracts to government insiders and friends. In fact, the irony was louder than a freight train’s horn as the list of contracts ... Read More »
2 weeks agoEditor: Do you remember Trudeau saying that the carbon tax would be revenue-neutral? Gullible citizens believed they would get more than they paid into the scam. Then Trudeau pulled the bait-and-switch just like he did when you were told to register your duck-hunting shotguns and hunting rifles. Wise people saw through that scam and did ... Read More »
4 days agoEditor: Ukraine has now been fighting their own Third World War for nearly two years, but it is not just the tanks, guns and ammunition that are essential to their defence. Technology plays an absolutely crucial role as well. Specifically, Elon Musk’s Starlink (a division of his SpaceX), and Clearview AI have become indispensable. Soon after Russia invaded and immediately targeted essential infrastructure, Musk deployed his Starlink satellite ... Read More »
4 days agoEditor: It was mind-boggling to watch online the entire city council discussion pertaining to the Lethbridge Exhibition requesting funds from the city taxpayers again, on an emergency basis. This latest ask follows the ask from March 17, 2023 for $4.6 million to complete the centre. As I watched the discussion and the variety of reasons ... Read More »
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