The University of Lethbridge Faculty Association is officially on strike. At 11 a.m. Thursday faculty hit the picket line after close to two years of bargaining with the U of L’s Board of Governors. Read More
The annual Care From the Heart Radio-A-Thon is taking place Thursday. The event will raise money for the Chinook Regional Hospital. Throughout the day, local radio stations chat with doctors, nurses, administrators, and donors to Read More
The YWCA Amethyst Project has received a generous donation from Century 21 in Lethbridge. In total, $10,465 will be given to help out victims of sexual assault. The Interim CEO of the YWCA, Tracy James, says this Read More
The pandemic has brought with it large changes on how we access mental health resources in our city. Lethbridge Family Services received a huge donation of funds on Friday to offset some of those issues. Read More
The 2022 STARS Lottery is officially up and running. One of the prizes this year includes a luxury dream home in Lethbridge. Angela Stewart got a special look inside and brings us more on the story Read More
The Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference’s ‘Make Some Noise for Mental Health’ Campaign has officially kicked off. The annual event runs throughout 17 post secondary institutions across Alberta and Saskatchewan including our very own Lethbridge College Read More
Blessing the Children Canada has a goal to make sure all Ethiopian children can break free from poverty and empower their own communities. The group runs two schools in Ethiopia with over 2,000 children attending those Read More
The 2022 Rotary Clubs Agriculture Scholarship program is underway. A number of student applicants have already applied to the program but the Rotary Club says they’d like to see more people apply. This year, Read More
The YWCA Harbour House received two very large donations. The cheques were presented to the organization from Royal LePage’s Royal Gala totaling over $1.1-million over more than two decades. As Micah Quinn explains, staff Read More
The Canadian Yoga Institute is fundraising for a good cause in our community. The Lethbridge yoga institute is raising money for the new Chinook Child and Youth Advocacy Centre. Eighty-five per cent of the funds Read More
The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta worked with local donors to announce a large sum of money for Wood’s Homes today. The $21,000 gift is a Donor Advised Grant that will help tackle Read More
The City of Lethbridge’s Recreation and Culture Fee Assistance Program was approved to help out low-income individuals in our city. Early in the pandemic, the program wasn’t seeing the uptake it was hoping Read More
Today is Giving Tuesday. The day has been touted as a global generosity movement in both Canada and the U.S. As Micah Quinn explains, the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta dished out Read More
A fundraiser for the University of Lethbridge called the Shine campaign, has raised over $100 million. This enormous amount of money was given by donors who want to ensure the university continues on as one of Read More
Lethbridge College will be sending two lucky guests on a trip to beat the heat in January. The college will provide tickets for the two recipients to take a trip to Florida to enjoy a Read More
Blood Tribe members Roger Prairie Chicken, Eugene Fox, and Lori Scout have joined forces with the Band Members Alliance and Advocacy Association of Canada (BMAAAC) asking the federal court to review a $150 million cattle settlement. &Read More
It’s starting to be a common sight when driving around Lethbridge, campaign signs plaguing the streets for the upcoming municipal election. But, before the campaign signs are set out along the street, local printing Read More
The Town of Raymond is going to shine a little brighter thanks the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre’s (MCCAC) Recreation Energy Conservation Program. The Town has partnered with the MCCAC, which is a non-profit Read More
Two Lethbridge residents who are running for a spot on Lethbridge’s City Council this fall want to see a safer city. One of those candidates is Ryan Lepko. Currently working for the Solicitor General Read More
Viterra Inc. has once again partnered with STARS Air Ambulance to sponsor its 2022 fundraising calendar. This is the seventh year Viterra has partnered with STARS to cover the full printing costs of the calendar, a Read More
A handful of infrastructure projects in the City of Lethbridge were announced on Thursday. Healthcare centres, schools, and wastewater treatment plants are some of the Government of Alberta’s top priorities over the next few Read More
A Manitoba man has begun a long and arduous bike trek from Wawanesa, Manitoba, to Lethbridge, Alberta. The bike ride is 1,000 kilometres in total, and as Micah Quinn reports, he’s doing it all for Read More
Nurses and healthcare workers were outside Chinook Regional Hospital on Wednesday holding a ‘Day of Action’ information picket and protesting in solidarity in response to the recent wage cuts announced by the Alberta Government. Read More
On Tuesday, Lethbridge City Council voted 7-1 to approve the management of the Lethbridge Airport as a City of Lethbridge Department. In order to move forward, Lethbridge needs to reach key triggers, which are two Read More
A restaurant that is well known for a stormtrooper versus the Lethbridge Police Service incident is now pleading to the community for help to keep their doors open. Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina is asking the Read More
Extendicare employees working in Albertan aren’t pleased with the latest announcement that 4 per cent of employee wages will be cut by Canada’s largest private home care provider. The cuts come shortly after Alberta Read More
Farmers in southern Alberta received some good news on Thursday. The Alberta Government announced the expansion of the Chin Reservoir east of Lethbridge. For farmers and ranchers in southern Alberta, water and irrigation play Read More
The governments of Alberta and Canada announced they will be providing rent support for $35,500 low-income Alberta households through the Canada-Alberta Housing Benefit. The $444 million investment will allow the governments to provide households with the support, Read More
The Village of Stirling received additional funding for their cenotaph project. The $15,000 presented by the Lethbridge Legion will be used to beautify the monument. The initiative is meant to honour veterans from Stirling. As Micah Read More
The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce has received over $139,000 of federal shop local funding. The new funding will allow the chamber to continue its efforts to encourage the community to support local businesses and organizations. Read More
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