Lethbridge news

• Final stages of water infrastructure project to close intersection in Lethbridge starting Monday

  11-08-2024 23:36
  
  The final stage of a water infrastructure project in Lethbridge will kick off Monday morning, closing the intersection of 11 Street South and Sixth Avenue South. Work to replace an aging watermain along 11 Street South started in late May, with installation now complete to the north side of Sixth Avenue. Paving between Fourth Avenue South and Fifth Avenue South is expected to be completed this week. North access to the old courthouse has been reopened to facilitate events at the Yates Memorial a
  
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• Cavalry FC knock off Halifax 3-2 to move up to third place

  11-08-2024 23:16
  
  Cavalry FC are staging a late season rally that continued Saturday, as they defeated Halifax Wanderers FC 3-2 in a game played at ATCO Field. Daan Klomp headed the ball into the net in the 66th minute of play, extending the Cavalry lead to 3-1. That provided a much-needed margin when Dan Nimick scored four minutes later from the penalty spot to make it a one-goal match. A Klomp header off a curling cross from the corner by Ali Musse opened the scoring in the ninth minute before Tiago Coimbra tie
  
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• Calgary’s French-speaking communities celebrate at Franco Festival in Olympic Plaza

  11-08-2024 21:57
  
  A festival that partied in more than one official language took place this weekend in Olympic Plaza, when Franco Festival took place. The event, which took place Friday and Saturday, featured a wide array of multicultural communities, showcasing each through performance, artwork, and cuisine, said Franco Festival community liaison Marie Anich. “We have ethnocultural cuisines, we have ethnicity catering offering various foods, we have African cuisine, very tasty puff puff, and we have crepe
  
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• Bones creator Hart Hanson creates a new kind of private investigator with The Seminarian

  11-08-2024 19:46
  
  For his new novel, The Seminarian, Hart Hanson started with a character rather than an incident. The former executive producer of the TV series Bones wanted to create a different kind of L.A. private investigator, which is easier said than done, considering the tradition dates back to Phillip Marlowe in the 40s all the way to Michael Connelly's Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and a couple dozen others in between – but Hanson understood that what draws readers into a crime novel is the exploration
  
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• Hail storm cleanup event underway to help residents dispose of debris from last week’s storm

  11-08-2024 17:46
  
  After hail wreaked havoc for some Calgary residents last Monday, a cleanup event is underway. The event is underway at 60th Street and Skyview Circle. People can drop off debris and junk caused by the storm for free. Last Monday hail and heavy rain pelted the Calgary area Monday night, causing widespread damage to houses and cars. The storm ripped across Calgary, bringing hail to the northern part of the city. The event is being put on by Ward 5 Councillor Raj Dhaliwal.
  
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• Hiker in distress transported to hospital in Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance

  11-08-2024 16:35
  
  A woman hiking in Kananaskis Country was transported to Foothills hospital Saturday by STARS Air Ambulance. A STARS spokesperson confirmed that they were dispatched around 3:30 p.m. when a female hiker triggered a distress signal. CTV has reached out to EMS for details of the patient’s injuries and will update as more information becomes available.STAR-1 (Calgary) has been dispatched for a scene call emergency in the Kananaskis, AB area — STARS (@STARSambulance) August 10, 2024
  
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• 'When it's just you': One-woman shows flourish at Edmonton fringe festival

  11-08-2024 16:09
  
  Artists and shows at the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival this year are as varied and eclectic as ever, though attendees may notice a plethora of one-woman productions. Edmonton playwright Madi May and her modern adaptation of Fantomina, a nearly 300-year-old novella by English writer Eliza Haywood, is one of at least 20 one-woman productions on the festival's bill. In both versions of Fantomina, a woman repeatedly disguises herself in order to dupe a man into believ
  
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• Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling

  11-08-2024 15:05
  
  In French, there are no goodbyes. Instead, Olympic crowds from Paris to the surfing venue in Tahiti  were saying "au revoir" -- see you again -- as the 2024 Games drew to a close Sunday. After the 100-year wait since Paris' last Games, no one can say when France's capital and the Olympics will next embrace. But this much is certain: They're both emerging changed -- in some ways for the better -- from their summer romance. Paris' third Games -- it also hosted in 1900 -- have been filled with
  
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• Jasper re-entry details to be shared with residents Monday

  11-08-2024 05:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mayor Richard Ireland said that exact details for times and dates haven't been finalized just yet, but that information will be shared Monday by members of the unified command. 
  
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• Celebrity ambassadors help Calgary Polo Club raise funds for domestic abuse survivors

  11-08-2024 00:11
  
  The Calgary Polo Club hosted a unique polo event Saturday that raised funds and awareness for survivors of domestic abuse. The proceeds of the day went directly to support Hope’s Cradle and a scholarship program that provides trade school funding for survivors of domestic abuse. A trio of celebrity ambassadors – Disney star Olivia Stuck, Heartland’s Michelle Morgan and social media fitness model and actress Pamela Noble were on hand to cheer for Gems for Gems, an organization f
  
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