Chilling, emotive folk and soul driven by dark music has been playing all over North American venues in the past couple of weeks. Calgary’s Reuben and the Dark performed in front of a packed Southminster United Church this past Saturday which is part of its Arms of a Dream tour. The band featured five multi-instrumentalists…
Downtown Lethbridge Drug Crisis
Seattle has the space needle, Lethbridge has the meth needle says a local downtown Lethbridge business owner. In the past couple of years, the drug crisis has been negatively affecting downtown Lethbridge businesses making it hard for companies to survive. Downtown Lethbridge shops and services have seen a 32 per cent decrease in sales and…
Aquaponics Projects
Lethbridge College Aquaponics Centre of Excellence is one of the leading programs in Canada for not only its research but also the technology within the facility. They are always working on new projects such as, the use of bamboo charcoal to filter water for plants. Zied Khiari, a scientist in Lethbridge College’s aquaponics program says…
Indigenous Celebration Day
The hallways of Lethbridge College were filled with bright colours, music and laughter for the unveiling of a new display on campus. A design, representative of the melding of indigenous culture and the college now resides in the school’s center core, as part of an unveiling on Thursday for Indigenous Celebration Day. According to Marcia Black…
Fun Survives at Creepy Hollow
The Warner Haunted Mansion is open for business just in time for Halloween and new additions to the property are making patrons scream with excitement. Previously known as the Stirling Haunted Mansion, it has been operated by the Reimer family for 15 years. Now named Creepy Hollow, the business moved due to a lack of…
Medical Cannabis and Anxiety Treatment
Marijuana has been implemented to treat chronic anxiety disorders that have been otherwise treated with more traditional methods. This method has been used for two decades as stated by an article released by the Government of Canada Entitled Mental Heath-Anxiety Disorders on Jully 22 2009. Anxiety is traditionally treated with a combination of psychotherapy, behavioural…
Lethbridge Foreign Film Festival
Library staff believe appreciating other cultures can start with watching a movie in another language. The Lethbridge Public Library is hosting the seventh annual Foreign Film Festival from Oct. 15 through Oct. 19. The festival is presenting Lethbridge’s first public showings of five acclaimed foreign films that will traverse four different languages. Sheila Braund, an…
Lethbridge College works to support assault victims
Staff and students at Lethbridge College are learning how to unravel the myths and stereotypes of sexual assault and sexual abuse. The First Responder to Sexual Assault and Abuse workshop was held over two days at the college this week. The seminar goes over the values and beliefs that justify and normalize sexual violence in…
Road construction wraps up
Road construction companies are working hard to complete their projects before the end of the season. Tollestrup Construction Incorporated is one of the many companies in Lethbridge making an effort to wrap everything up. Project Manager DJ Harris says the weather is working against them right now and they are doing their best to finish…
Deep With Dean Blog #3
How We Roll Much like my height, my relationship short comings are…well…short. I don’t mean that in a self-demeaning way. I just mean when it comes to my partner’s pet peeves, I am not exactly ideal model of a man material. When I think of all the things I love about my beloved, I must…