Kevin’s Stories and Columns

With the centennial anniversary of the High Level Bridge coming up in June, many organizations and groups have some great events in the works over the next several months to celebrate what makes Lethbridge the ‘bridge city’.

One of Lethbridge’s longest running businesses, de Jourdan’s Photographic, is moving out of its historic location after nearly nine decades to the newly renovated former Paramount Theatres building.

18 singers, drummers, and dancers from Soweto, South Africa are bringing their unique performance, titled ‘Memeza Africa’ to Lethbridge. The show features African and Canadian music combined with traditional African rhythms and dance.

Fort Whoop Up has been renovating their different exhibits since 2005, and should be finished this summer. Nearly $300,000 in donations and grants has allowed the Fort to complete some of the biggest changes in it’s history.

Julia Ewing is 93 years old, but you’d never know it unless you asked her, since she has such a positive and energetic attitude towards life, and her numerous contributions to Lethbridge recently earned her the Alberta Senior Citizens Housing Association (ASCHA) Resident of the Year award.