LETHBRIDGE The Southern Alberta Ethnic Association hosted its first festival in over a year and it was a success, according to organizers. The Latin Festival brought food, performers and entertainers from across Central and South America to Lethbridge for the one-day festival. “It s been a super tough year-and-a-half with COVID, and so it s just been really nice to be able to do an event again,” said Jackie French, the festival organizer. COVID-19 restrictions in the province were recently lifted, leaving the group with little time to plan the event. The event still managed to draw hundreds to see the festivities.