Southern Alberta News
U of L hosts Women’s Day leadership conference
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With the theme of Telling Our Stories: Embracing Excellence, the University of Lethbridge hosted the inaugural International Women’s Day Leadership Conference with an array of speakers. The conference was set to foster welcoming spaces of belonging for all voices, as well as share in the possibility and celebration of excellence as women, trans, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspect in hotel fire back in custody
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 30-year-old man who disappeared for several months after he was charged with setting fire to the historic Lethbridge Hotel early last year, is back in custody and facing a new charge of failing to comply with release conditions. The new charge against Michael Randall Big Swan was in Lethbridge court of justice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gilbert Paterson teacher named Edwin Parr nominee
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge School Division has announced this year’s Edwin Parr Award nominee for outstanding first-year teacher was selected from Gilbert Paterson Middle School. In a release shared with media on Wednesday, the division announced Mahaliah Peddle, who recently joined the Gilbert Paterson Middle School at the beginning of the current school year, has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court dismisses appeal of fatal crash convictions
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The Court of Appeal has dismissed a southern Alberta woman’s appeal of her convictions for impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death, stemming from a fatal car collision four years ago. Yvette Bakko was sentenced last March to four years in a federal penitentiary after she was found guilty of both ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP planning new police force to work with existing agencies
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The provincial government introduced legislation Wednesday that could see Alberta have a new independent police force. The Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 would update current policing legislation to create a new organization to work alongside police forces across Alberta. Legislation will also enable the province to create an ankle bracelet monitoring program ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downtown BRZ to ask for budget approval
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Downtown Lethbridge Business Revitalization Zone will be asking the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee today to recommend city council approve its 2024 budget. The committee, which meets at 1:30 p.m. in council chambers, consists of Mayor Blaine Hyggen and all members of council. The BRZ has proposed a five per cent increase ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. artist ready for folk club debut
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Ryan McMahon is no stranger to Lethbridge. The Vancouver Island-based artist is well familiar with the city but when he stood alone on stage last June at the Enmax Centre with acoustic guitar in hand to warm up a crowd eager to see Canadian icon Burton Cummings, he may not have known what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exhibition directed to provide monthly reports to SPC
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an official business motion put forward by council Rajko Dodic calling on the Lethbridge & District Exhibition to provide a monthly reporting of its revenues and expenses starting on April 11 to the Economic and Finance SPC meeting. The reporting would start for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More signatures needed for future council runs
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday gave second and third readings to a bylaw which will increase the number of signatures needed for people running for council and mayor. Council voted by a 6-3 margin on both readings. A year ago on March 7, city council adopted a resolution put forward by councillor Ryan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Businessman gets conditional sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge businessman who was charged with numerous fraud-related offences and was set to stand trial last January before it was cancelled, has pleaded guilty to a fraction of the charges and won’t have to go to jail. Grant Stevenson, 41, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to a single count ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dates set for trial into record drug bust
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 35-year-old man accused in one of the city’s biggest drug busts is headed for trial, but not until next year. Patrick Rodney Jr. is scheduled to stand trial Feb. 3-21, 2025. The trial, which was set Monday in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, is also expected to include three days for a ... Read More »
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