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SPC to address sidewalk painting request
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Assets and Infrastructure standing policy committee of Lethbridge city council on Thursday will be asked to support an initiative to paint two downtown crosswalks to bring attention to mental health matters. One week in the month of May every year is designated by the Canadian Mental Health Association as Mental Health Week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ganley promises to regulate health care facilities if elected
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley is promising to regulate private care operators if she emerges from the party race victorious and secures a win for her party in the next provincial election. The NDP under her stewardship would invest only in public long-term care, says the MLA for Calgary-Mountain View. Ganley believes residents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Donors can change lives’ says man who gave kidney
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 2nd, 2024
DJ Scott, vice principal at Spring Glen Junior High School in Hill Spring, donated his left kidney to a family friend in need during in May 2021. He has since joined the Kidney Donor Athletes and most recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of 14 KDA members along with a transplant surgeon. “It has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music and speech arts festival a success
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 2nd, 2024
Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival is a competitive art festival which ran from March 11 – 23, this year featuring approximately 2,500 performers from ages five and up. “It was just a really beautiful gathering of arts in the city. And it was an amazing way for all of these students to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Task force receives report on downtown police resources
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Downtown Lawlessness Task Force on Thursday received a report from deputy chief of police Gerald Grobmeier on police services resources. The task force, a sub-committee of the Safety and Social Standing Policy Committee of city council, consists of members mayor Blaine Hyggen, acting mayor John Middleton-Hope, Sarah Amies, Kendal Hachkowski, chair Hunter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Graffiti abatement strategy discussed at task force meeting
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Visitors and business downtown regularly see the work of “artists” who deface buildings with their graffiti. Cleaning up that graffiti is a task that the Downtown Lethbridge Business Revitalization Zone has undertaken and its staff have already taken care of dozens this year. Sarah Amies, executive director of the BRZ and a member ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City accepting applications for clean energy program
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge announced Thursday the Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP) is accepting applications and this time with an increased rebate amount. As a response to the federal government’s Canada Green Homes Grant being eliminated, the City of Lethbridge is increasing the rebate amount for CEIP applicants to $1,350 from $800. Launched ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four charged following drug bust make court appearances
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A man facing several drug-related offences with three other suspects could set a date for trial when his matter returns to court next month. Marty Lee Fransen pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lethbridge court of justice to three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking and one count of possession of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tourism focus of SACPA session
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 30th, 2024
Tourism Lethbridge chief executive officer Erin Crane spoke to the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs Thursday about how important tourism is in Lethbridge and the impact tourism revenue has on creating thousands of jobs. The session ran at noon at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization. “Looking at our tourism, business growth, and our tourism ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Men sentenced for unrelated break-ins
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com One of two men sentenced this week for unrelated break-ins has already served his time, while the other still has nearly three months to spend behind bars. Troy Gordon Wolstenholme, 42, was facing two charges of housebreaking and commit theft in November and December of last year. He pleaded guilty in Lethbridge court ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man hoping for bail in weekend stabbing
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 28th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An 18-year-old man accused of stabbing another man on the weekend remains in custody while he waits for Legal Aid to appoint him a lawyer. Robert Junior Rabbit made a brief appearance Monday in Lethbridge court of justice, where he hoped to have a bail hearing but didn’t have a lawyer to assist ... Read More »
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