July 6th, 2025

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Sentencing adjourned for man who resisted arrest

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A man who called police from a motel and claimed someone wanted to hurt him, ended up getting arrested for resisting a peace officer. At about 1:40 a.m. on October 2 of last year, Jonathan Lee Wells called police from a room at the Motel 6 on Mayor Magrath Drive South. When asked ... Read More »

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CCH taking walk down yellow brick road

By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 7th, 2024

The Catholic Central High School theatre department is skipping down the yellow brick road in their new production of “The Wizard of Oz” at CCH east campus starting Friday at 7 p.m.. CCH is in its 32nd year of productions at the school. “The Wizard of Oz will run until Saturday, March 16, CCH director ... Read More »

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City launches childcare needs assessment survey

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge has launched a survey to learn the challenges faced by both families and childcare providers here. Available at getinvolvedlethbridge.ca, the survey launched Wednesday and runs until April 2. The City is doing a needs assessments into local childcare there being about a 600-space gap, according to preliminary research done ... Read More »

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Hearing adjourned until summer

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A preliminary hearing scheduled to run this week for a man charged in relation to a human trafficking case has been adjourned to another day. The accused, Fadi Chtewi, was scheduled to have the hearing Monday in Lethbridge court of justice, but the matter did not proceed as expected by request of the ... Read More »

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Annual music and speech arts festival nearing

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival is gearing up to welcome artists from all ages to this year’s festival running from March 11 to the 23rd at various venues across downtown Lethbridge. Festival general manager Jaimee Jarvie says the festival this year will see the return of accordions to its ... Read More »

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NDP’s Ganley wants inquiry into well cleanup liability

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Provincial NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley feels Albertans should know the full scope of cost of cleaning up orphaned and inactive well sites. The MLA for Calgary-Mountain View is also promising that she would if elected premier call for a review and overhaul of the Alberta Energy Regulator. In a phone interview Tuesday, ... Read More »

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Flight from police lands man in jail

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com It wasn’t exactly a high-speed chase, or even a slow one, but a Lethbridge man still refused to stop his vehicle for police, which earned him a brief stint behind bars. Dillon Allen Houghton pleaded guilty earlier this year in Lethbridge court of justice to a single charge of flight from police and ... Read More »

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YWCA to honour women of distinction

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Friday marks International Women’s Day and with it the return of the YWCA Lethbridge and District Women of Distinction Awards ceremony where four women will be recognized this year. YWCA Lethbridge and District CEO Jill Young said she is very excited to once again witness women in the community get recognized during the ... Read More »

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Mom overcomes grief by writing children’s book

By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 6th, 2024

A local woman is sharing her experience of a devastating loss and how she found the silver lining by writing a children’s book. Last summer on July 28 Greg Gaudette a local paramedic/firefighter and his friend Jonah Swen – who was a paramedic and registered nurse in Calgary – died in a hiking tragedy in ... Read More »

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Child porn charges resolved with peace bond

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man caught with child pornography on his computer has resolved his charges by way of a peace bond. Eric John Heitman. who was facing two counts of possession of Child Pornography and one count of accessing child pornography, was placed on the one-year peace bond Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice. ... Read More »

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Man accused of sex assaults could have two trials

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 59-year-old Lethbridge man accused of holding two women against their will and sexually assaulting them, is still waiting to be released on bail. Bernard Alonzo Gibson had been granted bail last month, but only on condition he could secure a bed at the Opportunity Home Treatment Recovery Centre in Drayton Valley. The ... Read More »

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