March 28th, 2024

Southern Alberta News

Break-and-enter lands woman five months in jail

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 18th, 2023

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 28-year-old woman who tossed a brick through a store window will have to spend a few months behind bars. Billie-Jean Long Time Squirrel pleaded guilty Friday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of break and enter, and was sentenced to five months in jail. Court was told that at about 3:49 ... Read More »

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Play day returns to University of Lethbridge for Family Day

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 18th, 2023

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com After two years of not being able to host an in-person event, Play Day is back at the University of Lethbridge’s 1st Choice Savings Centre for Sport and Wellness on Family Day 2023. Initially launched in 2011 and ran annually on Family Day until 2020, offering virtually in 2021, and having to cancel it ... Read More »

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Lawyer working on bail plan for woman charged in baby’s assault

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman & Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 18th, 2023

The mother of the now nine-week-old baby girl who was assaulted had her matter adjourned once again and remains in custody at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre. Last month Lethbridge Police charged a father and mother in connection with the assault and sexual assault of their then six-week-old daughter. During a brief hearing Friday in Lethbridge ... Read More »

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Neudorf sees common ground between agriculture and infrastructure and

By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023

Farming Smarter, a local research foundation, held its 2023 conference and trade show at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge Wednesday and Thursday. The event featured information sessions and talks from the Farming Smarter agronomists, as well as guest speakers from universities and the ag industry. Nathan Neudorf, Alberta’s minister of infrastructure and deputy premier, addressed ... Read More »

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Government house leader discusses upcoming budget in SACPA talk

By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023

The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed Joseph Schow, UCP MLA for Cardston-Siksika and Government House Leader, to its Thursday session at the Lethbridge Senior Citizen’s Organization. Speaking on the topic of ‘The Fiscal Outlook for 2023, and a Recap of Years Past’, Schow gave audience members insight on the provincial budget and what ... Read More »

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Frank Slide a rockin’ attraction for visitors

By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023

As many Albertans looked for local locations to spend their holidays during the COVID-19 pandemic, one attraction benefitted in an unexpected way. The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre saw an increase in the total number of visitors during the COVID era as locals flocked to the site. This trend continued this year with attendance continuing to ... Read More »

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Rifle theft and sale lands man in federal prison

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The word on the street is, if you need a weapon or firearm, just drive by the city’s emergency shelter on the northside and ask for one. That’s how Dillon Freed Knife sold a semi-automatic rifle he had stolen from a residential garage nearly a year ago. At about 5:15 a.m. on April ... Read More »

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Jail time for man who fled police traffic stop

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 26-year-old man who fled from police when they attempted to conduct a traffic stop last fall, has been sentenced to six months in jail. Quinn Mitchell Pozzo was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to one count of flight from a peace officer. Court was told that at ... Read More »

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YWCA campaign brings awareness to violence against women

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Students from Father Leonard Van Tighem School in partnership with YWCA Lethbridge and District, took part on the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters’ Love a Shelter campaign on Valentines’s Day. External relations director of the YWCA Lethbridge and District, Cat Champagne said the campaign is a Valentine’s Day campaign that the ACWS created ... Read More »

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Nomination deadline approaching for Black Excellence Award Gala

By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 16th, 2023

The Black Students Association and the Southern Alberta Ethnic Association will be hosting a Black Excellence Award Gala on March 4 at the Multicultural Association. “The Black Excellence Awards Gala is actually an initiative that was started by the University of Lethbridge Black Student’s Association. And they’re collaborating with us. And we are hosting the ... Read More »

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