Southern Alberta News
Cormican part of a Canadian first for innovative immunotherapy treatment
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 28th, 2023
The day Michael Cormican made Canadian medical history, the city of Lethbridge was in the midst of a heatwave – 37 degrees and the highest temperature on record for July 24 in over 100 years. When Cormican, a retired community nurse and mental health trailblazer, was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) in February of 2022, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City man takes flight of a lifetime in an airplane his father piloted
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 28th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Nearly 70 years ago, Kendall Gibson’s dad Gordon flew a Harvard trainer while serving as a flight instructor at CFB Penhold in central Alberta. On Wednesday, Gibson had the flight of a lifetime by taking a seat in the exact same plane his father flew. Gibson took a back seat in a Harvard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business owners say they are being hit hard by downtown crime
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 28th, 2023
Street violence in Lethbridge is at its highest peak in years, says a city businessman. And had Dwayne Gurr, president of London Road Market, known how bad it would get, he might have opened his business somewhere else. “I’ve been here since 1973, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Gurr says. “If I had known ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cocaine smuggling cases back in court
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on July 28th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 26-year-old Calgary man accused of trying to smuggle more than $5 million worth of cocaine into Alberta late last year, may finally be ready to move ahead with his case when he returns to court next month. Margaret Morse, student-at-law with the Hadford Defence Group in Lethbridge, said Thursday in Lethbridge court ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Technology upgrades coming to Lethbridge city council chambers
By Lethbridge Herald on July 28th, 2023
When Lethbridge City Council meetings start again in September, in-person viewers and those watching online will see and hear some differences. Starting this week and set to be completed before the first meeting back in mid-September, several technological upgrades will be taking place in the chamber, says the City. The infrastructure additions will include: • ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man gets jail time for stealing truck, shopbreaking
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Ontario man who has a criminal record relating to offences he committed in that province, is racking a number of criminal convictions in Alberta, as well. Travis Robert Taylor was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge court of justice to six months in jail after pleading guilty to charges of theft of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whoop-Up Days adds wrestling to the fun
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
Whoop-Up Days will have a new addition as far as entertainment goes this year. The Lethbridge and District Exhibition recently announced that southern Alberta’s Pure Power Wrestling will be coming to Whoop-Up Days for the first time on Aug. 25 to host PPW Hot Summer Night. “We are incredibly excited,” said Sydney Steele, a former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council approves federal grant to address gun and gang violence
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council Tuesday unanimously approved new federal funding to develop prevention and intervention strategies to address gun and gang activities here. The City has secured limited funding from the Building Safer Communities Fund of Public Safety Canada. Council was asked to accept funding of $665,618.10 in the fiscal year 2023-24 ending March ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexican band brings multicultural sounds to southern Alberta
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Fort MacLeod’s South Country Fair attendees had the opportunity last weekend to listen to the multiculturally influenced music from a Mexican band that has been touring Canada this summer. The band BuenRostro came from the south end of Mexico City, in the borough of Milpa Alta, bringing to southern Alberta a mixture of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City expanding Fee Assistance Program in Aug.
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge fee assistance program is expanding Aug. 1 to incorporate the existing Refugee Bus Pass program and options for Access-A Ride. Residents with refugee status can now apply to the FAP to get two-thirds of their transit fares covered. The City says along with other fee assistance participants, refugees will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community Safety SPC hears police commission report
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Community Safety Standing Policy Committee of city council recently heard from chair Dawna Coslovi on the 2022 Lethbridge Police Commission report. The Community Safety SPC consists of council members chair Jenn Schmidt-Rempel, vice-chair Mark Campbell, Acting Mayor Ryan Parker and Nick Paladino. The report was part of the consent agenda passed by ... Read More »
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