Southern Alberta News
Judge reluctantly accepts joint submission in case of assault against underage girl
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 28th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 26-year-old southern Albertan woman who pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm has been handed a conditional sentence, despite some misgivings by the judge. Judge John Maher hesitantly agreed Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court with a joint submission by the Crown prosecutor and defence lawyer, that he sentence Brittany Hiebert to an 18-month ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP need to reinstate auto insurance cap, says MLA Phillips
By Trevor Busch - Lethbridge Herald on April 28th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com Recent claims from the UCP that auto insurance rates might soon be relaxed don’t align with the government’s own budget projections, says NDP finance critic and Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips. “The UCP’s own budget projections show that over the next three years, your car insurance premiums are expected to increase by 14 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AUPE raises safety concerns regarding Melcor Centre
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta Union of Public Employees says a downtown Lethbridge building is unsafe for workers and visitors. The Melcor Centre has suffered three floods in Government of Alberta Offices this year including one on Sunday caused by problems with overhead pipes, says the union, which claims there have been eight floods in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local Indigenous bead worker gives talk at Galt Museum
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
Kalli Eagle Speaker has been doing bead work for 12 years and spoke about how she acquired knowledge during a talk at the Galt Museum on Sunday afternoon. The talk’s primary focus was on how Eagle Speaker learned how to bead and sew the designs and the colours, as well as how she got involved with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tax rates bylaw passes first reading
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com It’s that time of year again – property taxes will soon be due. City council on Tuesday gave first reading to a bylaw that sets tax rates to be imposed upon property within the city of Lethbridge. Bylaw 6358 also sets the tax rates required to raise requisitions for the Alberta School Foundation, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LFS Immigrant Services prepared to assist displaced persons
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With the probability of an influx of newcomers to Canada arriving in our city due to conflict around the world, Lethbridge Family Services’ Immigrant Services is ready to assist. Director of LFS immigrant services, John Lafferty, said they recently received three Afghan families who arrived in February and are being helped to settle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fabricated pleasure at U of L’s Knitting at Noon
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge welcomed members of the community this week to their Knitting at Noon in the Gallery program offered at the Dr. Margaret Perkins Hess Gallery. “We welcome all knitters, or crocheters, or embroidery, or felting just to come and hang out and work on a project or they can come ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council targeting misbehaviour in Public Places bylaw
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday gave first reading to an amended public places bylaw as recommended by the Community Safety Standing Policy Committee. The purpose of the bylaw is to clearly outline expected behaviour in public spaces. The proposed bylaw lists undesirable behaviours in the city including littering, public urination, spitting, graffiti, bullying, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced to jail for threatening dog
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Coaldale man who faces numerous criminal charges, including aggravated assault, choking with intent, assault with a weapon and threats to cause death or bodily harm, has received a jail sentence for threatening to kill a dog. Gordon Leslie Nash pleaded guilty Monday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of uttering a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta Summer Games transition to community hosted Regional Events
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
After deciding to postpone the Southern Alberta Summer Games in Raymond for the second year in a row, the Southern Alberta Recreation Association (SARA) decided to go in a slightly different direction this July. SARA announced last week that each of the regions in southern Alberta will be hosting Regional Events throughout the month of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge man on the hunt for living organ donor
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com This week is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week and a Lethbridge resident is in need of a living donor who will be willing to share a kidney with him. Provincially, AHS transplant teams performed 404 organ and tissue transplants last year, compared to 395 transplants in 2020 and 433 in 2019. ... Read More »
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