Southern Alberta News
Uttering threats garners 14-month suspended sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 56-year-old Lethbridge man who threatened a woman and spit at her for no apparent reason, has received a 14-month suspended sentence. Christopher William Hagglund received the sentence Monday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to one charge of uttering threats stemming from an incident on Nov. 4 of last year. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rotary and Exhibition award ag scholarships
By Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2022
The 4th annual agriculture scholarship awards presented by Lethbridge and District Exhibition and the Rotary Club of Lethbridge East, awarded three young Albertans $10,000 on Thursday. During a formal awards ceremony and dinner at the Heritage Hall Thursday, Adam Fast, Kelsey Gubbins and Darrick Nicols received their awards to continue their pursuit of an agricultural ... Read More »
1 responseCivic Works SPC targets enhanced pathway clearing
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge residents may see changes to snow removal service next winter. The Civic Works Standing Policy Committee on Thursday voted to recommend that city council adopt service level enhancements for snow and ice removal for pathways along roadways by moving Priority 3B routes for Priority 2 routes. The committee was told Thursday during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Time served for flight from police, theft
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta man who tried to flee from police three times in the same day before he was finally arrested, won’t have to spend anymore time behind bars. Mitchell Jeffrey Brandon was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court to nine months in jail, but after being granted full credit for time he already spent in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three month sentence for drug trafficker
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old Lethbridge man who was selling drugs to support his own addiction, has received a three-month jail sentence. Brandon Costar-Tarcon was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to charges of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking, unauthorized possession of a restricted weapon, and possession of the proceeds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New trade centre taking shape during Ag-Expo
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He stood on a podium in the present and talked about the future. Mike Warkentin, chief executive officer of the Lethbridge & District Exhibition, gave during Ag-Expo’s speaker series insights into the new Agri-Hub and Trade Centre and the role it will play at the Ex. Warkentin delivered three talks in the Saddle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dutch dignitaries to speak about Legion’s role in Holland
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Royal Canadian Legion is not just an organization operating in Canada as the public will hear today in a presentation at the General Stewart Branch on Mayor Magrath Drive. The Legion actually has several branches in Europe including Branch 005 in Lochem, Netherlands. Two members of that branch, Berry and Yvonne Swarthoff, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dragon Boat Festival sets sail for June
By Trevor Busch - Lethbridge Herald on March 4th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com After pandemic woes forced the cancellation of the Lethbridge Dragon Boat Festival over the past two years, vessels are set to part the waves again in 2022. Back in action June 24-26 at Henderson Lake, festival organizers have the vision of making the festival the premier event of its kind in Western Canada. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Price volatility in fertilizer as Russian sanctions escalate
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 4th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Fears of a global fertilizer shortage due to the war in Ukraine haven’t gone unnoticed at Ag-Expo which runs until today at 5 p.m. Sanctions against Russia by western countries could impact supplies since Russia is a major exporter of fertilizer. The conflict has also prompted wheat futures to skyrocket since Russia and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City ranks in Uber ridership survey
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 4th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge’s Uber riders have scored the fifth highest average rating in Canadian cities. Uber riders now have the ability to find out what drivers think of them, what rating they have been provided with and how the rating was calculated. The Uber app has developed a new privacy centre, for riders to see ... Read More »
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By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 4th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A trial has been scheduled for one of eight men charged last summer in relation to human trafficking and other sex-related offences. Meriton Krasniqi, who pleaded not guilty Jan. 7, is set to stand trial in September on charges of sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual assault causing bodily harm, sexual assault/party to ... Read More »
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