Southern Alberta News
Indoor walking club popularity keeping people moving
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Runner’s Soul Walking Club continues to offer a warm place for seniors to keep on moving at the Servus Sports Centre twice per week. For the fall season, the Runner’s Soul Walking Club decided to limit their registration to 65 participants due to COVID, which they were pretty close to reaching a few ... Read More »
1 responseCSO ordered following impaired driving conviction
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 22-year-old man has been placed on house arrest for several criminal offences, including leaving the scene of an accident in which a woman was injured. Austin Ryan Little Shields pleaded guilty Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court to the charge, as well as charges of impaired driving and taking a motor vehicle without ... Read More »
1 responseDrinkSense campaign aims to manage alcohol consumption during pandemic
By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2022
A program through Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis is offering Albertans the tools they may need to be mindful of their alcohol consumption and habits as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. With the new year here, AGLC’s latest DrinkSense campaign is an opportunity to encourage Albertans to be mindful if they choose to drink alcohol and offers ... Read More »
1 responseArsonist gets eight months on multiple charges
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who pleaded guilty late last year to 11 criminal charges, including arson and assault with a weapon, has been sentenced to slightly more than eight months in jail. Lowe was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, nearly three months after he pleaded guilty to arson and assault, as well as theft under $5,000, ... Read More »
1 responseLasting behaviour changes targeted in shared study
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Participants are now being sought for a novel research trial through the University of Lethbridge and researchers at Queen’s University. “We call it the Preparedness for the Future Program and it’s been developed after years of thorough scientific research. We’ve identified the most important topics that are essential for living and aging well,” ... Read More »
1 responseSurvey shows local business optimistic
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A survey which wrapped up earlier this month shows that local businesses are generally more optimistic than they were at the same time last year. The Brighter Together survey conducted by the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Lethbridge (EDL) is completed annually to gather data from the business community in Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseConviction in police pursuit case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A dead end road, barbed wire fence and even an irrigation ditch didn’t stop Shawn Samuel Fralick from trying to elude police during a chase on Aug. 31, 2020. Sheriffs tried to stop Fralick while he was driving on Highway 3 near Fort Macleod after they noticed the rear window was missing from ... Read More »
2 responsesNDP calls for release of coal policy report
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 28th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta NDP Environment critic Marlin Schmidt and Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips are calling for Energy Minister Sonya Savage to release the Coal Policy Committee’s final reports. “There is simply no excuse for any further delay… Minister Savage has had this report for four weeks, and she must have read it by now. It’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roving Gyms provide play and exercise during pandemic
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 28th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Sport Council offers parents of children newborn to five years old an opportunity to use equipment designed to get kids moving. Through their Roving Gyms program, the LSC provide a space and equipment for families to connect with their children through free play. “We try to educate families about physical literacy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Being mindful of stormwater pollution during all seasons
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 28th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com To wash or not to wash, that is the question. And it is one that many associate with summer weather, but is one that should be asked in the winter months as well. With the fluctuating temperatures we have been experiencing lately, it might be easy to forget we are in the middle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused receives six month sentence for thefts
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 28th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Jimmy Lynn Bad Man is fortunate the car in which he had passed out, didn’t also take him to the cemetery. On Sept. 4 of last year Bad Man was found asleep in a hearse, which had been stolen from Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels. The business had notified police of the missing $100,000 ... Read More »
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