Southern Alberta News
Badges versus Bolts charity game honours volunteer spirit
By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on January 18th, 2022
When it came to game night at the arena, there wasn’t any role Deborah Edmonds wouldn’t take on. That volunteer spirit was honoured at the first Badges Versus Bolts Charity Hockey Challenge, hosted by the Lethbridge Lightning Saturday night at Nicholas Sheran Arena. Prior to the fundraising game between the Lightning and Team Badges, consisting ... Read More »
1 responsePalliative care patients relocated at St. Michael’s
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 15th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com After receiving a call from a concerned citizen regarding the possible closure of the St. Michael’s palliative care centre, the Herald reached out to Covenant Health. Shelly Decker, spokesperson for Covenant Health, explained that patients receiving palliative care at St. Michael’s Health Centre in Lethbridge have been re-located within the building, along with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ag scholarship support strong during pandemic
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 15th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The deadline is looming to apply for the fourth annual Agricultural Scholarship Awards. The deadline is Jan. 31 for students interested in earning one of the $10,000 scholarships which are jointly being awarded by the Rotary Club of Lethbridge East and the Lethbridge and District Exhibition. An awards banquet has been tentatively set ... Read More »
1 responseHuman trafficking case continues to await disclosure
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 15th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Lawyers representing several individuals charged last year in a human trafficking case are still waiting for disclosure from Specialized Prosecutions in Calgary, despite a promise a month ago that the information was “on its way.” Several lawyers who appeared in Lethbridge provincial court Friday on behalf of five of the accused men said they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local podcaster gets boost through Storyhive
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 15th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A local content creator has received some significant funding and support for her podcast project from Telus Storyhive. Tamara Constantine is the Project Lead of “All Things Wellness,” a podcast that will focus on the ever-growing list of responsibilities and struggles that teachers face every day and how many of these hard-working individuals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edmonton MP asking feds to step in on SCS decision
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 15th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com An Edmonton NDP Member of Parliament is asking the federal government to intervene after a Court of Queen’s Bench judge Monday denied an injunction requested by two groups seeking to prevent the Alberta government from implementing regulations on the operation of supervised consumption sites. Heather McPherson told The Herald Friday “I’m asking the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justice system unbalanced in dealing with white-collar crime
By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on January 15th, 2022
Raining money down on just a few causes so many to drown. Larry Elford, the author of Farming Humans, his second book, was the guest speaker at the weekly Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs online session Thursday. Elford reflected on his two-decade financial career as well as the tricks and tactics used by those who profit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Funding extended for Indigenous recovery program
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Indigenous Recovery Coaching Program has been granted a full extra year of federal funding, under the Urban Programming for Indigenous People Funding Stream. “We were pretty excited for the year extension. That gives us more time to work with our current participants. They really take advantage of the programming on the cultural ... Read More »
1 responseReferee assault case adjourned 30 times
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com After having his assault charge adjourned some 30 times since he was accused of attacking a referee more than two years ago, 57-year-old Robert Farrell Creighton’s matter has been adjourned again. An agent for Creighton’s lawyer, Dean Zuk of Calgary, appeared in Lethbridge provincial court Wednesday and asked to adjourn the case one ... Read More »
2 responsesTaber amends bylaw to allow school bees
By Kenyon Stronski - SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on January 13th, 2022
Taber town council has come to an agreement on their Exotic and Wild Animal Bylaw. At a previous meeting of council, the Exotic and Wild Animal Bylaw 23-2 was asked to be amended by St. Mary’s School so they could construct micro apiaries to be available for education. This amendment, however, never got past second ... Read More »
2 responsesFront-line nurses burnt out as pandemic continues
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Nurses across Alberta are experiencing exhaustion related not only to the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to the demands in the worksites due to shortages, according to the president of the United Nurses of Alberta. “Our locals across the province identified staffing deficits before COVID so prior to January of 2020 ... Read More »
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