November 18th, 2024

Southern Alberta News

Former CP train conductor looking for boulder heroes

By James Tubb SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on December 4th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDjtubb@medicinehatnews.com Anyone move any boulders in the ’70s? John Cowan, a former Canadian Pacific conductor, has written a book about his years working on trains and is looking for a dozen passengers who were part of his favourite story. Those passengers helped move a boulder off of a CP track in Kicking Horse Canyon ... Read More »

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Cuts impact Alberta’s municipalities, SACPA told

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 4th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs this week heard a presentation based on the Parkland Institute’s recent report on the impact of provincial cuts to Alberta municipalities. Guest speaker was Jacqueline Peterson, an expert in municipal finance whose research focuses on multilevel governance, local finance and urban governance in both Canada and ... Read More »

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Mission Thrift Store helping for the holidays

By Trevor Busch - Lethbridge Herald on December 4th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge’s Mission Thrift Store has a new pop-up location for shoppers looking for a holiday deal. The Winter Wonderland Christmas Store is located at 2932 26th Avenue S. (former Sobey’s Liquor Store) and is open 11-4:30 p.m. Monday – Saturday. The store has been open at that location since Nov. 1, and has ... Read More »

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United Way of Lethbridge celebrates an 80 year history of helping

By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2021

Noted historian, author, teacher, advocate Belinda Crowson held a virtual fireside chat Saturday, celebrating 80 Years of United Way in Lethbridge. At the centre of Saturday’s discussion was helping those in need. “One thing we know about Lethbridge and any community is there has always been a need and there has always been people who ... Read More »

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Subject of motel raid released on bail

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 39-year-old Lethbridge man arrested following a police raid at a city motel last month, has been released from custody. Jerome Ross, who appeared in court Thursday by CCTV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, was released on $500 bail with conditions he report by phone every week to the Lethbridge Police Service, not possess ... Read More »

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Games Legacy Fund awarded

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge 2020 Alberta Summer Games Society announced on Wednesday the distribution of the 2020 Games Legacy Fund to 32 not-for-profit organizations. The 2020 Games Legacy Fund is comprised of remaining casino funds generated by games volunteers and sponsorships that were donated to the legacy fund, after the decision was made to cancel ... Read More »

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Christmas Check Stop campaign preparing for possible increase in impaired drivers

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service announced Thursday they are bracing for a busier Christmas Check Stop campaign.   The LPS is preparing for the possibility of a greater number of impaired drivers on the road as it kicks off its 2021 Christmas Check Stop campaign this weekend. “The province has reported a 43 per ... Read More »

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City exploring options for emergency overflow shelter

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Cultural and Social Standing Policy Committee of city council on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution calling for administration to work with Alpha House and the province to identify options for a four-to-six month emergency overflow shelter. The committee also called on administration to evaluate and report on the feasibility of using the ... Read More »

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FCSS, Chinook Sexual Assault Centre expand services to rural areas

By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2021

Barons Eureka Warner Family and Community Support Services (BEW FCSS) and the Chinook Sexual Assault Centre (CSAC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to expand services to rural areas of southwestern Alberta. In a press release, executive director Zakk Morrison of BEW FCSS said November 25 marked the start of 16 days of activism ... Read More »

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Sex assault trial moved to next summer

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The second of three sex assault trials involving the same man has been adjourned to the new year. Sohil Bindra was scheduled to begin the one-week trial Dec. 13 in relation to one woman, but it’s been moved to June 24-27 to accommodate an earlier trial that’s gone into overtime. That trial was ... Read More »

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Murder case adjourned until later this month

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 26-year-old Medicine Hat woman charged with first degree murder, is in quarantine at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre and was not required to appear in court for a brief hearing Wednesday. However, Calgary lawyer John Oman appeared on behalf of his client, Melissa Lynn Martens-Lagasse, and said he has only received an initial amount ... Read More »

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