Southern Alberta News
Terry Fox run being planned again as a virtual event this September
By Al Beeber on July 7th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com For the second straight year, the annual Terry Fox Run will be a virtual affair in Lethbridge. Co-chair Bobbie Fox said Monday the 2021 edition of the fundraiser for cancer research will be staged Sept. 19. People can register in advance as individuals or in groups for the event, which was started after ... Read More »
1 responseBear spray assault leads to month-long jail sentence
By Delon Shurtz on July 7th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com On a cold October day, at about 4:45 in the morning, Susan Leigh Stabs Down approached a group of people which had gathered at a gas station on 6 Avenue South downtown. Stabs Down, 45, knew one of the individuals well, and after a brief discussion with the other woman, Stabs Down attacked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walk to Breathe making strides for Lung Association support
By Dale Woodard on July 7th, 2021
With a deep breath, the Walk to Breathe campaign gets underway today. As Chris Sadleir gets ready for a 500km jaunt from Lethbridge to Edmonton this morning to raise funds for the Lung Association of Alberta and Northwest Territories, his second annual trek inspired by his father has already had plenty of life breathed into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province announces changes to palliative ambulance transport
By medicinehatnews on July 7th, 2021
Patients will no longer be routed through the emergency rooms before ambulances take them to palliative care facilities. The change in procedures for ambulance workers and paramedics comes in across the province, Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced Tuesday morning in Medicine Hat. St. Michael’s is one of ten initial facilities that will be able to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local author’s debut novel features history of Crowsnest Pass
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on July 7th, 2021
From a box of pictures and recollections from a grandmother, a new novel has sprung based on events that took place in the Crowsnest Pass in the early 1900s. Local author Tracey Nyland recently published her first novel called ‘The Mountain that Walks.’ The novel is based on stories passed on by her grandmother who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Building Brains Together launches outdoor play events
By Tim Kalinowski on July 7th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge’s Building Brains Together program, in co-ordination with the Lethbridge Public Library, Family Centre, Lethbridge School Division and Holy Spirit School Division, kicked off its twice weekly summer Outdoor Play Event schedule at Henderson Lake on Tuesday. “We want to see children thrive, and we want to see children have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Last Post Fund ensures veterans are rememberd with military headstones
By Tim Kalinowski on July 7th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Ten local veterans who were first identified back in March as having unmarked graves by the Last Post Fund, have finally received their full military headstones. The Last Post Fund paid tribute to the veterans at a special ceremony at Mountainview Cemetery on Tuesday morning. The event also marked the 100th anniversary of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads guilty to sexual contact with children
By Delon Shurtz on July 7th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 48-year-old man who admitted he inappropriately touched his two young children several times in 2018 and 2019, has been sentenced to six and a half months in jail. The father, who can’t be named to protect the identities of his son and daughter, pleaded guilty in February to two charges of sexual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge man sentenced in child pornography case
By Delon Shurtz on July 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 42-year-old Lethbridge man caught last year in a province-wide child pornography sting has been sent to jail for 12 months. Sean William Giles received the sentence Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, where Judge Paul Pharo also sentenced Giles to two years of probation following his jail term, and ordered him to submit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Taber man appealing sex assault conviction
By Delon Shurtz on July 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 45-year-old former Taber man who was convicted in March of sexual offences against a female teenager 14 years ago, has appealed his conviction and sentence. Richard Antony Elliott, who now lives in B.C., was sentenced in May to nearly six years in a federal prison on two counts of sexual assault and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New West Theatre ready to entertain with outdoor performing arts series
By Al Beeber on July 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com After a year-and-a-half of pandemic restrictions, New West Theatre is ready to entertain audiences again. While the long-running troupe won’t be staging its two traditional summer revues at the Yates Centre – a tradition that went on hiatus last summer due to COVID – it will be staging performances in a different manner. ... Read More »
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