Southern Alberta News
Woman gets six months jail for offences
By Delon Shurtz on June 18th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman who earlier this year threatened to kill two other people, will spend the rest of her summer behind bars. Serina Nooitgedagt, 27, was sentenced to six months in jail after she pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of uttering threats to cause death, possession of a weapon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge reserves sentencing in child porn case
By Delon Shurtz on June 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man caught last year in a province-wide child pornography sting will find out next month exactly how much time he will have to spend in jail. Following a sentencing hearing Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court, Judge Paul Pharo reserved his decision, and said he will sentence Sean William Giles July 2, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Massage therapist awaits sentencing
By Delon Shurtz on June 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former massage therapist who has been waiting for seven months to be sentenced for sexually assaulting a female client, will have to wait at least another three months before he learns his fate. A sentencing hearing for Cyprian Mudenge has been scheduled for Sept. 17 in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multi-talented musicians take listeners on a global journey
By Al Beeber on June 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Between them, Lethbridge musicians Matt and Jodi Groenheide play more than 50 instruments and together they’ve released their debut album. Known as the jamani duo, the Groenheides with heir new instrumental album “Timeline” take listeners on a global musical journey performing various styles on numerous instruments. Matt, a Lethbridge native and Jodi from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Holy Spirit trustee candidate looking to represent parents
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on June 17th, 2021
With the current term for school board trustees about to end this fall, Roisin Gibb has thrown her hat into the ring for Ward 2 trustee for the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division. Gibb said that as a parent of two children currently enrolled in the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division, she believes that parents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City mask bylaw to remain in place
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Mandatory masks will stay in place in Lethbridge for the foreseeable future after city council narrowly voted to reject a motion which would have had the local bylaw expire after the province enters Stage 3 of its COVID-19 re-opening strategy. Coun. Blaine Hyggen brought forth the motion to repeal the city’s local Temporary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Participation in AER decisions not guaranteed
By Al Beeber on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Public participation in decision-making by the Alberta Energy Regulator is not guranteed, an online session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs was told Thursday. Guest speaker was Shaun Fluker, an associated professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. According to a SACPA brief, “his research includes examining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Odyssey contest seeks adventure
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Lodging Association in partnership with the Lethbridge and District Exhibition will be inviting those seeking adventure and fun in southern Alberta this summer to its first ever Odyssey event. The contest will pit 110 different teams of two against each other in a battle of wits and wills as they run ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plasma donor approaching century milestone
By Dale Woodard on June 16th, 2021
It’s the gift that keeps on giving. And for 20 years, Mark Dyck has been happy to keep donating it. This week is National Blood Donor Week, celebrating donors that have taken an active role becoming a partner in Canada’s lifeline. In Lethbridge, donors continue to line up and give since the plasma donor centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario Muslim family mourned at Lethbridge vigil
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on June 16th, 2021
The Lethbridge Muslim Association held a vigil at the Lethbridge Islamic Centre on Monday evening to honour the Muslim family killed in London, Ont. Abdelbasat Aborawi, president of the Lethbridge Muslim Association said that the vigil was a way to provide support for their community and the family in Ontario, to let them know that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Festival Square costs have downtown project in limbo
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The much hyped Festival Square project downtown at 3rd Avenue South and 6th Street South might not be happening this year after all as city council heard on Tuesday that the lowest bid received to do the work was $485,000 over the $900,000 approved for funding by the province. According to the City’s ... Read More »
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