Southern Alberta News
Whitegrass seeking bail in murder case
By Delon Shurtz on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com After spending more than a month in custody, a 37-year-old woman accused of killing her former common-law spouse last year, is set make her bid for freedom next week. Melissa Dumaine Whitegrass is scheduled to have a bail hearing Monday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench. Her case will then return to provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Couple testifies as drug smuggling trial continues
By Delon Shurtz on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A husband and wife accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into Alberta more than three years ago, didn’t know there were drugs in their truck, they testified at their trial in Lethbridge Thursday. Gurminder and Kirandeep Toor testified the drugs didn’t belong to them, and they don’t know how they got in their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s annual financial report points to stability and resiliency amid pandemic challenges
By Tim Kalinowski on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com According to the the City of Lethbridge annual financial report, the community has shown surprising stability and resiliency even faced with the additional challenges of the pandemic. Not only is the city’s annual unemployment rate (at about 7 per cent) substantially lower than the provincial (11 per cent) and federal (9 per cent) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildrose Independence candidate touts personal freedoms at SACPA
By Tim Kalinowski on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Wildrose Independence Party leadership candidate and former MLA for Cardston-Taber-Warner Paul Hinman spoke at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs weekly YouTube livestream speaker series on Thursday about the proper role of government, and why, in his opinion, the Trudeau and Kenney governments are failing Albertans. “For me, I am a Christian, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arts facilities adapting to life in a pandemic
By Al Beeber on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com COVID-19 has impacted virtually every element of everyday life, including the ability to engage with the visual arts. With art being a personal sensory experience that involves multiple elements including texture, colour, light and even sound, the lockdowns imposed due to COVID have drastically affected the ability to participate in and enjoy it. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge part of biodiversity tracking challenge
By Al Beeber on April 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The city of Lethbridge has joined a worldwide initiative to track biodiversity. Lethbridge is one of 23 Canadian cities that have signed up for the 2021 City Nature Challenge led by the Canadian Wildlife Federation as part of a global event. More than 440 cities from 44 countries are participating in the event ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finance experts weigh in on federal budget
By Dale Woodard on April 22nd, 2021
Possible incoming elections, record debt, business benefits and existing and new programs were among the topics of a BDO webinar earlier this week after the reading of the 2021 Federal Budget. Entitled “2021 Federal Budget: Rethinking the Path Forward” the hour-long session featured talks by National Post columnist John Ivison, chief economist for the Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Critics questioning Nixon’s intentions on water and coal
By Tim Kalinowski on April 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Critics are calling out Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon for not being open and honest with Albertans when it comes to his government’s intentions on the issue of water allocations from the Oldman River for the purposes of coal mining. In a recent Op-Ed published in the Lethbridge Herald Nixon claims ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residents continuing to show up for vaccinations
By Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2021
On Wednesday, Lethbridge residents got in line to get their shots. Walk-in appointments began yesterday and continuie today between 8:50 a.m. and 3:40 p.m., 200 for the AstraZeneca/Covishield vaccine will be available on a first come, first serve each day for eligible Albertans at Exhibition Park in Lethbridge in addition to those already booked. All ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kidney Foundation helping southern Albertans
By Stan Ashbee on April 22nd, 2021
This past year, the Kidney Foundation’s southern Alberta branch stepped up to help southern Albertan’s living with kidney disease. With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing throughout 2020 and now into 2021, the kidney and transplant community have been faced with uncertainty and fear. Many immunosuppressed or compromised patients were afraid to leave their homes. As clinics ... Read More »
2 responsesClean Sweep program expanding
By Dale Woodard on April 22nd, 2021
Sweeping changes — the good kind — are coming to an initiative provided by The City of Lethbridge and Downtown Lethbridge Business Revitalization Zone. In a move that will double its workforce, the City and the BRZ have announced the expansion of the Clean Sweep Program with the addition of two new full-time foremen, increasing ... Read More »
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