Southern Alberta News
Edwin Parr nominee Chris Moraes has met challenges
By Dale Woodard on March 17th, 2021
In a challenging school year, first-year teacher Chris Moraes has met those challenges.Now, Grade 6 teacher at Master’s Academy and College in Calgary has become the Edwin Parr nominee for the Palliser School Division. Established in 1964, The Edwin Parr Award is named after a long-time school board member from Athabasca, and a former president ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspended sentence issued in threats, assault case
By Delon Shurtz on March 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 32-year-old man who was off his medication when he committed several offences last year and earlier this year, will not have to spend anymore time in custody. Bradley Peter Badura was given a suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty Friday in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of uttering threats, mischief causing damage, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Not all trauma team members vaccinated: paramedic
By Gillian Slade on March 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDGslade@abnewsgroup.com A paramedic and board member of the Health Science Association of Alberta (HSAA) says currently only some members of trauma teams at hospitals across the province have had the opportunity to get a COVID vaccination. Jason Soklofske, paramedic and a board member of the HSAA, says when a patient is brought into the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Outbreaks at seniors residences contributing to high COVID numbers
By Gillian Slade on March 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDGslade@abnewsgroup.com Alberta Health has identified family gatherings as a significant factor in the high rate of COVID cases but it is not clear whether Christmas gatherings contributed to this. In one week, between March 8 and March 14, the number of active cases in Lethbridge increased by more than 160. There have been outbreaks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Farmers markets returning this summer
By Tim Kalinowski on March 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Both the Saturday and the Downtown Farmers Markets will be returning to Lethbridge this summer. Lethbridge and District Exhibition Chief Operating Officer Mike Warkentin confirmed the markets’ return at a press conference on Tuesday. The Saturday morning markets will be starting up at Exhibition Park on May 8 between 8 a.m. and 1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smuggling trial starting
By Delon Shurtz on March 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A two-week trial has begun for a northern Alberta man accused of trying to smuggle a record amount of cocaine through the Carway border crossing three years ago. The Court of Queen’s bench jury trial for Bradley Michael Gaudrault began Monday at the Yates Memorial Centre, but without jurors, who were selected in ... Read More »
1 responsePharmacies providing COVID vaccinations
By Gillian Slade on March 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDGslade@abnewsgroup.com The recent alarming rise in school cases, (the most the division has experienced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year), parallels what is happening in the broader community with 447 cases city-wide, putting Lethbridge firmly within the Alberta Health Services most severe outbreak category. Gilmore said the division was not contemplating ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advocates want audit of Blood Tribe Housing
By Tim Kalinowski on March 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Housing on the Blood Tribe First Nation is in a dismal state, say community advocates, and they are pointing a finger at mismanagement as perhaps the culprit. “This is part of the ongoing problems we have on the Blood Tribe, and what we are doing is getting a ministerial letter (ready),” says Elder ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Violent offender facing more time in custody
By Delon Shurtz on March 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.comL A 23-year-old violent offender who walked away from a residential treatment centre last summer, hopes a judge won’t make him serve several more months in custody. The offender, who can’t be named because he was only 17 when he sexually assaulted a woman and cut her throat, is facing several more months of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Author makes an argument for slow knitting
By Dale Woodard on March 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Knitting and needles was woven into the main topic of discussion as the Lethbridge Public Library held a Zoom conference Saturday afternoon for needlepoint enthusiasts. In fact, it was a very specific style of knitting. Joining the Zoom conference as guest speaker was Hannah Thiessen, a noted knitter and author of two books, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City leaving school bus business
By Tim Kalinowski on March 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge will officially be out of the school busing business by Monday. The Lethbridge School Division and Holy Spirit Catholic School Division announced this week they were ready for full transition to its new private school transport contractor, Southland Transportation Ltd., a few months ahead of schedule. “We are very ... Read More »
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