Southern Alberta News
College design students working on ‘Charmed” playhouses
By Tim Kalinowski on March 3rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College design students will be teaming up with Charmed Playhouses to create a unique and fantastical holiday experience for families this summer in the Crowsnest Pass. Charmed Playhouses has commissioned Lethbridge College students to design and virtually animate five fantasy themed cabins which will be built and rented out for families seeking ... Read More »
1 responseCrowsnest Pass RCMP execute warrant, seize homemade Taser, weapons
By LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICE on March 3rd, 2021
On Feb. 27, Crowsnest Pass RCMP executed a search warrant on a residence in Coleman that resulted in the recovery of stolen property. Among the weapons that were seized, police recovered a prohibited homemade Taser, sharpened sword and several baseball bats that had metal fastened to the barrels. Several arrest warrants were also executed. Dallas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!YMCA demolition a salvaging success
By Dale Woodard on March 2nd, 2021
It was an almost perfect cleanup. Nearly a year ago, the 60-year-old former YMCA building on Stafford Drive South was demolished and with the project completed the final numbers looked promising, almost perfect. A new report shows more than 98 per cent of the building material was diverted from the landfill with the City of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bison welcomed back to Waterton
By Waterton National Park on March 2nd, 2021
Parks Canada welcomed six plains bison from Elk Island National Park to the Waterton Lakes National Park bison paddock on Feb. 19. Parks Canada was joined by Blackfoot Confederacy elders from Kainai Nation, Piikani Nation and Siksika Nation to welcome the bison (known as Iinnii in Blackfoot) back to the park, blessing the animals and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trafficker ‘lucky’ to get three years, says judge
By Delon Shurtz on March 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who was given a three-year prison sentence for weapon and drug-related offences, is lucky he didn’t receive a longer sentence, a judge suggested during a hearing in Lethbridge provincial court. Judge Erin Olsen told Eldon Jon Myers he was fortunate to receive the sentence, given the serious nature of his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three-day trial set to address multiple charges
By Delon Shurtz on February 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 24-year-old Calgary man who was hoping to resolve more than 50 charges relating to Lethbridge offences is heading for trial later this year. Alexander Timothy Kulach, who had hoped to resolve his charges without going to trial, will now stand trial for three days in Lethbridge provincial court beginning Sept. 27. Police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Meth smuggler gets prison
By Delon Shurtz on February 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary trucker found guilty earlier this month of smuggling a record amount of methamphetamine into Alberta in 2019 has been sentenced to 11 years in a federal penitentiary. Judge Gregory Maxwell handed down his decision Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, and said even though Asif Mir was only a courier in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LPS to use funds for training to offset $1-million budget cut
By Tim Kalinowski on February 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service will draw on funds set aside for training, to fill vacancies and for body cams to absorb a $1 million budget cut in 2021 and 2022, says Lethbridge Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh, and will continue to provide the services citizens have come to expect to fight crime in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Possessing stolen vehicles costs man 75 days in jail
By Delon Shurtz on February 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDDShurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Carter Dylan Rains didn’t steal the 2019 F150 truck and 2017 Jaguar that were parked at his house in 2019, but he knew they had been stolen, a judge was told Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court. Rains, who appeared in court by closed-circuit TV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, pleaded guilty to two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biogas has role in the future
By Dale Woodard on February 26th, 2021
Biogas production and growing Alberta’s agriculture in the coming years was front and centre as the Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs met Thursday. Taking the virtual podium for the morning session was Chris Perry, the co-founder and president of CKP Farms Ltd. and Grow the Energy Circle Ltd. (GrowTEC), explaining the lengthy regulatory process ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Facemask bylaw extended
By Tim Kalinowski on February 25th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council voted to reject a motion from its Community Safety Standing Policy Committee which would have allowed the City’s current Temporary Face-covering Bylaw to expire on Tuesday as previously planned, and instead voted to extend the bylaw until at least April 30. As chair of SPC, Coun. Ryan Parker brought the committee ... Read More »
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