Southern Alberta News
Bail hearing adjourned for man accused of hotel robbery
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 16th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A suspect who is accused of robbing a man and woman at a hotel late last year will have to wait nearly a month before asking a judge to grant him bail. Marvin Blake Weasel Head had anticipated having a bail hearing Monday in Lethbridge court of justice, but instead his lawyer requested ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nord-Bridge celebrates Logan Boulet Effect with annual lunch
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The colour green seems to be growing in popularity these days, even at the Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre where a number of people were wearing green t-shirts and eating green cake. The recent lunch gathering was in celebration of the Logan Boulet Effect in support of organ donor awareness and registration across Canada. On ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City club set to host regional bridge tourney here next week
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Duplicate Bridge Club will be hosting an American Contract Bridge League regional tournament Monday until April 16 at the Scenic Drive Holiday Inn. Players from all over Western Canada and the Northwest United States will be competing twice daily for black, red and gold ACBL Masterpoints, says tournament chair Dianne King ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Welling grandma planks herself into the Guinness World Records
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com DonnaJean Wilde is a fairly typical grandmother, with a rather atypical penchant for planking. No, she’s not a floor installer, and she’s not a pirate, never having walked a plank in her life. But this 59-year-old retired school teacher from Welling loves to plank, as in lying face-down on the floor, then raising ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Neudorf talks electricity at SACPA
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A discussion on the Alberta electricity system sparked a full house to turn out Thursday to the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization for this week’s session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. Lethbridge East MLA and Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan Neudorf discussed the utility market, factors that impact the affordability ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians waiting longer for priority procedures
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Wait times for priority procedures such as hip and knee replacements and cancer surgeries are longer than before the COVID-19 pandemic, new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reveals. “While more patients are receiving care within recommended benchmarks after a significant dip at the beginning of the pandemic, Canadians are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airport getting grant for study on hangar development
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge airport is one of 10 in the province getting grant funding from the provincial government. Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen announced in Red Deer on Thursday that the province will be providing a total of $1.13 million in grants to the airports. Among grant recipients will be Medicine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bluebird conservation society celebrates 50 years
By Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2024
The Mountain Bluebird Trails Conservation Society is celebrating a 50th anniversary milestone at its upcoming annual general meeting Saturday at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre. Mountain Bluebird conservation in Southern Alberta was pioneered by the late Duncan Mackintosh of Lethbridge who started setting out nest boxes in spring of 1974. In the fall of 1973 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buffalo Treaty exhibit on display at Galt Museum
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 5th, 2024
In honour of the 10-year anniversary of the Buffalo Treaty the exhibition of the Buffalo Treaty: Keystone to Wellness will be open to the public from until Sept. 30th. “It’s important for people to recognize and remember Mayor Hyggen signed the Buffalo Treaty as a supporter back in 2023. So, every person who lives within ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Festival celebrates end of spring term at U of L
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com University of Lethbridge students can see the light at the end of a long tunnel with classes ending this week and exams starting soon. On Wednesday, the U of L Student Affairs team helped their classmates unwind a bit with a spring carnival on campus in an open field east of the Dhillon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health minister calls new training centres a boost for rural Alberta students
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange was excited to hear when she took over her present portfolio last June of the rural medical education program training centres that were being planned. The projects were great news not only for rural residents who need a family physician but also for students as well, the ... Read More »
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