Southern Alberta News
Ceremony launched poet laureate on her path
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 29th, 2023
Louise B. Halfe, the ninth Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada, speaks with gracious certainty when it comes to her work. Her statements are clear, never faltering and with no indication of hesitation as she says, “I am doing the Great Mystery’s work.” In honour of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, she spoke at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council to address funding requests for supportive housing
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council will be putting in double duty Tuesday with two meetings scheduled during the day. Council, acting in its role of Economic Standing Policy Committee, will meet at 9 a.m. in council chambers. At 1:30, council will hold its regular meeting. On the SPC agenda are two recommendations by City administration ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SACPA hears about need for plasma donations
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) invited a member of Canadian Blood Services to talk about plasma donation and the Plasma Donor Centre on Thursday. Business development manager at Canadian Blood Services Plasma Centre Brenna Scott spoke to media prior to her presentation and said Canadian Blood Services was celebrating its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous author impacted by Sixties Scoop
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 29th, 2023
Indigenous author Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane talked about her book “Powwow: A Celebration through Song and Dance” at the Word on the Street Festival last weekend at the downtown branch of the Lethbridge Public Library. Pheasant-Neganiwane is an assistant professor at Mount Royal University in the Treaty Seven region and at the library she shared the lack ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused claims self defence in murder trial
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com On July 22, 2020, Dustin Big Bull pulled out a knife and stabbed Tregan Crow Eagle to death. Of that there is no doubt, Calgary lawyer Andre Ouellette said Thursday during his client’s second-degree murder trial in Lethbridge. However, Ouellette told Madam Justice Johanna Price the issue is whether the Crown has proven ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man being held in dry cell can’t make court appearance
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 32-year-old Lethbridge man arrested last weekend during a traffic stop, was unable to appear in a Lethbridge courtroom Thursday because he hadn’t been medically cleared. Court was told the accused, Jamey Kenneth Jensen, was in a dry cell at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre and unable to appear in court because he was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused shooter hires new lawyer
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 27-year-old man accused of shooting a gun at a home and motorist, and who earlier this month parted ways with his lawyer, was back in court this week with a new lawyer. James McLeod of Calgary went on the record for Danial Mark Ferguson during an appearance in Lethbridge court of justice ... Read More »
1 responseAccused drug smugglers to stand trial next summer
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Two B.C. men accused of trying to smuggle drugs over the border earlier this year are scheduled to stand trial next summer in Lethbridge court of justice. Sukhdeep Singh Sandhu and Harmanpreet Singh Sidhu will stand trial for one week beginning June 17, 2024. The date was confirmed Thursday in Lethbridge court of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University launches call to stand up against racism
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 28th, 2023
The University of Lethbridge has a challenge for staff and students. The institution launched its Iniskim Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action Challenge on Tuesday at a ceremony on campus. The call put forth was for members of the university community to stand up against racism and personally commit to actions that will support reconciliation. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe releases poster, billboard as part of messaging campaign about opioid crisis
By Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2023
The Blood Tribe Communications and Community Engagement department has released a poster and billboard as a part of a strategic messaging campaign battling the opioid crisis there. The strategic messaging campaign had input from Blood Tribe frontline workers, medical professionals, and Persons with Lived Experience (PWLE), says the tribe in a press release. The strategic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Efforts being made to relocate bison to foothills, SACPA hears
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 28th, 2023
For centuries bison were a prominent part of the ecosystem in Western Canada and the United States, but by the late 1800s they faced near extinction from overhunting. However, a Pincher Creek outdoorsman hopes to restore some of the now lost population to the foothills as an act of restoration, and reconciliation. Mike Judd, president ... Read More »
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