July 29th, 2025

Southern Alberta News

Man sentenced for spending fake money

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 25th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta man who spent counterfeit money at a Raymond business two years ago, then returned to try it again a month later, will spend a number of weekends in jail. Timothy James Clements was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but he will serve his sentence between 7 p.m. Friday and ... Read More »

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Sentencing hearing set for man who killed teen

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 25th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A sentencing hearing has finally been scheduled for a 41-year-old Brocket man who was found guilty of stabbing a 16-year-old boy to death nearly four years ago. The hearing for Dustin Big Bull, who was convicted last October of second-degree murder and causing an indignity to human remains in the death of Tregan ... Read More »

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Foam Fest attracts hundreds

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on June 25th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com They walked, they ran, climbed they splashed, they laughed. And participants in the first-ever Foam Fest five-kilometre family fun run in Lethbridge got covered in lots of foam on Saturday at Nicholas Sheran Park. The obstacle course that featured water slides, climbing challenges, other obstacles and of course, lots of foam – about ... Read More »

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Accused smuggler pleads not guilty

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 25th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary man accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the country late last year has pleaded not guilty to several charges. An agent for the accused’s lawyer, Sean Fagan of Calgary, entered the pleas on behalf of Kamalpreet Singh Friday during a brief hearing in Lethbridge court of justice. The agent also ... Read More »

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Spitting at police earns woman jail sentence

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 25th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman has learned the hard way that spitting at a police officer is not only a criminal offence, it also warrants a jail sentence. On April 18 police were called to a McDonald’s restaurant after a group of unruly people were asked by employees to leave, but they refused. While police ... Read More »

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Metis flag represents joining of two people

By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 22nd, 2024

The Lethbridge Area Metis Association raised a Metis flag at the intersection of Metis Trail and Blackfoot Blvd. on Friday to commemorate National Indigenous Peoples Day. The Metis flag was first flown in 1815 predating the Canadian flag by 150 years. The infinity symbol represents the merging of two culture and the immortality of the ... Read More »

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College camps helps youth explore potential career pathways

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 22nd, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College is ready to help youngsters explore and discover their passion and potential career pathways through a variety of summer camps. Paige Thornborough, coordinator of youth initiatives at Lethbridge College, told the Herald in a recent interview that the goal is to help youth explore potential career paths, but they are independent ... Read More »

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Exhibition partnering with LFS on lottery

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 22nd, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge & District Exhibition announced Friday it has chosen Lethbridge Family Services to be their community partner for this year’s 50/50 Lottery. Last year the lottery program raised more than $84,000 with 50 per cent of the total proceeds going to the lottery winner and the other 50 per cent going to support ... Read More »

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Dragon Boat Festival features cultural learning experience

By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 22nd, 2024

The Dragon Boat Festival being held at Henderson Lake this weekend will have a new cultural learning experience at the ATB KidZone. University of Lethbridge graduates, Jerett Sitter who is Chinese, and Henry Heavyshield who is Blackfoot, collaborated to make an interactive project of both visual arts and storytelling. Heavyshield says he really enjoyed collaborating ... Read More »

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City celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day

By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 22nd, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com Visitors flocked to downtown to celebrate and experience traditional Indigenous heritage on National Indigenous Peoples Day. With events spanning across the entire city, Galt Gardens became the hub of entertainment with food, music, games and other activities available to the public. Echo Nowak, Indigenous Relations specialist with the City of Lethbridge, says the ... Read More »

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Hillcrest mine victims to be honoured

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on June 22nd, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com On June 19, 1914, just two hours after they began their day shift at the Hillcrest mine in the Crowsnest Pas, 189 men – the oldest being 46 – died when a gas explosion ripped through it. The disaster was the worst in Canadian history and it will be commemorated Sunday in a ... Read More »

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