Southern Alberta News
LSCO hosting annual showcase
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Seniors Citizens Organization is hosting their annual Live Well Showcase today and Friday, providing an opportunity for community members to interact with more than 70 vendors offering services and products tailored to older adults. Rob Miyashiro, executive director of LSCO, spoke Wednesday about their 11th annual event and the importance of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former mayor advocates for CPP at SACPA session
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on June 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A packed audience at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs Wednesday had plenty to chew on during a lunchtime discussion by former mayor David Carpenter on the Canada Pension Plan and the Alberta government’s interest in starting its own. Carpenter was blunt in his half-hour talk about the UCP’s claimed Alberta stake ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New support dog joins ranks of the LPS
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Services Victim/Witness Services Unit welcomed a second facility dog to their team, a four-year-old black Lab named Cruiser. Catherine Pooley, V/WSU program manager, spoke Wednesday about their newest member and said Cruiser is amazing and ready to do the work that he is trained to do. “Cruiser will come in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP leadership race in final stage
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The last debate is behind them and the four contenders for the leadership of the Alberta NDP are heading into the final stretch of the campaign. Voting started Monday and in what the party is calling a historic day, by 3:30 p.m. of the 85,000 Alberta NDP members, 11,633 had already cast ballots. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man gets prison for child porn
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Coalhurst man has been sent to prison for three years after being caught with thousands of images and videos of child pornography. Christopher William Jenkins was sentenced Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice, where he pleaded guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. During a search of Jenkin’s residence in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nepali association expanding in Lethbridge
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com From the snow-covered Himalayan’s to the golden prairies, one local cultural group is expanding its ranks in Lethbridge. The Nepali Association of Lethbridge (LeNA) has been around for nearly a decade, but the organization has begun ramping up its efforts in the past two years. Tulsi Paudel, LeNA advisor, says the time has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman gets jail for assaults
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 27-year-old woman who assaulted several people – one every month for three out of four months – has received a short jail sentence. Felicia Jody Big Weasel was sentenced to 30 days in jail after she pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to three counts of assault. The first of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community gathers to test endurance of tractors
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com An authentically Albertan event consisting of farmers with old tractors, pushing their engines to the limit brought the town of Picture Butte to life. The long-running annual Tractor Pull event was held at the Coyote Flats Pioneer Village in the community just north of Lethbridge this past weekend. Spectators were treated to tractors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Big Truck Petting Zoo’ digs up day of fun for crowds
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com Whether getting their picture taken in an excavator or checking out the controls of a fire truck, thousands of residents visited the Big Truck Petting Zoo this Saturday. The City of Lethbridge joined forces with the Lethbridge Public Library Crossings Branch, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services and the Lethbridge Police Service to display ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Green Acres rolls out Seniors Week with wheelchair races
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Green Acres Foundation kicked off Seniors Week with a wheelchair race at the Garden View Lodge Monday, where participants from various Green Acres Foundation lodges raced each other. Donna Coslovi, CEO of the Green Acres Foundation spoke to media about the event. “We’re really proud of the fact that this province recognizes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plea deal offered in home invasion case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man charged in relation to a home invasion and robbery earlier this year will remain in custody while he considers a plea deal from the Crown. The matter for Dovovan James Holmberg was in Lethbridge court of justice Monday, where Calgary lawyer Robin McIntyre explained she had received an early case ... Read More »
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