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Southern Alberta News

Rancher focuses on silver linings during International Women’s Day

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 9th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com To celebrate International Women’s Day Friday, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce hosted Melody Garner-Skiba at the Enmax Centre to share with more than 200 women her own journey. During the annual International Women’s Day breakfast, the Chamber of Commerce gave those in attendance the opportunity to network, create connections and listen to an ... Read More »

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Failure to comply lands jail stint

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 9th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who has repeatedly failed to follow court orders has been sentenced to four months in jail. Jyi Mickell Trotter, 44, pleaded guilty Thursday in Lethbridge court of justice to three counts of failure to comply with conditions of a release order, and single counts of possession of stolen credit cards ... Read More »

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Time transition raises concerns about impact on health

By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 9th, 2024

A doctor of clinical psychology is raising concerns about the affect daylight saving time has on the mind and body. Simon Sherry is a doctor of clinical psychology at CRUX psychology, and professor in the department of psychology and neuroscience at Dalhousie University. “Daylight saving time is a major public health challenge,” Sherry says. “That ... Read More »

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Motion calls for more police commission members

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 9th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com More members could be appointed to the Lethbridge Police Commission if an official business motion to be presented Tuesday to Lethbridge city council is approved. Councillor Jeff Carlson will present the OBM calling on council to direct administration to prepare an amending bylaw to Bylaw 5969 to revise the number of public members ... Read More »

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CANstruction event puts building skills to the test

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the architectural and engineering industry, along with aspiring students, put their building skills to use as part of the annual CANstruction YQL Thursday at Centre Village Mall. The Annual CANstruction event gives a boost to local food banks by donating all the cans used in the construction of several structures after ... Read More »

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Granum man sentenced in Tailfeathers case

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 53-year-old Granum man who helped dispose of a body nearly three years ago after the victim was brutally beaten to death, has been sentenced to one year in jail for interfering with a dead body. Edward Alexander Goodrich pleaded guilty to the charge Thursday in Lethbridge court of justice, where the Crown ... Read More »

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SACPA hears from ALERT officer about internet child exploitation

By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 8th, 2024

A member of The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team spoke on its purpose and the topic of child internet exploitation, criminal investigations, computer-related child sexual abuse, luring, and child pornography at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs session on Thursday at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization. Guest speaker was RCMP member Heather Bangle of ... Read More »

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City denied funding from housing accelerator program

By Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024

The City of Lethbridge will not be getting any funding from the federal Housing Accelerator Fund program this year. The City was informed by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation that its application wasn’t successful. “This is disappointing news as the City could have been eligible for $6.25 million which would have been a significant ... Read More »

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Building Brains program expanding research to older adults

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Building Brains Together is expanding its research to include the effects of play on older adults and they offered a pilot program to a group of seniors in the community over the past four weeks. Research associate with Building Brains out of the Neuroscience Department at the University of Lethbridge Vicki Hazelwood spoke ... Read More »

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UCP modernizing provincial power grid

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The provincial government is making efforts to help the Alberta electricity system adapt to new technologies and the changing ways consumes interact with the grid. The UCP on Tuesday proclaimed the Electricity Statues (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act. “By modernizing our electricity grid, with the input of Albertans and industry stakeholders, Alberta’s ... Read More »

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Sentencing adjourned for man who resisted arrest

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A man who called police from a motel and claimed someone wanted to hurt him, ended up getting arrested for resisting a peace officer. At about 1:40 a.m. on October 2 of last year, Jonathan Lee Wells called police from a room at the Motel 6 on Mayor Magrath Drive South. When asked ... Read More »

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