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Man avoids jail on assault, threats charges
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 58-year-Lethbridge man who narrowly avoided jail Monday, may not be so lucky the next time he’s in court, a judge told him. “You’re really, really close to going to jail,” Justice Gregory Maxwell told Jack Hoof, who pleaded guilty in Lethbridge court of justice to two charges of assault with a weapon, ... Read More »
Handmade market a hit with Christmas shoppers
More than 130 handmade artisans packed a hall in the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre on Saturday for the Lethbridge Handmade Market’s annual Holi-Yay. Thousands of people came to do anything from checking boxes off on their Christmas list with some shopping to listen to live music and browse all the booths. The Laula Handmade ... Read More »
Community Foundation to disburse 32 fall grants
Community Foundation to disburse fall grants LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta will be supporting 32 projects and initiatives through its fall grants which were announced on Friday. The total of the grants being disbursed through two programs is $336,050. The grants are being awarded after the fall call for applications ... Read More »
Investigation into weekend highway death ongoing
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian that claimed the life of a 31-year-old woman resident of Stand Off early Saturday morning is under investigation. On Saturday at 5:25 a.m. Coaldale RCMP responded to a serious motor vehicle collision with a pedestrian on Highway 3 westbound, between Lethbridge and Coalhurst in an area ... Read More »
Man jailed on weapons, property charges
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Threatening a person with a machete then getting caught fleeing in a stolen pickup truck has netted a southern Alberta man a short jail sentence. William Fick pleaded guilty Monday in Lethbridge court of justice to charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and possession of stolen property over $5,000. ... Read More »
Former gymnastics coach accused of sexual assault headed to trial
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former gymnastics coach accused of sexually assaulting several young girls in 2022, is set to stand trial, but not until the end of next year. Jamie Ellacott, who previously elected to be tried in Court of King’s Bench, will stand trial for two weeks beginning Dec. 9, 2024. Several pre-trial applications are ... Read More »
Jays voice and Frick nominee Dan Shulman recalls his formative days in broadcasting
TORONTO – When Dan Shulman was a first-year mathematics student at the University of Western Ontario, the self-described ‘sports nut’ thought he might give sports writing a try. “I wanted to write sports for the Western Gazette, which was a great campus newspaper,” Shulman recalled. “I got there and there were like 150 people in ... Read More »
An explosion leveled a home in Arlington, Virginia, as officers tried to serve a search warrant
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) – A massive explosion at a duplex where police were investigating reports of shots fired shook a Washington, D.C, suburb Monday and destroyed the home. All officers escaped serious injury but it was unclear what happened to the suspect who was inside the home when it was leveled by the explosion, Arlington ... Read More »
Greater Toronto home sales fall amid affordability challenges but relief forecasted
TORONTO – Greater Toronto home sales fell six per cent last month compared with November 2022 despite an influx in new listings, as high borrowing costs and uncertain economic conditions persisted. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says last month’s 4,236 home sales were also down 8.7 per cent from the 4,640 sales in October. ... Read More »
In the news today: Quebec Laurentians residents await answers after dike evacuation
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Quebec residents waiting for answers after evacuation Hundreds of residents of two municipalities in Quebec’s Laurentians region are awaiting further news after being ordered to leave their homes due to structural ... Read More »
Israel strikes in and around Gaza’s second-largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second-largest city early Tuesday, as ambulances and private cars came racing into a local hospital carrying people wounded in a bloody new phase of the war in Gaza. Under U.S. pressure to prevent further mass casualties, Israel says it is being ... Read More »
