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Three charged in drug bust make court appearance
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 26th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Three men facing drug charges in relation to a police bust earlier this year had their matters addressed briefly Thursday in Lethbridge court of justice. Zachary Tracyn Bottle of Fort Macleod, Marty Lee Fransen of Lethbridge and Charles Edward Sitek of Calgary, were arrested in February following an investigation by Lethbridge police and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Analytics helping LPS to combat crime
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 26th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce had the opportunity to learn about how analytics is helping the Lethbridge Police Service focus their resources to combat crime during a presentation Monday afternoon at the Lethbridge Public Library. After a brief introduction by LPS Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh, Stephane Contre, analytics manager for LPS began ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta NDP leadership candidates debate in city
By Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
Bill Graveland THE CANADIAN PRESS LETHBRIDGE – The first debate in the Alberta NDP leadership race was mostly a civil affair Thursday but it wasn’t all smooth sailing for former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. Close to 500 people turned out at the Yates Theatre in Lethbridge to hear Nenshi, three current NDP members of the ... Read More »
9 responsesStudent creating memories with unique school photos
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com What started as having to choose between enjoying Halloween or taking a traditional school picture on retake day at his new school has become a very particular tradition for a young Lethbridge resident. Kashtyn Di Rocco ,who will be heading into a new school next year as a Grade 9 student, has been ... Read More »
1 responseNew trial date expected for retired officer
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The trial for a retired Lethbridge police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Lethbridge several years ago has been cancelled. William Kaye was set to stand trial for two weeks starting Monday in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, but the matter was brought forward and vacated a few weeks ago when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mental health article nets LC student a Troy Reeb internship
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 25th, 2024
An article on mental health within the Canadian Armed Forces has earned Lethbridge College second-year Digital Communications and Media student Justin Sibbet an internship with Troy Reeb, executive vice president of Global News. The Troy Reeb internship is annually rewarded given to a DCM graduate of Lethbridge College. Reeb is a 1998 graduate of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local podcaster focuses on climate change and water security in the Oldman watershed
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 25th, 2024
Michael Bartz, producer of a local podcast series titled In Over My Head, has travelled across the province for more than eight months and conducted 18 interviews for his latest season talking with experts from organizations such as the Oldman Watershed Council, The Alberta Wilderness Association, the Cows and Fish organization and the Alberta Lake ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Growing season uncertainty punctuated by a ‘big question mark’
By Cal Braid - Southern Alberta Newspapers - Local Journalism Initiative on April 25th, 2024
The growing season is at hand, and for months the forecast has been bleak. Heat without moisture makes for parched land and poor yields and the winter trended unwaveringly in a dry direction until February and March, when a few good snowfalls finally fell and sank in. Grant Hunter, MLA for Taber-Warner, knows the concerns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Candidate believes NDP can save oil and gas industry
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Gil McGowan believes the Alberta NDP is the party that can save the oil and gas industry. The candidate for the party leadership, which is holding its first debate at the Yates tonight starting at 7 p.m., also believes the party needs the support of working class voters if it hopes to beat ... Read More »
1 responseFamily alarmed about safety of mother in care home
By Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Covenant Health is investigating after a camera in a room at Buffalo Grace Manor in Lethbridge showed a female resident in the demential ward on several occasions engaging in physical conflict with a male who entered her room. “We’ve been made aware of a video recording of an incident that ... Read More »
1 responseTourism Lethbridge highlights state of the industry
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 24th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tourism Lethbridge recently released its Power of Tourism infographic, where the organization highlights the state of the industry and how it has impacted Lethbridge within the past year. Erin Crane, executive director of Tourism Lethbridge, recently told the Herald they continue to improve upon the stats they collect to keep track of the ... Read More »
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