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Flight from police lands man in jail
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com It wasn’t exactly a high-speed chase, or even a slow one, but a Lethbridge man still refused to stop his vehicle for police, which earned him a brief stint behind bars. Dillon Allen Houghton pleaded guilty earlier this year in Lethbridge court of justice to a single charge of flight from police and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP’s Ganley wants inquiry into well cleanup liability
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Provincial NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley feels Albertans should know the full scope of cost of cleaning up orphaned and inactive well sites. The MLA for Calgary-Mountain View is also promising that she would if elected premier call for a review and overhaul of the Alberta Energy Regulator. In a phone interview Tuesday, ... Read More »
8 responsesAnnual music and speech arts festival nearing
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival is gearing up to welcome artists from all ages to this year’s festival running from March 11 to the 23rd at various venues across downtown Lethbridge. Festival general manager Jaimee Jarvie says the festival this year will see the return of accordions to its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Child porn charges resolved with peace bond
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man caught with child pornography on his computer has resolved his charges by way of a peace bond. Eric John Heitman. who was facing two counts of possession of Child Pornography and one count of accessing child pornography, was placed on the one-year peace bond Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mom overcomes grief by writing children’s book
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 6th, 2024
A local woman is sharing her experience of a devastating loss and how she found the silver lining by writing a children’s book. Last summer on July 28 Greg Gaudette a local paramedic/firefighter and his friend Jonah Swen – who was a paramedic and registered nurse in Calgary – died in a hiking tragedy in ... Read More »
1 responseYWCA to honour women of distinction
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Friday marks International Women’s Day and with it the return of the YWCA Lethbridge and District Women of Distinction Awards ceremony where four women will be recognized this year. YWCA Lethbridge and District CEO Jill Young said she is very excited to once again witness women in the community get recognized during the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finance minister talks to Chamber about budget
By Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta Finance Minister and President of the Treasury Board Nate Horner on Wednesday gave a post-budget luncheon talk to the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. The Minister walked an audience of about 100 people through last week’s Budget 2024, talking about initiatives contained within it and challenges facing the province in ... Read More »
6 responsesCORRECTION ON WORKSHOP STORY
By Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2024
The Herald inadvertently ran an old story on Page A3 today regarding funding for a proposed lawlessness workshop in May. Council met last Tuesday and unanimously approved $2,500 in funding for the workshop. We apologize for the mix-up. Here is the correct story: City council last Tuesday voted unanimously to fund up to $2,500 from ... Read More »
2 responsesMan sentenced for beating death released from custody
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Fort Macleod man who was sentenced to just under three years in a federal penitentiary for the beating death of Lane Tailfeathers in the summer of 2021, has already completed his sentence. Randy Lee Giroux was sentenced Friday in Lethbridge court of justice to a prison term of two years and nine ... Read More »
3 responsesConference speaker talks about Palestinian diaspora
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2024
Deema Abushaban is a Palestinian Muslim who was raised between the West and Middle East and she spoke about Palestinians in the diaspora at the Conversations about Global Advocacy Conference at the University of Lethbridge on Saturday. The conference focused on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and Palestine. “So that’s us, me, my family,” said ... Read More »
1 responseMan accused of sex assaults could have two trials
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 59-year-old Lethbridge man accused of holding two women against their will and sexually assaulting them, is still waiting to be released on bail. Bernard Alonzo Gibson had been granted bail last month, but only on condition he could secure a bed at the Opportunity Home Treatment Recovery Centre in Drayton Valley. The ... Read More »
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