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Council approves snow removal pilot project
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday approved a pilot program for snow and ice removal that was recommended by its Governance Standing Policy Committee in June. On a trial basis for the upcoming winter, the City will be doing plowing to the right with a windrow subscription service for those who can’t clear snow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged in violent motel robbery sent to prison
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on July 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Another of several armed and masked men who burst into a motel room in a home-invasion-style robbery late last year has been sent to a federal penitentiary. Marvin Blake Weasel Head was sentenced to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to a single charge of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hospital diversions a crisis in Alberta: AMA
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Diversion to other hospitals in Alberta due to a lack of general surgeons or support teams is a crisis situation, media heard Monday during a Zoom meeting on the state of general surgery with Alberta Medical Association Paul Parks. Joining Parks, an Emergency Room doctor in Medicine Hat, was general surgeon Lloyd Mack, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman ordered to repay AISH benefits
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on July 10th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman who received financial assistance to which she wasn’t entitled, has been fined and ordered to repay the government thousands of dollars. Jennifer Elaine Wielenga, who was initially charged with fraud, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to a single charge under the Income and Employment Supports Act of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Piikani Chief comes full circle with Buffalo Stone
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 10th, 2024
Before white settlers arrived on the plains, southern Alberta was home to the Blackfoot people. They relied on the buffalo for all of their needs from food to shelter to clothing. Blackfoot people had a sacred relationship to the land and often shared stories with each other. One of these stories which has been passed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Update points to positive steps on encampments
By Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2024
Justin Sibbet – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As encampment removal becomes a greater challenge in Lethbridge, positive steps are being made to help keep residents safe and their minds at ease. Andrew Malcolm, general manager of Community Social Development with the City of Lethbridge, says there are successes despite a rising number of encampments ... Read More »
4 responsesBroken elevator leaving LTC residents feel like prisoners
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Residents and family members say a broken elevator at St. Michael’s Health Centre is impacting long-term care residents on the second and third floors in the east wing, leaving some feeling like prisoners. The elevator on the east side of the facility that takes patients, visitors and St. Michael’s staff to upper floors ... Read More »
1 responseLegal Aid extension gives hope to Alberta lawyers
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 9th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com Following several days of fear, legal aid is going to remain operational in Alberta until at least early September, though there are still concerns about the future of the program. Legal Aid Alberta released a joint statement alongside the Minister of Justice, Mickey Amery and the Law Society of Alberta on Friday. The ... Read More »
1 responseSpeeding motorcyclist gets house arrest
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com One of two motorcyclists who sped past an off-duty police officer a year ago, has been fined and placed under house arrest. Gregory Paul Vredegoor, who was initially charged with dangerous driving, pleaded guilty in Lethbridge court of justice to the lesser but included offence of careless driving, for which he was fined ... Read More »
1 responseMan not criminally responsible for gas bar robbery
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who robbed a gas bar last year was spared a jail sentence after being found not criminally responsible. Stephen Rene Geworsky pleaded guilty recently in Lethbridge court of justice to one count of robbery, and while he was earlier determined by the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre to be fit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Train station AHS services moving to Melcor Centre
By Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2024
All Alberta Heath Services teams and programs working at the train station location will be moving to the Melcor Centre on July 22, pending the completion of renovations. AHS says the move will consolidate all public health programs in her one location, “providing clients with convenient access to multidisciplinary healthcare teams and resources.” The last ... Read More »
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