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Workplace is evolving, Chamber session told
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 8th, 2024
With the rapid advancement of technology and the introduction of Generation Z into the workforce the workplace is evolving. Gathering to delve deeper into the some of the challenges and triumphs of multi-generational, or generationally diverse workplaces, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce welcomed Natalie Amyotte, Director of Human Resources and Privacy with Lethbridge Family Services, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused in sex assaults granted bail to attend addiction treatment centre
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 59-year-old Lethbridge man accused of holding two women against their will and sexually assaulting them, will be released on bail as soon as he’s able to attend a treatment centre. Justice Jerry LeGrandeur agreed during a bail hearing this week in Lethbridge court of justice to release Bernard Alonzo Gibson from remand ... Read More »
1 responseEducation support workers to rally for better pay
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 8th, 2024
Education support workers are calling for fair pay because they say they are unable to live off poverty wages they are receiving within Alberta. Local education support workers will be joining their counterparts across the province on Saturday with a rally to bring attention to their message that current are lower than the poverty line ... Read More »
6 responsesWoman gets house arrest for defrauding U of L
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A city woman who was set to stand trial for three weeks in May for defrauding the University of Lethbridge of thousands of dollars, has been placed on house arrest. Donna Court, whose trial in Lethbridge Court of King’s bench was cancelled, pleaded guilty last month to one count of fraud over $5,000, ... Read More »
2 responsesUniversity of Lethbridge partners with Blood Tribe on health project
By Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
Theodora MacLeod – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Following a 2022 memorandum of understanding, the University of Lethbridge and Blood Tribe Department of Health are launching a multi-phased project that was officially named as part of a Saapihtsimaani (prayer and pipe ceremony) on Tuesday in Standoff. Dubbing the health initiative Sokkinakia’pi–which comes from the work ... Read More »
2 responsesSPC to consider request for treatment plant design projects
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Thursday will hear a request to amend the 2022-31 Capital Improvement Program to add detailed design projects for capacity expansions at the water treatment plant. The SPC consists of all members of city council. A report prepared by Infrastructure Services Director ... Read More »
2 responsesCity starting water meter upgrade project
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge will be upgrading thousands of water meters across the city to make it more convenient to read without disturbing residents or their pets while staff are in their yards. Water and wastewater operations manager Leanne Lammertsen said Tuesday this is a three-year program to replace about 10,000 water meters ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge loses a theatre icon; Fran Rude made an impact on city arts community
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The curtain has closed on the life of a Lethbridge theatre icon. Fran Rude died Friday at the age of 86 at Chinook Regional Hospital. Since word broke of her passing, social media has been flooded with tributes to a woman who gave a multitude of people over the decades the chance to ... Read More »
1 responseTwo make plea in Coutts case, freed from jail
By Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
Delon Shurtz – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Two of four men charged with conspiring to murder RCMP officers during the 2022 Coutts border protest of COVID-19 health measures, have pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Christopher Lysak pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to a single charge of possession of a weapon in an unauthorized place, ... Read More »
3 responsesTaking a frigid plunge for Special Olympics
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
A group of brave souls jumped into the soggy and cold conditions on Saturday for a dip in Henderson Lake to raise money for the Special Olympics Alberta through the Law Enforcement Torch Run’s Polar Plunge. “We ask people to come out and jump into a perfectly freezing body of water all in an effort ... Read More »
1 responseGirl testifies at trial, saying she was sexually assaulted
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge girl says she didn’t think she had any choice but to go with two men to a westside home, where minutes later the underage girl was sexually assaulted by a stranger and was begging him to stop. The girl, who testified Monday during the first day of Ziyaad Noor’s trial ... Read More »
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