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SACPA hears from ALERT officer about internet child exploitation
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 8th, 2024
A member of The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team spoke on its purpose and the topic of child internet exploitation, criminal investigations, computer-related child sexual abuse, luring, and child pornography at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs session on Thursday at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization. Guest speaker was RCMP member Heather Bangle of ... Read More »
2 responsesGranum man sentenced in Tailfeathers case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 53-year-old Granum man who helped dispose of a body nearly three years ago after the victim was brutally beaten to death, has been sentenced to one year in jail for interfering with a dead body. Edward Alexander Goodrich pleaded guilty to the charge Thursday in Lethbridge court of justice, where the Crown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City denied funding from housing accelerator program
By Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024
The City of Lethbridge will not be getting any funding from the federal Housing Accelerator Fund program this year. The City was informed by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation that its application wasn’t successful. “This is disappointing news as the City could have been eligible for $6.25 million which would have been a significant ... Read More »
5 responsesBuilding Brains program expanding research to older adults
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Building Brains Together is expanding its research to include the effects of play on older adults and they offered a pilot program to a group of seniors in the community over the past four weeks. Research associate with Building Brains out of the Neuroscience Department at the University of Lethbridge Vicki Hazelwood spoke ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CANstruction event puts building skills to the test
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the architectural and engineering industry, along with aspiring students, put their building skills to use as part of the annual CANstruction YQL Thursday at Centre Village Mall. The Annual CANstruction event gives a boost to local food banks by donating all the cans used in the construction of several structures after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New supportive housing project getting underway
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Ground was figuratively broken Thursday on Lethbridge Housing Authority’s $10.2 million new supportive housing unit. Dignitaries including LHA’s Chief Administrative officer Robin James, provincial Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services Jason Nixon, mayor Blaine Hyggen and others ceremoniously threw some frozen soil into the frigid air at the site ... Read More »
1 responseCCH taking walk down yellow brick road
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 7th, 2024
The Catholic Central High School theatre department is skipping down the yellow brick road in their new production of “The Wizard of Oz” at CCH east campus starting Friday at 7 p.m.. CCH is in its 32nd year of productions at the school. “The Wizard of Oz will run until Saturday, March 16, CCH director ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City launches childcare needs assessment survey
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge has launched a survey to learn the challenges faced by both families and childcare providers here. Available at getinvolvedlethbridge.ca, the survey launched Wednesday and runs until April 2. The City is doing a needs assessments into local childcare there being about a 600-space gap, according to preliminary research done ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lengthy jail sentence avoided with plea to lesser charge
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 31-year-old Lethbridge man charged with robbery following a violent attempt to steal a woman’s belongings, was given a break when he was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge, instead. Christopher Anthony DeGeorgio pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lethbridge court of justice to a charge of attempted theft, reducing what could have ... Read More »
2 responsesAg Expo heralded as a success
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The first edition of Ag Expo in the new Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre is a wrap and it was hugely successful, according to director of community engagement Paul Kingsmith. Ag Expo was the first event at the Hub since its opening last summer to utilize every square foot of the facility during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP modernizing provincial power grid
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The provincial government is making efforts to help the Alberta electricity system adapt to new technologies and the changing ways consumes interact with the grid. The UCP on Tuesday proclaimed the Electricity Statues (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act. “By modernizing our electricity grid, with the input of Albertans and industry stakeholders, Alberta’s ... Read More »
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