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Residents oppose park development plan

By Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024

Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A proposal to put medium-density residential housing in a section of a downtown park is being greeted with opposition by neighbourhood residents.  Opportunity Lethbridge has applied to rezone the southwest corner of London Road Park and the adjacent property to enable development in line with London Road Area Redevelopment Plan policy.  ... Read More »

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Alberta Municipalities speaks out against Bill 20

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Wetaskiwin mayor Tyler Gandam didn’t mince words Monday afternoon when talking to media about the implications of Bill 20. The proposed legislation announced last week by the UCP government would allow political parties at the local level in Calgary and Edmonton as a pilot project and would give the government far-reaching powers to ... Read More »

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Home invasion matter coming back to court

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Three Lethbridge people accused in relation to a home invasion and robbery in March will be back in court early next month. One of the accused, Donovan James Holmberg, remains in custody, and his matter was in Lethbridge court of justice on Monday where an agent for his lawyer simply requested an adjournment ... Read More »

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Break-in to Taber bottle depot results in four month sentence

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com At 5:30 in the morning on Nov. 15 of last year, there shouldn’t have been anyone in the Taber Container Depot. The alarm suggested otherwise, however, and when police responded they saw movement inside a locked, fenced compound adjacent to the depot. When they investigated they found Mason Doyle Cranston inside a vehicle ... Read More »

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Inclusion Lethbridge helping people on personal journeys

By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 30th, 2024

Inclusion Lethbridge will be hosting the Community Inclusion Celebration Banquet and Fundraiser this Saturday at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge. The event is to bring awareness about and support inclusion for people with disabilities in the community “We thought it would be great for them to hear stories of families and individuals. We have one young ... Read More »

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Olympian discusses ‘Safe Sport’ at workshop

By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Two-time Olympic alpine skier Allison Forsyth was at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club to speak at the Lethbridge Sport Council -led Safe Sport workshop on Saturday. The focus of the workshop was to make organizations aware of what they can do and should do in regards to Safe Sport. Forsyth, who was also ... Read More »

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Day of Mourning honours victims of workplace tragedies

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com City workers, dignitaries and members of the community gathered Monday to remember victims of workplace tragedies during the annual Day of Mourning at Mountain View Cemetery. Following passage of an act in Parliament in 1991, Canada recognized its first National Day of Mourning for persons killed or injured in the workplace. It’s a ... Read More »

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Regional science fair returns to showcase student knowledge and innovation

By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024

For the first time since 2019, the Southern Alberta Technology Council’s Sci-Fusion Regional Science Fair and Science Olympics was held in person back at the University of Lethbridge on Friday and Saturday. The event was for local-area students in Grades 1-10. The Friday portion had a participant orientation and judging on their projects, while on ... Read More »

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Man who attempted to flee police in court

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old Lundbreck man accused of fleeing from police before he was apprehended late last week, had his matter addressed Monday in Lethbridge court of justice. Shaine William Smith, who remains in custody at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre and was not required to attend court, was represented by duty counsel who explained Smith ... Read More »

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Historical passenger jet returns to Lethbridge

By Lethbridge Herald on April 29th, 2024

Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A Fokker airliner has made a long journey back to Lethbridge, arriving on Monday at the airport to be re-assembled as part of work by the Time Air Historical Society to establish an aviation museum here. Rik Barry of the society watched on a cool cloudy morning as the fuselage, carried ... Read More »

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Book award named in memory of city teacher

By Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2024

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has taken over administration of the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award which was named after a Lethbridge teacher/librarian and awarded every year to a Canadian children’s title written for an elementary school-aged audience. The award comes with a $2,500 cash prize and goes to a work that exemplifies Chase’s “guiding ... Read More »

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