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City preparing to help the vulnerable deal with winter’s extremes
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge is preparing for the impact cold weather has upon the vulnerable population here and expects to be in better shape than in previous years. Andrew Malcolm, general manager of Community Social Development and Luke Palmer, the City’s Emergency Planning and Risk Supervisor, gave media an update Wednesday afternoon with ... Read More »
1 responseSamhain: misunderstood meaning of Halloween’s earliest ancestors
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 26th, 2023
When the sun sets on October 31 and the streets fill with little Barbies and mini Spider-Mans, dragging pillow cases stuffed with treats behind them, begins a holiday that has often been forgotten in favour of its more commercial variation. Samhain (pronounced Saa-win) is the Pagan sabbat from which Halloween derived. Known also as the ... Read More »
1 responseLawyers for accused high school football players make court appearance
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Lawyers representing four Lethbridge high school students accused of sexually assaulting another student on the same football team made a brief appearance in youth court Wednesday. The lawyers, three from Lethbridge and one from Calgary, requested an adjournment and told court they were still waiting to receive information about the case from the ... Read More »
1 responseFatality case could be resolved without trial
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A fatality case involving a motorist and two pedestrians may be resolved without a trial, or at the most just a short trial, a judge was told Wednesday in Lethbridge court of justice. Lethbridge lawyer Justin Dean said he and the Crown prosecutor are having early case resolution discussions, which typically are intended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Just wear a poppy’: Legion changes focus of campaign
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Wear a poppy. That’s the message being promoted by the General Stewart Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion as Remembrance Day nears. With only about 10 per cent of Canadians donning the poppy in honour of veterans, the Legion wants to see that number rise. So this year the focus is not on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training exercise prepares city agencies for protests
By Lethbridge Herald on October 25th, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge along with multiple agencies staged a training scenario outside of the Lethbridge courthouse Tuesday night to get better prepared in case of a hostile protest. Emergency Planning and Risk supervisor with the City of Lethbridge, Luke Palmer spoke to media Wednesday and said the training scenario ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Presentations on downtown safety given at Casa
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 25th, 2023
A downtown safety information and education session was held in the CASA community room Tuesday noon where three safety presentations were given to the community. Housing Solution Coordinator at City of Lethbridge Matthew Pitcher started the session by sharing the City’s perspective of the challenges being faced downtown. “From the City’s perspective, we’ve seen over ... Read More »
2 responsesBaked goods back on the table at Nord-Bridge fall sale
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 25th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Nord-Bridge Senior Centre’s annual Fall Craft and Bake sale took place over the weekend, with the return of baked goods for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Program coordinator Ashley Kern told the Herald Saturday more than 200 people attended the event with many attending first thing in the morning to purchase ... Read More »
1 responseCommunity Conversation event connects the public with the City
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 25th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge hosted its second Community Conversation of 2023 on Monday with dozens of people coming through the Enmax Centre within the first hour. Lethbridge residents had the opportunity to gather information about 40 different projects happening across the city while walking around the facility. Multiple booths were set up on ... Read More »
1 responseStatements admissible if accused testifies
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 25th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Statements an accused in a manslaughter case gave to police after his arrest more than two years ago will be admissible at trial, but only if the accused testifies. The accused, Cullen Drake Tailfeathers of Fort Macleod, was scheduled to have a two-day voir dire – a mini trial within a trial – ... Read More »
1 responseNew cookie concept coming to Lethbridge
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 25th, 2023
An award winning cookie company is opening a location in Lethbridge. A family duo opened their first cookie store in Logan, Utah in 2017 and since then they have been awarded for having the best milk chocolate chip cookies in the U.S. Former Lethbridge resident Jason McGowan, CEO of Crumbl Cookies,shared the beginning stages of ... Read More »
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