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Hurricanes and City team up to ‘Stop the Bleed’
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services have partnered up with the Enmax Centre and the Lethbridge Hurricanes to launch their Stop the Bleed program. Greg Adair, chief of Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services, said Monday introducing Stop the Bleed makes sense after the death of a ... Read More »
1 responseVirtual reality may help screen prospective police officers
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge College’s Centre for Public Safety Applied Research (CPSAR) and Spatial Technologies Applied Research and Training (START), have partnered with multiple policing agencies to find ways to assess decision-making in applicants, recruits and frontline staff using virtual reality. CPSAR is using virtual reality and immersive simulation scenarios to recreate real-world situations for ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge man set to enter pleas on sex and child pornography charges
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Preliminary inquiries scheduled later this Spring for a man facing numerous sex-related offences could be cancelled if the Crown and defence come to an agreement to resolve the charges without a trial. The matters for James Robert Martinac were in Lethbridge court of justice Friday, where Lethbridge lawyer Scott Hadford said he and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Turning 103 no big deal says birthday girl
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Green Acres Foundation has honoured the oldest resident of Heritage Lodge, Ruth Schumacher, who celebrated an impressive milestone with her family on Friday. Schumacher celebrated her 103rd birthday surrounded by fellow residents, her daughter Judy Strojwas and her friend Lethbridge Police Service Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh. And while family and friends made a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New legislation will impact sale of government properties
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The UCP is introducing new legislation that will impact the sale of government properties. If approved, the Real Governance Act will ensure that “property sales across government are handled in a uniform manner and that government is given the option to hold onto property that has strategic value,” says the province. It says ... Read More »
3 responsesCouncil to be asked to approve needle debris collection funding
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday will be asked by City administration to approve the expenditure of provincial needle debris mitigation funding, A presentation to be presented to council by chief financial officer and treasurer Darrell Mathews says the City has entered into a funding agreement with the province to support the costs related ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man in recovery gets house arrest for drug charges
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 49-year-old Standoff man who was set to be sentenced nearly a year ago for drug offences, but failed to attend his sentencing hearing, will spend the next four months under house arrest. Lloyd Avery Good Rider was handed a 12-month conditional sentence Friday in Lethbridge court of justice, where he was sentenced ... Read More »
1 responseRaymond and Magrath on drought alert, but not yet considering rationing
By Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2024
Delon Shurtz – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com With the City of Calgary already warning residents it could enact outdoor water restrictions as early as May, Raymond residents don’t have too much to worry about; yet. Barring extreme dry conditions or imposed government restrictions, Raymond residents aren’t facing the immediate prospect of water rationing, says the town’s chief ... Read More »
1 responseProposed trans policy focus of SACPA talk
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 22nd, 2024
A queer and trans social worker spoke on the topic of trans youth and parents’ rights policies proposed by Alberta government at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) on Thursday. The event was held in the dining room of the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization. Guest speaker was Katie DeLucia-Burk who shared with the ... Read More »
1 responseHyggen comments on needs assessment report
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Mayor Blaine Hyggen has issued a statement regarding a presentation made to the Social and Safety Standing Policy committee of city council Thursday on an Indigenous Womens Needs Assessment. “The needs assessment report was a tough read, but an important one. It highlights the opportunities we have to do better and provides recommendations ... Read More »
2 responsesMedicine Hat council sanctions mayor, strips her of powers and salary
By Collin Gallant -SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on March 22nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDcgallant@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat city council has stripped Mayor Linnsie Clark of most of her remaining powers, along with half her salary, for violating council’s code of conduct during an exchange with city manager Ann Mitchell last summer. Clark, however, says she’s seeking a legal opinion about the penalties that she described as “shocking and ... Read More »
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