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Smith says Highway 3 twinning to continue in spring
By Collin Gallant SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on March 9th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDcgallant@medicinehatnews.com Highway 3 twinning remains on pace to begin this spring between Taber and Burdett and so does a promise to move ahead plans to widen the length of the route between Medicine Hat and British Columbia. Premier Danielle Smith highlighted the project at a news conference outlining the province’s entire construction plan this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Time change a reminder to check smoke detectors, says City’s new chief fire marshal
By Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2024
Delon Shurtz – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com When was the last time you checked your home smoke detector? Does it still work? Does the battery still have a charge? If you don’t know the answers to these questions, shouldn’t you? Troy Hicks thinks you should, and as the city’s chief fire marshal, Hicks says it could mean ... Read More »
3 responsesSACPA 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 responsesCANstruction 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!Building 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!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 »
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