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Conditional sentence given to man who assaulted police officer
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 30th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Vulcan area man who struck a police officer in the head with a glass jar will serve a custodial sentence, but he won’t have to go to jail. Darren Williams, 54, was handed a 12-month conditional sentence Friday in Lethbridge court of justice, the first six months of which he will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge shows ‘restraint’ in sentencing man for stabbing
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 30th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who was facing two years behind bars for stabbing two men during a drunken dispute last year, will serve a considerably shorter jail sentence. The Crown was seeking a two-year sentence for John Nickolas Gondurak-Courtoreille, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of aggravated assault. However, Justice Jerry ... Read More »
3 responsesCanadian Beer Day time to hoist a pint
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 30th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com October 4 is the day Canadians should feel free to cook up some back bacon, look for a parking spot at a donut shop and call each other hosers while hoisting a pint of Canada’s most beloved export next to maple syrup – beer. Yes, October 4 is the fifth annual Canadian Beer ... Read More »
1 responseLegacy project honours graves of Indigenous soldiers in the Netherlands
By Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Earlier this year, a group of Canadian, Indigenous and Dutch individuals created the Indigenous Legacy Project, is research and remembrance based initiative to identify and mark the graves of Indigenous soldiers buried in cemeteries across the Netherlands. The Liberation of the Netherlands Branch 005 Royal Canadian Legion, Europe formed a team to ... Read More »
2 responsesGalt exhibits share the stories of residential school survivors
By Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2023
Steffanie Costigan – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Galt Museum and Archives have unveiled new exhibits which share stories from residential school survivors. The two concurrent temporary exhibits feature powerful first-person stories by residential school survivors from across the country, including accounts from southern Alberta by Kainai First Nations members. Galt Museum’s curator Tyler Stewart ... Read More »
2 responsesSACPA hears about need for plasma donations
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) invited a member of Canadian Blood Services to talk about plasma donation and the Plasma Donor Centre on Thursday. Business development manager at Canadian Blood Services Plasma Centre Brenna Scott spoke to media prior to her presentation and said Canadian Blood Services was celebrating its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ceremony launched poet laureate on her path
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 29th, 2023
Louise B. Halfe, the ninth Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada, speaks with gracious certainty when it comes to her work. Her statements are clear, never faltering and with no indication of hesitation as she says, “I am doing the Great Mystery’s work.” In honour of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, she spoke at ... Read More »
1 responseCity council to address funding requests for supportive housing
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2023
Note: The time of the meeting was changed since the story was published in the print edition of the Herald. LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council will be putting in double duty Tuesday with two meetings scheduled during the day. Council, acting in its role of Economic Standing Policy Committee, will meet at 10:30.m. in council ... Read More »
2 responsesAccused claims self defence in murder trial
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com On July 22, 2020, Dustin Big Bull pulled out a knife and stabbed Tregan Crow Eagle to death. Of that there is no doubt, Calgary lawyer Andre Ouellette said Thursday during his client’s second-degree murder trial in Lethbridge. However, Ouellette told Madam Justice Johanna Price the issue is whether the Crown has proven ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous author impacted by Sixties Scoop
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 29th, 2023
Indigenous author Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane talked about her book “Powwow: A Celebration through Song and Dance” at the Word on the Street Festival last weekend at the downtown branch of the Lethbridge Public Library. Pheasant-Neganiwane is an assistant professor at Mount Royal University in the Treaty Seven region and at the library she shared the lack ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Municipalities ask UCP for more infrastructure money
By Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2023
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta Municipalities organization has passed a resolution calling on more provincial funding for local infrastructure. The resolution passed on Thursday with 98 per cent of the votes cast in favour by 800 delegates at its convention in Edmonton. The subject was a big one with ABMunis which held two ... Read More »
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