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Edmonton man charged after drug bust
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service seized nearly $150,000 worth of drugs and charged a 19-year-old Edmonton man with trafficking offences Thursday. A short-term investigation that began earlier this month by the Crime Suppression Team, led police to the arrest of 19-year-old Dehandre Mabior Sayed of Edmonton. On Thursday he was arrested without incident and ... Read More »
1 responseIndigenous Recovery Coaching Program staging culture camp
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 25th, 2023
The Indigenous Recovery Coaching Program (IRC) is putting together an in-house culture camp, looking to help provide cultural and community education towards the recovery process. From March 28 to 30, the IRC will be offering seminars focusing on the Siksikaitsitapi, Blackfoot Confederacy, and the recovery process. Seminars will include talks from Elders as well as ... Read More »
2 responsesCollege gets a START on exploring spatial technology
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2023
Ry Clarke – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge College officially launched its Spatial Technologies Applied Research and Training (START) Centre Friday on campus. Housed in the college’s Centre for Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CARIE), the centre will partner with Alberta-based organizations to apply virtual reality and augmented reality technologies to help solve challenges ... Read More »
1 responseNDP introduces plan to protect Albertans’ retirement
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The NDP will create a legal requirement for a public referendum before any government gives notice to leave the Canada Pension Plan if elected. That strategy is among others unveiled by Opposition leader Rachel Notley in Calgary Thursday. An embargoed copy of the paper was given to media on Wednesday. The paper says ... Read More »
3 responsesAccused in record fentanyl bust eyes drug treatment court
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 43-year-old Standoff man who was arrested after Lethbridge police seized more than $150,000 worth of drugs three days before Christmas, has applied to the Lethbridge drug treatment court. The matter for Larry Healy Jr. was in provincial court Thursday where the accused’s lawyer was granted an adjournment until next month to complete ... Read More »
2 responsesWorld needs to mitigate and adapt to climate change: expert
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 24th, 2023
The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed back James Byrne to its Thursday session speaking on the topic of “Climate, Energy, and Sustainability: Where are we? Where do we go?” Byrne is a professor emeritus at the University of Lethbridge, and although retired he continues to have an active voice in the field of ... Read More »
1 responseWinston Churchill student honoured as a Loran Scholar
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A Winston Churchill High School student has been named one of 35 Loran Scholars from a pool of nearly 4,800 applicants who demonstrated their drive to step up in the face of challenges and make positive change in their communities across the country. Grade 12 student Steven Yang spoke to the media Thursday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!St. Patrick’s reopening a homecoming for faithful
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com After being closed for over a decade, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church opened its doors last week for a celebration of Mass to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day, their patron saint. Almost 600 people of all ages gathered not only to celebrate the saint, but also to take advantage of the rare and awaited opportunity ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lost art of listening focus of Galt talk
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Blanche Bruisedhead yearns for the olden days when people, particularly her Blackfoot people, took the time to listen. But those days are gone, and society is the worst for it, she said Thursday during a presentation at the Galt Museum on the importance of listening. “We are in such a society of zip-zoom, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union seeking contract for Extendicare workers
By Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) staged a rally at Extendicare Fairmont Park Thursday to ask for a new contract. Staff have been without one for six years. AUPE south region vice president, Darren Graham spoke to media during the rally and said they had approached the ... Read More »
1 responseWoman jailed for assault and theft at shelter
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A woman who demanded money for providing protection services in jail, has been sent to jail for beating up the woman she claimed she was protecting. Kimberlie Rose Eagle Speaker was sentenced in Lethbridge provincial court earlier this month to seven months in jail for several criminal offences, including assault and theft during ... Read More »
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