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Man sentenced for forcibly preventing woman from leaving his home
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 18th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Shelby Ty Bastien has little memory of an incident at his home on June 15, 2021, when he forcibly prevented a frightened female friend from leaving his home. “He was grossly intoxicated at the time,” Lethbridge lawyer Vincent Guinan said Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, where Bastien pleaded guilty to one count of ... Read More »
1 responseBreak-and-enter lands woman five months in jail
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 18th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 28-year-old woman who tossed a brick through a store window will have to spend a few months behind bars. Billie-Jean Long Time Squirrel pleaded guilty Friday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of break and enter, and was sentenced to five months in jail. Court was told that at about 3:49 ... Read More »
1 responseDecision on hold until May for pastor in Coutts protest case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 18th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary pastor will have to wait another two-and-a-half months before he learns his fate following a trial earlier this month. Artur Pawlowski stood trial Feb. 2 and 3 on charges of mischief and breaching a release order, as well as a charge under the Alberta Critical Infrastructure Defence Act of wilfully damaging ... Read More »
1 responseUltra-early seeding a cool experiment
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 18th, 2023
Graham Collier, strategy lead in cereals and seed treatment for Nufarm Agriculture Inc. spoke about ultra-early wheat seeding at the 2023 Farming Smarter conference and trade show. Collier, who is just weeks from completing a doctorate in agronomy at the U of A, said that under Brian Beres and Dean Spaner, he’s spent the last ... Read More »
1 responseAirshow ready to take wing for second straight year
By Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023
Ry Clarke – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge International Airshow is touching down for a second straight year in partnership with the City of Lethbridge. Dallas Harty, airshow president, says the organization will begin staging the show on odd-numbered years moving forward to lessen the competition from other airshows in the area, while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Frank Slide a rockin’ attraction for visitors
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023
As many Albertans looked for local locations to spend their holidays during the COVID-19 pandemic, one attraction benefitted in an unexpected way. The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre saw an increase in the total number of visitors during the COVID era as locals flocked to the site. This trend continued this year with attendance continuing to ... Read More »
1 responseRifle theft and sale lands man in federal prison
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The word on the street is, if you need a weapon or firearm, just drive by the city’s emergency shelter on the northside and ask for one. That’s how Dillon Freed Knife sold a semi-automatic rifle he had stolen from a residential garage nearly a year ago. At about 5:15 a.m. on April ... Read More »
1 responseJail time for man who fled police traffic stop
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 26-year-old man who fled from police when they attempted to conduct a traffic stop last fall, has been sentenced to six months in jail. Quinn Mitchell Pozzo was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to one count of flight from a peace officer. Court was told that at ... Read More »
1 responseYWCA campaign brings awareness to violence against women
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Students from Father Leonard Van Tighem School in partnership with YWCA Lethbridge and District, took part in the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters’ Love a Shelter campaign on Valentines’s Day. External relations director of the YWCA Lethbridge and District, Cat Champagne said the campaign is a Valentine’s Day campaign that the ACWS created ... Read More »
1 responseGovernment house leader discusses upcoming budget in SACPA talk
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023
The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed Joseph Schow, UCP MLA for Cardston-Siksika and Government House Leader, to its Thursday session at the Lethbridge Senior Citizen’s Organization. Speaking on the topic of ‘The Fiscal Outlook for 2023, and a Recap of Years Past’, Schow gave audience members insight on the provincial budget and what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Neudorf sees common ground between agriculture and infrastructure
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023
Farming Smarter, a local research foundation, held its 2023 conference and trade show at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge Wednesday and Thursday. The event featured information sessions and talks from the Farming Smarter agronomists, as well as guest speakers from universities and the ag industry. Nathan Neudorf, Alberta’s minister of infrastructure and deputy premier, addressed ... Read More »
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