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STARS Lottery honours patient in naming of home
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com STARS Lottery celebrated the launch of their 30th lottery on Thursday with a home named ‘The Leo Joseph’ after a local boy who was able to survive thanks to their services. The Leo Joseph house is located in the Crossings neighbourhood and it was named after Leo Joseph Kolebaba, a VIP (very important ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community safety top concern in mayor’s annual address
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com They ate, they listened, they asked. A crowd of almost 200 people packed tables at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre on Thursday morning to listen to mayor Blaine Hyggen give his first in-person State of the City address. In a talk that lasted about an hour, the mayor addressed numerous initiatives being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New U of L president chosen to take the helm
By Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2023
The University of Lethbridge is announcing the appointment of its seventh president and vice-chancellor. Digvir S. Jayas, an internationally renowned agricultural engineering researcher, decorated professor, and experienced academic leader, has been chosen to take on the role, assuming his new position on July 1, 2023. Jayas comes to ULethbridge from the University of Manitoba, where ... Read More »
1 responseMultiple threats attract seven month sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man has been sentenced to seven and a half months in jail for threatening to kill several people, including police and courthouse employees. John Atem Ayiel, 43, was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court after he pleaded guilty to one count each of assault and mischief, two counts of breaching release ... Read More »
1 responseTent camp shooter sentenced to three years of incarceration
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com On July 10 of last year Nathan Parker Spearchief was in “tent city,” a temporary camp in the 500 block of Stafford Drive South that had been set up by the city’s homeless population. He was approached by another man who angrily accused him of being a “skinner,” which is slang for someone who ... Read More »
2 responsesFeds injecting $11.2 million into regional economic development
By Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
Ry Clarke – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge and area are poised for a major influx of federal dollars following the announcement of a new PrairiesCan office in the city on Thursday. Gathering at the Galt Museum, dignitaries celebrated the new service location in the city along with federal investments in southern Alberta. The ... Read More »
3 responsesCommittee recommends support for air show
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Wednesday has recommended the Lethbridge International Airshow Association be given financial support to mount an event this year. Dallas Harty, president of the association, made a presentation to the SPC – which consists of all council members – stating the organization’s interest in ... Read More »
1 responseAg scholarship recipient has passion for soil
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com SouthGrow and partners have awarded three $2500 scholarships to agri-food students in the Lethbridge region, and one is Lethbridge College student Emma Knodel. Knodel is in her third year of Bachelors of Agriculture Science program at Lethbridge College, and said the scholarship helped her immensely to cover tuition fees and textbooks. “I’m really ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SPC declines request for pickleball funding
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A request to approve another $300,000 for construction of new pickleball courts went out of bounds for the Economic Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Wednesday. The SPC voted to turn down a request to recommend that council approve the funding. The lone vote of the nine members in favour was ... Read More »
1 responseTrucking company owner denies knowledge of drug smuggling
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The owner of a Calgary transport company whose employee was caught with a load of drugs two years ago at the Coutts border, had nothing to do with the smuggling attempt, he testified this week in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench. Gurpreet Ghuman told court he was not involved in the importation of ... Read More »
2 responsesLocals flooding back to southern Alberta attractions
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 19th, 2023
Tourism in the Southern Rockies is on the rise according to Mel Zoller, board chair for South Canadian Rockies Tourism Association. “The tourism association operates out of Crowsnest Pass, Pincher Creek, Waterton, Castle region,” said Zoller, who revealed that tourism numbers are back to pre-pandemic numbers with a new demographic taking the lead: local Albertans. ... Read More »
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