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Convenience store robbery nets man 15 months in jail
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man will spend more than a year in jail for robbing a convenience store of less than $100. At about midnight on July 29, 2021, Rex McCall Siemens walked into a 7-Eleven store in the 2000 block of Mayor Magrath Drive and told the clerk he had a gun and would ... Read More »
1 responseAir show might be back for this year
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge International Airshow may take wing for a second straight year if it gets council approval. A presentation to be made Wednesday to the Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council by airshow president Dallas Harty says organizers want to begin staging the show on odd-numbered years moving forward. The SPC meeting ... Read More »
1 responseStreets Alive suspends warming centre while hoping for alternative location
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 14th, 2023
With the recent influx of warmer weather, city residents are seeing less snow, but that doesn’t mean concerns about the homeless have melted away along with the ice. During the month of December, the City of Lethbridge and Streets Alive Mission opened the doors of the Mission as a 24-hour warming center to help with ... Read More »
4 responsesThe play’s the thing: Playgoers celebrates 100 years on stage
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Playgoers of Lethbridge is celebrating a big milestone this year. It will be a 100 years since their very first meeting took place at St. Augustine Church on Jan. 20, 1923. “We’re celebrating 100 years and at this point still going strong, and looking forward to continuing for at least another 100,” said ... Read More »
1 responsePast year challenging and rewarding for Lethbridge County Reeve
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 14th, 2023
Tory Campbell has served as Reeve of Lethbridge County for 14 months and has been a member of council since October 2017. He took the time to reflect upon 2022, his first full year in the position; a position that he said is both challenging and rewarding. The County faced challenges in 2022, specifically coming ... Read More »
1 responseDrug smuggling trial adjourned for witness rebuttal
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The trial for a Calgary trucker accused of trying to smuggle drugs into Alberta two years ago, has been adjourned until next week while the Crown prepares to subpoena a witness to rebut defence evidence. Although Crown Prosecutor Kent Brown concluded his case this week in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, he will ... Read More »
1 responseStudents give City snow plows wintry monikers
By Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com You won’t see any City trucks bearing the name ‘Plowy McPlowface’ but 12 other names chosen by city students did make the cut in a contest. The contest for students up to Grade 4 in the Lethbridge School and Holy Spirit Catholic School divisions as well as those being home ... Read More »
1 responseSerious assault results in 15 month sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 39-year-old man who seriously injured another man during an assault last year has been sentenced to 15 months in jail. Aaron Troy Mercredi was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault. Although sentenced to 15 months in jail, Mercredi was given credit for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Film screening explores modern culture of disconnectedness
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com After a virtual viewing of the film The Great Disconnect offered by Healthy Communities Association of Lethbridge and Area (HCALA), those in attendance had an opportunity to meet the director for a panel discussion where many subjects were touched on. People from different parts of southern Alberta tuned in for the virtual event ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shooting suspect has bail condition altered
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary man who was charged in relation to a shooting more than a year ago in Lethbridge has been allowed to change a condition of his bail that will enable him to visit his children in another city. Bira Jamal Ahmed was released from custody last August following a bail hearing in ... Read More »
1 responseNew charges expected for man accused in Tia Blood case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 20-year-old man charged in relation to the discovery of a woman’s body late last year is expected to face new criminal charges when he returns to court next month. The matter for Hunter Alexander Frank was in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday, where defence was expected to either have a bail hearing or ... Read More »
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