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Charges in human trafficking may be resolved
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com One of several men charged more than a year ago in relation to a human trafficking case may resolve his charges without a trial. Mohammad Zafari was scheduled to stand trial in Lethbridge next March on several sex-related charges, but during a brief hearing Tuesday in provincial court, the matter was waived to ... Read More »
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By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Initiatives and grants to help revitalize the downtown core was the focus of a talk at Casa Tuesday by the City’s Urban Revitalization manager Andrew Malcolm. Malcolm gave a sparse audience a look at revitalization efforts in downtown with much of his talk focusing on the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design program. This ... Read More »
10 responsesBindra facing up to 18 years for sexual assault
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who sexually assaulted three women several years ago faces up to 18 years in a federal prison. That’s the amount of time the Crown recommends Sohil Bindra receive for the assaults and other sex-related offences against the women. Calgary Lawyer Alain Hepner, on the other hand, is asking the judge ... Read More »
1 responseBlood Tribe flicks the switch on festive light display
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 7th, 2022
Kainaiwa Children’s Services in partnership with the Blood Tribe hosted its second annual opening night of the Ka Mo Taan Festive Lights Monday night in Standoff at Red Crow Park. Community members braved the cold weather to come together for a night of festive lights and hot chocolate, gathering to watch as the park came ... Read More »
1 responseUniversity presentation explores the mysteries of the cosmos
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A recent installment of the PUBlic Professor Series saw University of Lethbridge physics and astronomy professor, Saurya Das speak about Our Universe: Its Beginning, Flow and End. With close to a 100 people attending in person and another 100 tuned in online, Das explained what is known and what is unknown about the universe ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gender-based violence remains ever-present issue at Canadian post-secondaries
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 7th, 2022
December 6 is marked as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On that date in 1989, an act of violence took the lives of 14 women attending Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, targeting women in an example of gender-based violence. Hoping to spread awareness on the topic, the University of Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseCharges against Coutts protester stayed by Crown
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Raymond man arrested last February in connection with the protest at the Coutts border is no longer facing prosecution. Charges of mischief to property and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose against Janx Zaremba were stayed by the Crown Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court. A stay of proceedings allows ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Engineering students mark Day of Remembrance
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College Engineering Technologies students brought awareness to fellow college students about gender-based violence Tuesday on National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Second year student in the Civil Engineering Technology program, Zane Hilland, said they are trying to bring enhanced awareness to the tragedy that happened Dec. 6, 1989. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge police officers have completed new ethics training
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the Lethbridge Police Service have engaged in new ethics training that has been completed based on a review done in 2019. The new ethics training allows the LPS to become an ABLE (Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement) agency. During the Lethbridge Police Commission meeting last week, LPS Constable Allister Koop explained ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hospital capacity in city ‘very stretched’: AHS
By Lethbridge Herald on December 6th, 2022
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Chinook Regional Hospital is being stretched to capacity but no patients have been transferred to other facilities, Dr. Aaron Low of Alberta Health Services said Tuesday. Low, the AHS South Zone Medical Director, who works in critical care at the hospital, said for a period of several hours on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winter Wonderland put some spirit in the step of shoppers
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on December 6th, 2022
The Christmas spirit could be felt at Festival Square on Saturday in the form of a YQL Winter Wonderland that was hosted by ReMax YQL Professionals. People could stroll and listen to Christmas music, have the opportunity at over $700 in prizes from community sponsors, market wares were up for purchase from Chef Stella and ... Read More »
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