By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on November 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A new living wage has been calculated for 2022, which shows a significant increase from last year due to inflation and higher cost of living in many communities across the province. According to the to the Alberta Living Wage Network (ALWN) the living wage for the city of Lethbridge is $20.30 per hour. ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Helping a friend is normally considered a good thing, unless it’s helping that friend break into a residence. That’s what Travis Jeremy Mertz did last January, when he and his friend, Brandon Marshall, kicked in the door to a northside home so Marshall could exact revenge on the homeowner. Marshall had briefly resided ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Lethbridge Herald on November 19th, 2022
Lethbridge College Digital Communications and Media (DCM) students got some valuable ‘on-the-scene’ experience early in the semester thanks to their participation in a mock disaster conducted by the communities within the Municipal District of Willow Creek. The exercise simulated EF3 (Enhanced Fujita Scale) tornados touching down in the communities of Nanton, Claresholm, Stavely, Fort Macleod, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Lethbridge Herald on November 18th, 2022
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com That’s a wrap! City council acting as Economic Standing Policy Committee wrapped up five days of budget deliberations Friday morning with unanimous approval to move forward a 5.1 per cent annual property tax increase for council to approve at its Nov. 29 meeting. The base budget for the next four ... Read More »
4 responsesBy Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 18th, 2022
Emotions were high Thursday during the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs presentation hearing from Ukrainian refugee Alona Sinchuk. Audiences were recounted with Sinchuk’s escape from Ukraine two weeks after the Russian invasion earlier this year. Fleeing with her two teenage boys, she would travel from Dnipro to Kyiv, from where they would escape to ... Read More »
1 responseBy Samantha Johnson SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 18th, 2022
Getting a high school diploma was a struggle for Ina Fairbanks, but she completed it and is now in the Applied Bachelors and Health and Science Paramedic Program at Medicine Hat College. She has decided to extend her program time, finishing the degree in five years rather than three. “I really struggled graduating from high ... Read More »
1 responseBy Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 18th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary man is facing drug-related charges after a trucker tried to enter Canada at the Coutts border crossing earlier this month. On Nov. 6 a commercial transport truck arrived at the border with a shipment of bananas. Border officials searched the vehicle and found 43 kg of cocaine hidden inside the load ... Read More »
1 responseBy Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 18th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The owner of a Lethbridge mechanic shop accused of committing numerous fraud-related offences, has been ordered to personally attend court next month if he hasn’t retained a lawyer to assist him. Lethbridge lawyer Marcus Mueller appeared in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday, but pointed out he could only act as an agent for the ... Read More »
1 responseBy Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 18th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta man charged in relation to a drunk driving death three years ago will remain in custody pending his trial next year. Wesley Brian Phillips had hoped to be released from remand custody Thursday following a bail review the previous day in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench. After listening to arguments ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 18th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man waiting to be sentenced for sexually assaulting three women, will stand trial next spring in relation to an assault against a fourth woman. Sohil Bindra, 36, is scheduled to stand trial April 18-20, 2023 for several sex offences against the woman. He also faces a charge of sex assault against ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Cole Parkinson SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS cparkinson@tabertimes.com on November 18th, 2022
It’s starting to look and feel like Christmas outdoors and a family in Enchant, along with the surrounding community, have donated over 200 plus gifts to the Angel Tree Toy Depot in Lethbridge. Emily and Alex Geerligs donated last year after their baby daughter Madison passed away, and they decided to commemorate what would have ... Read More »
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