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Online auction raising funds for emergency youth shelter
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 8th, 2022
Wood’s Homes is hosting its third annual online auction, running Dec. 8 – 15, with funds raised supporting its emergency youth shelter, The Core. The program helps provide youth under the age of 18 with basic necessities like beds, food, showers, laundry, and crisis counselling. Funds raised during the auction will help with supports that ... Read More »
1 responseCollege plumbing apprentice tests skills against world’s best
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 8th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge College second year plumbing apprentice recently represented the whole country during the WorldSkills Plumbing and Heating competition in Lahr, Germany. After winning the Provincial Skills Canada Competition in early May 2022 representing Lethbridge College in Edmonton, Joshua Mandin went on to win gold at the national level just a few weeks ... Read More »
2 responsesLocal students shortlisted for CBC Classroom Music Challenge
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 8th, 2022
Students from St. Francis Junior High School are among the finalists for the CBC’s Classroom Music Challenge, singing “We’re Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time)” by Trooper. The Canadian Music Class Challenge is CBC Music’s salute to music education in association with MusiCounts, inviting music instructors to teach their students a Canadian ... Read More »
1 responseFundraiser knits support for patient care
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 8th, 2022
Chinook Regional Hospital welcomed back the Craft Club to its atrium Wednesday morning, raising funds for the Friends of Chinook Regional Hospital. The volunteer group has been knitting and crafting for over 30 years. Taking a break from Chinook due to the COVID pandemic and health restrictions, the craft fair was last held in 2019. ... Read More »
2 responsesCity’s homeless numbers have doubled since 2018
By Lethbridge Herald on December 8th, 2022
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com More than 400 people were experiencing homelessness in the city as of late September, results of a survey show. The 2022 Point-in-Time Count, using data collected from local service organizations and shelters, show there were 454 homeless here on Sept. 27. The City says the count indicates the minimum number ... Read More »
12 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 responseCharges 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 »
1 responseCity program aimed at crime prevention
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 responsesGender-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!University 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 »
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