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Council defeats integrity commissioner proposal
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The hiring of an integrity commissioner for the city has been nixed by Lethbridge city council. By a 6-2 vote on Tuesday, council declined to give first reading to a motion that failed to get past its Governance Standing Policy Committee. A 2-2 split vote at that committee resulted in a defeat of ... Read More »
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By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A sit-in is being planned at Thursday’s Civic Works Standing Policy Committee meeting in City Hall by a group with concerns about the cityLINK transit system which was launched last August. Tim Sanderson, General Manager of Lethbridge Transit, will be presenting a report to the SPC about redesigns to the network. Development of ... Read More »
2 responsesRetired LCI teacher celebrates 100th birthday
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A retired Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Fashion teacher celebrated her 100th birthday in style Monday at the school where she taught for 33 years. Muriel Shortreed started teaching at LCI during the 1949-1950 school year, in the original D wing of the school. She retired in 1983 after having taught many generations of fashion-interested ... Read More »
1 responseToday is Library Giving Day
By Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2022
April 6 is Library Giving Day at the Lethbridge Public Library. Started in 2019 by the Seattle Public Library, Library Giving Day is an international fundraising event where people can donate to help support their local library. This campaign reminds people that libraries, small and large, serve as a cornerstone for communities. In addition to ... Read More »
1 responseConsultant to report on community care campus
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council has tasked administration with hiring a consultant to conduct a report on a possible community care campus for the city. Council voted unanimously to approve up to $100,000 with the money coming from council contingencies to procure a consultant to conduct community engagement, create conceptual designs and develop a business ... Read More »
1 responseLPS report says de-escalation sought before use of force
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Only 0.5 per cent of calls for service involved use of force in 2021, according to an LPS report. Lethbridge Police Service Sgt. Rick Semenuik presented the 2021 Subject Behaviour Officer Response report to the Police Commission during their monthly meeting last week at City Hall. “This report is probably I would guess ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Green Shirt Day assembly shares message of Logan Boulet’s inspiration
By Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald Dr. Gerald Probe Elementary School hosted a Green Shirt Day assembly organized by grade 2 students where Bernadine Boulet talked about the importance of organ donation, inspired by her son Logan who died in the Humboldt bus tragedy. As the 4th annual Green Shirt Day approaches on April 7, Bernadine ... Read More »
1 responseStreet sweeping underway this month
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The city street sweeping program starts on April 12 and residents can expect $25 tickets if they don’t move vehicles out of the way. The annual program will begin in areas that were missed last year including Tudor Estates, Chinook Heights, Park Royal and Scenic Heights, transportation operations manager Julieane Ruck said Monday. ... Read More »
1 responseSentencing adjourned for driving convictions
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 31-year-old man who nearly struck a police officer with his vehicle as he fled from a traffic stop, has pleaded guilty to several offences but won’t be sentenced until later this summer. Eric Steven Brown, who pleaded guilty Monday in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of driving while prohibited, dangerous driving and obstructing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New music festival experience for students at the Owl
By Ry Clarke - for the Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival concluded its first week of competition, showcasing artists in musical theatre, choral, guitar, speech, and piano. Thursday night residents were treated to a free event at the Owl Acoustic Lounge singing contemporary pieces with a live band, a first for the festival. During the festival performers from ... Read More »
1 responseLocal car community rallies to remember one of their own
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He died suddenly recently at the age of 29, leaving a wife and young child without a husband and father. Grayson Mutter, a popular and well-known staff member at Subaru of Lethbridge, also left behind friends he may not have known he even had. And they showed up in force on Saturday night ... Read More »
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