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Homeless campaign to remain virtual for 2022
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 12th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The “5 Days for the Homeless” Campaign is back online once again due to a combination of factors, including the ongoing pandemic and University of Lethbridge strike. The University of Lethbridge Dhillon Business Students’ Association is organizing the event once again this year and Elizabeth Waddle, director of the 2022 campaign said there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mansbridge talks media in college Disrupter series
By Trevor Busch - Lethbridge Herald on March 12th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com Long-time media personality and former chief correspondent for CBC News, Peter Mansbridge, headlined Lethbridge College’s AgENT Disrupter Series on Thursday. Mansbridge spoke virtually with local media prior to the event and focused largely on the state of the media industry in Canada in 2022, the future for young journalists, and how mainstream media ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Further adjournment in Coutts pastor case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 12th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The lawyer for Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski, who has been remanded since his arrest last month for participating in the freedom blockade at Coutts, is still waiting for direction from her client before deciding how best to proceed with his charges. During a brief hearing Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, Calgary lawyer Sarah ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Opposition MLAs attack job loss numbers
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 12th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The NDP on Friday responded swiftly with strong criticism after Statistics Canada reported that Alberta lost 9,600 full-time jobs in February. The province did, however, gain 17,700 part-time positions, NDP finance critic and MLA for Lethbridge West Shannon Phillips spoke via Zoom to media along with energy critic Kathleen Ganley. The two addressed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University strike mediation set to begin Tuesday
By Lethbridge Herald on March 12th, 2022
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald The strike by the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association has entered its fourth week but mediation is planned to start on Tuesday. The university announced on its bargaining page last Saturday that both sides had agreed to begin the mediation process with the assistance of Edmonton lawyer David Jones. Multiple ... Read More »
2 responsesCompass pilot project hopes to build social infrastructure
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The process of accessing social support can be confusing involving multiple agencies and different requirements, but with the help of a new platform the process might become a bit smoother. As previously announced by the City, Lethbridge has become one of three alpha sites in the Compass pilot project led by Helpseeker Technologies. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Repeal of municipal smoking bylaw weighed by SPC
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Fans of ‘Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” either the Motley Crue version or Brownsville Station’s original, were probably disappointed in 2007 when the City of Lethbridge adopted a bylaw that regulated smoking in public places. When that bylaw came into effect many will remember the night Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Canadian rapper ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Syrian family receives home through Habitat for Humanity
By Sue Huffman HABITAT FOR HUMANITY on March 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com A year ago this month Elen Sekali received a letter that changed her family’s future. Astonished, she read that her application to be a Partner Family with Habitat for Humanity Lethbridge had been accepted. The 2021 build in Garry Station on the westside would become a home for herself and her two young ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trafficking trial scheduled for later this year
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 31-year-old Lethbridge man caught in a drug bust more than a year ago, is scheduled to stand trial later this year. Clayton James Redel, who previously pleaded not guilty and elected to be tried by a provincial court judge, is set to stand trial Sept. 12-13 on charges of drug possession for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Next step to be taken in first degree murder case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The lawyer representing a woman accused of killing another woman late last year promises to take a step when the case returns to court next month. The matter for 26-year-old Melissa Martens-Lagasse was in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday, where Calgary lawyer John Oman noted he had emailed a “plan” to the Crown prosecutor and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused in robbery case awaits sentencing
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta man who attempted to rob a Lethbridge convenience store last year, must wait another three weeks to find out whether he will serve a relatively short jail sentence or a longer one. Hunter Alexander Frank, who is charged with attempted robbery and breach of curfew, could face between 12 and ... Read More »
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