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Family Centre offers Art in the Garden

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 12th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Family Centre West is offering children and their caregivers a chance to create art while enjoying the outdoors through their program Art in the Garden. Family Centre executive director, Maral Kiani-Tari said this program offers children a way to harness executive functioning skills and a chance to take advantage of their west side ... Read More »

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Report provides insight into city homeless issues

By Lethbridge Herald on August 11th, 2022

Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A report provided by City of Lethbridge administration for council says inadequate housing supports and emergency shelters are exacerbating the situation of homeless camps in urban centres across North America. The report, presented to council at a special meeting on Tuesday, says the city needs to create both short-and long-term solutions ... Read More »

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Post office break-in nets $500 fine

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on August 11th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com When police responded to a 911 call that someone had broken into the post office downtown, they didn’t know the caller was reporting himself. Salar Khan smashed a window and entered the post office on July 15, then called 911 and told police what he had done. When police arrived Khan was just exiting the building, ... Read More »

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Val Matteotti Italian Open returns to benefit CRHA

By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 11th, 2022

Golfers teed off at Lethbridge Country Club Wednesday for the Val Matteotti Italian Open celebrating the event’s 25th year and return after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Partnering with the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation the event raises funds from the community donating all proceeds back to the hospital. “This year 100 per ... Read More »

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Skyline Clean Energy buys Lethbridge Biogas plant

By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 11th, 2022

Skyline Clean Energy Fund has bought the Lethbridge Biogas plant through the purchase of 100 per cent of the units in Lethbridge Biogas Limited Partnership and the shares in Lethbridge Biogas General Partner Incorporated. The facility is expected to convert 120,000 tonnes of organic waste into renewable natural gas, annually generating revenue primarily through the ... Read More »

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Coutts protester expected to set trial date

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on August 11th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta woman facing several charges in relation to the protest and blockade near the Coutts border earlier this year, is expected to schedule a trial date when she returns to court next week. Joanne Person, who appeared in Lethbridge provincial court Wednesday, is set to have a pre-trial conference today on a single ... Read More »

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New university research focused on wastewater treatment

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 11th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com University of Lethbridge researchers are seeking a better understanding of the way wetlands work to help treat wastewater, by studying the Frank Lake wetland and its watershed near High River, Alta. Frank Lake is a restored wetland six kilometres east of High River, managed by Ducks Unlimited Canada, and it is listed as ... Read More »

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U of L nursing student credited with helping save a life

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 11th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A local nursing student was presented with a Community Hero Award by the Lethbridge Fire Department earlier this month for an act of heroism that saved someone’s life in May 2022. What seemed like a regular day at the Picture Butte golf course on May 18 turned into a life or death situation ... Read More »

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City stages grand opening of Legacy Park improvements

By Lethbridge Herald on August 10th, 2022

Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A space conceived in the early 2000s when Bob Tarleck was mayor was celebrated Wednesday when Phase 2 of Legacy Park officially opened. A ceremony at the park pavilion attracted a strong crowd of people to hear speeches, get a free ice cream cone and experience Legacy Park. The amenities of ... Read More »

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Case adjourned for former officer charged with sexual assault

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on August 10th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The case against a retired Lethbridge police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Lethbridge several years ago has been adjourned again while the Crown and defence lawyer continue to discuss the case. The matter for William James Kaye was in Lethbridge provincial court Tuesday, but adjourned to Sept. 8 at the request of defence. Kaye, 63, is ... Read More »

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Murder suspect expected to take next step in proceedings

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on August 10th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 27-year-old woman accused of killing an older woman late last year made a brief appearance Monday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench. Melissa Martens-Lagasse, who appeared in court by CCTV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, is charged with first-degree murder and causing an indignity to a human body in relation to the ... Read More »

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