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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 responsePublic Interest Alberta has serious concerns with Bill 1
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 8th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Public Interest Alberta, a not-for-profit organization committed to advocating for public services and democratic institutions, has issued a statement criticizing the UCP’s Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1) as unconstitutional. Executive director of PIA, Bradley Lafortune, said they are concerned about Bill 1 because they feel that it is deeply ... Read More »
2 responsesCity’s homeless numbers have doubled since 2018
By Lethbridge Herald on December 8th, 2022
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â 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 responsesCity 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 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 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!Gender-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 responseBlood Tribe flicks the switch on festive light display
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 7th, 2022
Kainaiwa Children’s Services in partnership with the Blood Tribe hosted its second annual opening night of the Ka Mo Taan Festive Lights Monday night in Standoff at Red Crow Park. Community members braved the cold weather to come together for a night of festive lights and hot chocolate, gathering to watch as the park came ... Read More »
1 responseUniversity 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 aboutĂ‚Â 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 »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge police officers have completed new ethics training
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the Lethbridge Police Service have engaged in new ethics training that has been completed based on a review done in 2019. The new ethics training allows the LPS to become an ABLE (Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement) agency. During the Lethbridge Police Commission meeting last week, LPS Constable Allister Koop explained ... Read More »
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