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City skate park renamed in honour of Wade Galloway
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on November 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Late city councillor and skateboard enthusiast Wade Galloway is being honoured by city council with the renaming of the SLP Skate Park on Mayor Magrath Drive in his honour. The park, which opened in 2014, is now officially named the Wade Galloway Skate Park. The park is designed for skateboarders, freestyle BMX bikes, ... Read More »
1 responseCity projects approved for federal funding
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on November 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge has obtained more than $3 million in federal Active Transportation Fund grants to proceed with three projects. City council on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve two amendments to the 2022-31 Capital Improvement Program. The first amendment will apply $3.05 million in federal funding to go toward three initiatives including ... Read More »
1 responseFormer university choir prof recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on November 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A retired University of Lethbridge Choral educator and performer has received Choir Alberta’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award for his longstanding contributions to choral music in the province. George Evelyn was a professor of choral activities and voice at the University of Lethbridge and maintained an active career as a solo performer appearing with ... Read More »
1 responseFive Coutts protesters to stand trial in July
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 11th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Five people charged in relation to a protest at the Coutts border earlier this year are set to stand trial next year. Ursulla Allred, Evan Colenut, Jaclyne Martin, Justin Martin and Easton Oler, are scheduled to stand trial for one week beginning July 24, 2023. The accused are charged with mischief to property ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airport mock-crash highlights emergency response
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 11th, 2022
The Lethbridge Airport held a full-scale emergency exercise earlier this week, mandated every four years by Transport Canada, simulating an emergency impacting the airport. The event united participants from Lethbridge Airport, Fire and Emergency Services, Police Services, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the City of Lethbridge, as they came together working through a scenario. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City budget deliberations commence next week
By Lethbridge Herald on November 10th, 2022
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Ready, set, deliberate! City council, acting as the Economic Standing Policy Committee, will begin at least five days of deliberations starting Monday on the upcoming budget for 2023-26. City residents are looking at a minimum 3.77 per cent tax hike annually over those four years. Any tax hike here will ... Read More »
1 responseJudge declines jail sentence in assault conviction
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 10th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A judge has rejected a recommendation that a Lethbridge man go to jail for assaulting a commissionaire and threatening to shoot people working at a Service Canada office in the city. Crown Prosecutor Adam Zelmer asked Judge Jerry LeGrandeur Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to sentence Bradley Kim Bergman to a jail term ... Read More »
1 responseNPF opposed to reduction of less-lethal options for law enforcement
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on November 10th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Earlier this month, the National Police Federation on behalf of 20,000 RCMP members wrote to federal government leaders to outline their concerns over reducing the number of intervention options available to RCMP members across the country. The NPF submitted an information package,Ă‚Â which included a video that showcases and explains the types of less-lethal ... Read More »
1 responseMore compassion vital to addressing local drug crisis
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 10th, 2022
Downtown Lethbridge Business Revitalization Zone, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Lethbridge held the second instalment of its Downtown Safety Education and Information Sessions Tuesday at CASA. The session focused on understanding the drug crisis with Jacen Abrey, director of the Indigenous Recovery Coaching Program (IRC), and Samantha Scout, program coordinator for ... Read More »
6 responsesManslaughter trial scheduled for January cancelled
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 10th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A manslaughter trial that was scheduled to run early next year for a southern Alberta man has been cancelled. Cullen Drake Tailfeathers was set to stand trial for a week beginning Jan. 23, 2023, but the trial was vacated Wednesday during a brief hearing in Lethbridge provincial court. Calgary lawyer Jim Lutz, who ... Read More »
1 responseNeuron Mobility adds College to riding area
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 10th, 2022
Neuron Mobility has added to its riding area which now includes Lethbridge College’s campus. Providing students, staff, and visitors an opportunity to have an alternative mode of transportation to and from the area, riders will have access to all 80 hectares of the campus with device speeds being capped at 15 km/h. Along with this ... Read More »
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