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Donation to assist YWCA’s Amethyst Project

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 5th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The YWCA Amethyst Project has received a large donation from Century 21, which will help them continue offering a third option to victims of sexual assault. “The third option provides individuals the gift of time, to heal and to build the courage to face the next steps to an investigation,” said Tracy James, ... Read More »

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New exhibits on display at Casa

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com New exhibitions are now available at Casa featuring an array of local artists and artists that are practicing in the region. Casa has began 2022 with seven new exhibitions which are located in the main gallery and in several auxiliary spaces. They have been on display since Jan. 29 and will run until ... Read More »

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Blockades drawing strong response from across the province

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Southern Alberta trucker blockades have sparked strong responses in the province. In a joint statement, the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police and Alberta Sheriffs said police will take enforcement action if necessary. “Public safety has been our priority, and it will continue to be as we move forward. If necessary, however, we ... Read More »

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Sentence handed down in housebreaking

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Taking a page out of the children’s nursery tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Bryer Malachi One Owl entered a westside home, helped himself to some food, then fell asleep in one of the bedrooms. When the owner returned home from Calgary, One Owl fled out the window. One Owl pleaded guilty Thursday ... Read More »

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Second stolen truck merits two month sentence

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A woman who received a jail sentence late last month for trying to sell a stolen truck, has been sentenced again for possessing another stolen truck. Kendall Nicole Rowe, 26, pleaded guilty Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court to three breaches and a single charge of possession of stolen property over $5,000. On Sept. ... Read More »

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Parkland Institute analyzes privatization in lab services

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A report to examine the privatization of Alberta’s medical laboratory system has been prepared by the Parkland Institute. The report by research manager at Parkland Institute, Rebecca Graff-McRae, “Misdiagnosis - Privatization and Disruption in Alberta’s Medical Laboratory Services” was publicly launched during a virtual press conference on Monday. “From the outset the UCP government’s intention ... Read More »

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Committee at loggerheads over cityLINK

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Civic Works Standing Policy Committee on Thursday failed to find consensus on two motions brought forward on the new cityLINK transit system. After a long debate and two recesses by the SPC, the future of cityLINK will come back at a later council meeting as a presentation and for a potential decision. ... Read More »

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Blockades creating major economic impact for Lethbridge and area

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 4th, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The economy of Lethbridge and southern Alberta has been greatly impacted by the illegal blockade of the border crossing at Coutts. NDP finance critic and MLA for Lethbridge-West Shannon Phillips, joined CEO of Economic Development Lethbridge Trevor Lewington on Thursday to discuss the issue during a virtual press conference. “As a province we ... Read More »

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Lethbridge MP Thomas looking ahead after O’Toole ousted

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 3rd, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas is looking forward to working with her colleagues to rebuild the Conservative party after the removal of Erin O’Toole as leader. Following Wednesday’s vote by MPs to replace him, Thomas said in a statement “today, a majority of our caucus voted for a change in leadership. We heard the ... Read More »

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Conditional sentence ordered for harassment

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 3rd, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 46-year-old man who harassed a woman on Facebook and through text messages has been handed a nine-month conditional sentence and placed on probation for 15 months. James Alfred Finch was sentenced Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to charges of criminal harassment and watching and besetting. In August 2020 a woman ... Read More »

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Man sentenced in connection with stolen vehicles

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 3rd, 2022

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com At about noon on Sept. 26 of last year, RCMP received a report that a vehicle had been stolen from a property near Aetna south of Cardston, and then set on fire in an Alberta Parks maintenance compound near Park Lake north of Lethbridge. An officer investigating the complaint discovered that someone had broken ... Read More »

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