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Lawyers request time to review psych assessment
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 23rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A psychological assessment ordered last year for a Lethbridge woman charged with attempted murder has been completed, and may be spoken to when the matter returns to court next month. During a brief hearing this week in Lethbridge provincial court, Lethbridge lawyer Greg White appeared on behalf of the accused’s lawyer, Marcus Mueller, ... Read More »
1 responseCity activities to help fill the reading week break
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 23rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com If you are a parent with school age children, or a post-secondary student looking for something to do during the remainder of reading week, there are plenty of activities to enjoy around Lethbridge. Today, The Crossings Branch Library will be offering Play Dough Palooza from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On Friday, The ... Read More »
2 responsesRotary to honour scholarship winners
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 23rd, 2023
The Rotary Club of Lethbridge East is getting ready for its 2023 Ag Scholarship Dinner on March 2 at the Coast Hotel Lethbridge. The club will be announcing the winners of this year’s $10,000 agricultural scholarships for southern Alberta students pursuing a post-secondary education in agriculture. Three winners have been selected to receive the award ... Read More »
1 responseUCP choosing candidate to run in Lethbridge-West
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 23rd, 2023
With the 2023 Alberta general election looming on the horizon, political parties in the province are getting ready to put their best foot forward. The election scheduled to be held on May 29. In Lethbridge the UCP Lethbridge West Constituency Association announced its two candidates for the riding earlier this week, Torry Tanner and Rick ... Read More »
1 responseCultureLINK service attracted mainly local users: report
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 23rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A report presented to the Cultural and Social Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council recently shows the majority of users of the pilot CultureLINK bus service last summer were local residents. The report was presented by Darrin Martens, CEO and executive director of the Galt Museum and Archives. The project offered free ... Read More »
1 responseTeachers convention opens today
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 23rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Southwestern Alberta public school teachers will be meeting in person for two days of convention at the University of Lethbridge starting this morning. The South West Alberta Teachers Convention Association will be drawing 2,000 delegates to hear 152 speakers. Teachers will have more than 100 workshops available to attend during the convention. Alberta ... Read More »
1 responseStreets Alive responds to outreach program concerns
By Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2023
Ry Clarke – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge city council will consider providing additional funding to Streets Alive Mission for outreach programming in an upcoming meeting. That monies will be up to $215,460 annually from Reaching Home federal funding. In a 2-1 vote, the Cultural and Social Standing Policy Committee (SPC) last Thursday passed ... Read More »
4 responsesMayor gets green light to seek funding for bridge study
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday authorized mayor Blaine Hyggen to write letters to the provincial and federal governments requesting funding for the functional planning study and preliminary design for a proposed third river crossing. The official business motion passed by a 5-3 vote with councillors Jeff Carlson, Belinda Crowson and John Middleton-Hope opposed. ... Read More »
1 responseCasa’s current exhibits well worth viewing
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 22nd, 2023
Casa is the city’s house of art, and it’s the fascinating visual art that grabs your attention upon entering the upper concourse, the mezzanine, and the main gallery. It’s the blend of colours and unexpected imagery that makes you stop, tilt your head, and interpret what your eyes are seeing. Darcy Logan, curator and gallery services manager, spoke ... Read More »
1 responseCircumstances of teen’s death heard at start of murder trial
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Sometime before 10 p.m. on July 27, 2020, the body of 16-year-old Tregan Crow Eagle was found in a small thicket of shrubs near the wastewater settling pond on the Piikani Nation. The body, discovered during a search by family and friends, was covered under a blue tarp, and was near the garbage ... Read More »
1 responseArrest warrant issued for accused firearms smuggler
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An arrest warrant has been issued for a U.S Citizen accused of trying to smuggle firearms through the Coutts border last summer. The warrant was issued last week after Jacob Mathew Gentry, 24, failed to show up for a scheduled appearance in Lethbridge provincial court. His lawyer was allowed to get off the ... Read More »
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