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Downtown hostage taking leaves victim in serious but stable condition, charges pending against 40-year-old woman
By Lethbridge Herald on July 14th, 2022
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With a loud bang and the sound of what seemed to be gunshots, a hostage situation in downtown Lethbridge Thursday afternoon ended abruptly an hour and a half after it began. A female employee of Lethbridge Legal Guidance at 423 5 St. S., who was taken hostage by another woman, ... Read More »
1 responseBoy bitten by loose pit bull on westside
By Lethbridge Police Service on July 14th, 2022
Lethbridge Police responded to a report of dog bite incident which occurred at a westside school yard on Wednesday. Just before noon two pit bulls were reported loose and unattended in the school yard of Dr. Gerald B. Probe Elementary School in the 100 block of Rocky Mountain Boulevard West. An eight-year-old boy, who was ... Read More »
1 responseCollege’s Field Day showcases agriculture innovation
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 14th, 2022
Lethbridge College welcomed Western Canada’s agricultural community to its Field Day on Wednesday highlighting the college’s rapidly expanding Centre for Applied Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The experience gave industry professionals and farmers a chance to see what the Centre has been working on, from irrigation control to post-harvest storage. The event took place on the ... Read More »
2 responsesAmazing Race episode spotlights Lethbridge
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 14th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com CTV’s hit reality series focused on Lethbridge Tuesday night, giving national exposure to a few city landmarks. Fort Whoop-Up, Helen Schuler Coulee Centre and the High Level Bridge were featured prominently in the episode that had contestants tackling two difficult challenges in the city’s river bottom. Tuesday’s was the second episode of this ... Read More »
1 responseLawyers debate dates for Fort Macleod homicide case
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 14th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lawyers for four out of five individuals charged in relation to a one-year-old murder case appeared in Lethbridge provincial court Wednesday to discuss their matters. The lawyers representing Miranda Turuk, Randy Giroux, Richard Lavell and Edward Goodrich appeared in court Wednesday to discuss their clients’ matters, but were asked by the Crown to ... Read More »
1 responsePost-pandemic study focuses on brain effects from social isolation
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 14th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A new study done at the University of Lethbridge is looking into how important social interaction is and how it affects the brain when such opportunities are limited. Gerlinde Metz and Jamshid Faraji from the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience led a group of researchers in examining the effect that physical and social ... Read More »
1 responseSheet music theft devastating for Lethbridge Big Band
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 14th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Whoever broke into the garden shed in Paul and Nancy Walker’s westside yard may not have been expecting to see what was inside the rolling locked container they stole. Inside that black plastic wheeled bin with red lid and stencilled with the letters LBB was sheet music belonging to the Lethbridge Big Band. ... Read More »
2 responsesIndigenous youth experience trail training this summer
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 14th, 2022
Trans Canada Trail is announcing the second annual edition of its Outland Youth Employment Program, a trail training opportunity for Indigenous youth in partnership with OYEP running from July 19 to August 19 in five provinces across Canada. Youth are employed in a stewardship role to learn hands on skills such as chainsaw handling and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blackfoot Experience focuses on rich cultural traditions
By Lethbridge Herald on July 13th, 2022
Ry Clarke – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Fort Whoop-Up held an event Wednesday morning aiming to share knowledge and awareness about the Niitsitapi Blackfoot culture through activities and stories taught by local Indigenous interpreters. The Blackfoot Experience looks at the culture and history of the Blackfoot people in southern Alberta, working with elders and ... Read More »
1 responseCoutts trial set but charges await transfer
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 13th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Charges for three man accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers during the protest at the Coutts border in January and February, are still waiting to be transfered to Court of Queen’s Bench. Even though a trial date has been set in Court of Queen’s Bench for Anthony Olienick, Jerry Morin and Chris ... Read More »
1 responseNew turf for U of L athletics
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on July 13th, 2022
Athletes who play at the University of Lethbridge’s Community Stadium this season will have a brand-new feel under their feet in the form of new turf. Crews have been on the field replacing the turf for over a month now and the over $900,000 project is expected to be completed by Sunday. The project was ... Read More »
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