January 17th, 2025

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Walk On the Wild Side on the right path for trail improvements around Picture Butte

By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on December 15th, 2021

A local group has become true trailblazers for the walking trails in Picture Butte. And thanks to a productive 2021, Walk On the Wild Side is definitely on the right path. “We’re quite enthused with it all simply because we’ve made some huge steps after nine years of toiling and all of a sudden all ... Read More »

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City looking into potential sites and costs of third bridge

By Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2021

Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Lethridge city council has unanimously passed a resolution by acting mayor Rajko Dodic calling on City administration to identify potential sites for a third bridge crossing the Oldman River and to assess approximate costs. A resolution Dodic made at council on Tuesday said there has been significant growth on the ... Read More »

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LCI and Churchill closed following reports of threats

By Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2021

Lethbridge School Division Lethbridge Police are investigating an additional report of threats involving a second city school after Winston Churchill High School was closed earlier today following  a report of a threat that was received by school administration earlier this Tuesday morning. The Lethbridge School Division has now also cancelled classes at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute ... Read More »

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AMA food drive helps stock the shelves at city food banks

By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2021

It was like ordering food, except in reverse. Either way, the food dropped off at the Lethbridge Alberta Motor Association was getting a little mileage with the ultimate destination of helping those in need as #StackToSackHunger took place Sunday afternoon. As food banks across Alberta become more relied upon, the AMA rallied its nearly one ... Read More »

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Crown wraps case in sexual assault trial

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The Crown prosecutors in a sex assault trial in Lethbridge concluded their case Monday after the judge ruled certain evidence presented in court last month is admissible. Judge Jerry LeGrandeur was asked by the Crown to accept similar fact evidence, which would allow evidence of alleged misconduct by the accused against another woman ... Read More »

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Doctor says number of factors point to shortage

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald An Edmonton doctor says several factors are responsible for the doctor shortage and the inability for them to take on new patients in Alberta. Ed Papp, a veteran of 48 years in the medical profession who owns and operates a community clinic in Alberta’s capital, says doctors had high ... Read More »

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December to remember those in need

By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2021

Rise Above Mental Health and Community Supports are doing their part to make sure this month is indeed a December To Remember for the city’s vulnerable. The local group which started about five months ago had members at three different locations on Sunday for their December To Remember big toy/gift/food drive campaign with set ups at ... Read More »

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Carjacker sentenced 12 1/2 years

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 42-year-old man found guilty earlier this year of several violent criminal offences, including kidnapping and robbery, has been sentenced to 12 1/2 years in a federal prison. Cory Ray Williams was sentenced Monday in Lethbridge provincial court, after Judge Gregory Maxwell said Williams’ offences comprised some of the most “aggravating circumstances imaginable.” ... Read More »

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Man accused of smuggling drugs ordered to stand trial

By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary man accused of trying to smuggle millions of dollars worth of drugs into Alberta has been ordered to stand trial. After hearing evidence on day one of a scheduled two-day preliminary hearing last week in Lethbridge provincial court, Calgary lawyer Allan Fay consented to have his client, 39-year-old Amarpreet Singh Sandhu, stand trial. Judge ... Read More »

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Christmas card campaign sharing the joy of the season

By Lethbridge Herald on December 13th, 2021

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald A Christmas Card Drive has expanded across the province bringing joy to seniors in care facilities during the second Christmas of the pandemic.  It all started with Nikki Demers in Grande Prairie, who has been doing the card drive since 2020 with her family both there and in Lethbridge. It ... Read More »

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Teen’s Christmas sewing project inspires help for homeless

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 11th, 2021

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A local teen wants to share some Christmas cheer with the homeless population by sewing, filling and distributing stockings. Fourteen-year-old Madison Elford received a sewing machine and a $30 fabric budget for Christmas last year, and it took her the whole year to figure out what to do with them. But about six ... Read More »

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