Local News
AUPE stages job action to protest lack of contract
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Local members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees held a job action at the Extendicare Fairmont Park seniors care facility on Wednesday to protest the fact they have been without a contract for the past three years. “What you see here today is a bunch of employees that work ... Read More »
1 responseBusinessman feels COVID ticket was unfair to him
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2021
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge businessman who was ticketed under the Public Health Act following a rally in January opposing COVID restrictions, believes he was unjustly singled out by police. Mike Hoffman also believes he and others had the right to participate in the rally, even though public gatherings at the time were ... Read More »
1 responseTrigeminal Neuralgia walk raises awareness for disease
By Dale Woodard on October 6th, 2021
Roughly 75 people hit the trails Sunday afternoon to learn more about a rare and mostly-unknown disease. Meanwhile, another person with the same condition has reached out online and connected with people around the world dealing with the same illness. The third annual Paint The Town Teal Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness event took place Sunday afternoon ... Read More »
1 responseNovember sentencing hearing set for woman found guilty of robbery, threats
By Delon Shurtz on October 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge woman who robbed a friend, then threatened to kill him if he told police, is going to jail. She just doesn’t know for how long. The Crown wants Chelsey Marie Beringer sent to jail for a year, but her lawyer believes she should be able to serve a 90-day sentence ... Read More »
1 responseMissing, murdered Indigenous women remembered at vigil
By Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald For the 15th year, the Sisters in Spirit walk took the streets in memory of missing and lost loved ones. The annual walk met at City Hall just after 6 p.m. Monday and proceeded to march down to Galt Gardens – complete with a police escort – for a ceremony and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jail time for man caught with gun, bomb
By Delon Shurtz on October 5th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man caught with a gun and a home-made bomb will spend his weekends behind bars for the next few months. Sean Thomas Archibald, 43, pleaded guilty last week in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of unauthorized possession of a firearm and making an explosive device, and was sentenced to 45 days in ... Read More »
1 responseKnitting at Noon program running at U of L
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman on October 5th, 2021
The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery offers a monthly activity for those looking to meet fellow knitters through their program called “Knitting at Noon.” The knitting program started from an idea seen in England by Josephine Mills, director of the gallery, who thought the program would be a good a way to get a different ... Read More »
1 responseSt. Patrick students doing hands-on project
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman on October 5th, 2021
St. Patrick Fine Arts School in Lethbridge has been hosting their “Arts in Residence” program since Sept. 27 to create an all-hands-on project. This week Deb Bryan, a ceramics artist from Edmonton, has been helping students create two 4′ by 7′ mural panels that will be placed in each side of the movable wall at ... Read More »
1 responseNew military museum exhibit opens
By Tim Kalinowski on October 5th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Military Museum officially opened its latest exhibit “A Better World: Post-War Social Movements and the Canadian Veteran” at the Vimy Ridge Armoury on Monday. The display focuses on the turbulent times just after the First World War continuing up to the time of the Second World War, and the efforts returning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Preliminary hearing into killing scheduled for March
By Delon Shurtz on October 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDShurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta woman accused of striking and killing her former spouse with a vehicle more than a year ago, is scheduled to have preliminary inquiry into the matter, but not until next year. During a hearing Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, the accused’s lawyer, Scott Hadford, confirmed the preliminary inquiry will run ... Read More »
1 responsePolitical scientist discusses federal election at SACPA
By Tim Kalinowski on October 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed political scientist Melanee Thomas of the University of Calgary to its weekly livestream YouTube speaker series on Wednesday to conduct a post-mortem on last month’s federal election. If it seemed like a campaign about nothing to you, said Thomas, it might be better viewed as ... Read More »
1 response
