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Southern Alberta cadet honours the sacrifice of the fallen in poetry
By Al Beeber on November 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Wilfred Lencucha was called up to serve with the Canadian Armed Forces just as the Second World War ended. Lencucha’s four older brothers also served in the military and at 95, the long-time former educator is still alive and in relatively good health. Earlier this year, Lecucha’s daughter Deborah Hollingsworth discovered a poem ... Read More »
1 responseSentencing awaits for woman guilty on charges of armed robbery and threats
By Delon Shurtz on November 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge woman who was scheduled to be sentenced last week for robbing and threatening to kill a man won’t learn her fate until the new year. Chelsey Marie Beringer was to receive the judge’s decision Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, but when the matter was spoken to by an agent for ... Read More »
1 responseOktoberfest a toast to good cheer and German beer
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - LETHBRIDGE HERALD on November 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Oktoberfest gave revelers an opportunity to hoist their steins once again and celebrate the traditional German beer festival over the past weekend. “It’s great to be back this year after missing last year, obviously for good reasons, with COVID going on,” said Jerry Firth, Oktoberfest organizer. The first Oktoberfest took place in 2013 ... Read More »
1 responsePreliminary hearing begins in murder case
By Delon Shurtz on November 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A preliminary hearing for a 38-year-old Piikani man accused of killing a teenager last year, has begun in a southern Alberta courtroom. The hearing for Dustin Big Bull began Tuesday in Fort Macleod provincial court, and, barring any unforseen delays, is set to conclude by the end of the week. A preliminary hearing ... Read More »
1 responseMLA Phillips calling on government to address city’s doctor shortage
By Al Beeber on November 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Just over a month after she released a four-point plan calling on the provincial government to address the doctor shortage in Lethbridge, NDP MLA for Lethbridge West Shannon Phillips says no action has been taken. She was joined for a press conference at the Galt Museum & Archives by a new resident of ... Read More »
2 responsesLethbridge County still seeking nominee for by-election
By Al Beeber on November 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Nominations close Monday for a by-election to fill a vacant Lethbridge County seat and Reeve Tory Campbell is hoping someone steps to the plate. Nobody ran in October’s municipal election to represent Division 5 so a by-election is scheduled for Dec. 13. If only one person submits nomination papers, that individual will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Playgoers costume discovered to be a piece of local First World War history
By Lethbridge Herald on November 9th, 2021
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Alexander Boswell Stafford lost his life at Vimy Ridge in France on June 24, 1917 but his legacy lives on. A uniform jacket that was in the costume collection of theatre group Playgoers of Lethbridge was discovered several years ago by collections assistant Kirstan Schamuhn to have a handwritten name ... Read More »
3 responsesWoman testifies as sexual assault trial begins
By Delon Shurtz on November 9th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 20-year-old Lethbridge woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a man after he gave her and a friend a ride home from the bar nearly two years ago, sobbed as she struggled to testify during the accused’s trial Monday. The woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, testified in ... Read More »
1 responseBlackfoot translation of ‘In Flanders Fields’ honours Indigenous veterans
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - LETHBRIDGE HERALD on November 9th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A poster of John McCrae’s famous First World War poem “In Flanders Fields” has been created in both the Blackfoot and English language by local veteran Glenn Miller, in collaboration of Blood Tribe member Lena Russell, to help recognize National Indigenous Veterans Day. “Indigenous veterans were involved in World War One, World War ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City percussion instructor’s beats becomes a hit on YouTube
By Dale Woodard on November 9th, 2021
For Joe Porter, the beat went on. And on, and on. Now, the result is downright toe-tapping. Porter, a percussion instructor in the University of Lethbridge Conservatory, has been posting videos, percussion tutorials and performances to his YouTube channel since 2008. But a video posted earlier this year has gone viral, soaring Porter past the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!School Resource Officers shift to youth engagement
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - LETHBRIDGE HERALD on November 9th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service School Resource Officers (SROs) have changed their name to take a proactive approach to engaging and intervening with youth, and helping them develop into successful and law abiding citizens. The scope of this new initiative, which was presented to the Lethbridge Police Commission at the Oct. 27 meeting, determined ... Read More »
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