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Adair takes the helm as new Lethbridge fire chief
By Trevor Busch - Lethbridge Herald on January 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com Looking inward for the right fit, the City of Lethbridge has announced the selection of deputy chief Greg Adair as the new chief for Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services. “I’m very honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chief for the City of Lethbridge,” said Adair speaking to media on ... Read More »
1 responseCity not responsible for warming centre closure – Sik-Ooh-Kotoki transitioning clients to Alpha House
By Trevor Busch - Lethbridge Herald on January 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com Allegations circulating in the community that the City of Lethbridge is behind shutting down an emergency warming centre at the Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Society are false, said City officials on Thursday. On Wednesday, a social media post which appeared to be associated with the SAGE Clan had suggested the City of Lethbridge was responsible ... Read More »
4 responsesLocal walking club comes in from the cold
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Frigid outdoor temperatures are no barrier to getting winter exercise for members of the Runner’s Soul Walking Club. While the outside temperature hovered at -20C Thursday morning, club members walked in a comfortable environment indoors at the Servus Sports Centre on the soccer pitch turf, not worrying about numbing cold or icy sidewalks. ... Read More »
1 responseCOVID prompts adjournment in major drug smuggling case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A sentencing hearing for a husband and wife who tried to smuggle 84 kilograms of cocaine into Alberta four years ago has been adjourned for a month. Gurminder and Kirandeep Toor were scheduled to have their sentencing hearing Thursday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench, but after learning Kirandeep and her husband’s lawyer, Greg Dunn, ... Read More »
1 responseHearing cancelled for accused in deadly 2019 collision
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 7th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A preliminary hearing scheduled to run this week for a 38-year-old man charged in connection with a drunk driving death more than two years ago has been cancelled. The hearing for Wesley Brian Phillips was set to begin Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court and run through the week, then after a short adjournment, continue ... Read More »
1 responseIndigenous Afghan vet shares struggle with PTSD
By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on January 7th, 2022
Serving in the Canadian military afforded Preston Crow Chief a once-in-a-lifetime experience a little over a decade ago. The Canadian military also helped him during a dark period following that experience. Crow Chief, from the Blood Tribe Nation, served in Afghanistan with Canada’s military from October 2009 to June 2010 and was the guest speaker ... Read More »
2 responsesCommittee defers decision on cityLINK transit report
By Lethbridge Herald on January 6th, 2022
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald The Civic Works Standing Policy Committee has deferred until its Feb. 3 meeting a decision whether to recommend city council approve a report on the new cityLINK transit system. The system is currently working on a six-month trial after being launched last August. Transit manager Tim Sanderson gave the meeting ... Read More »
1 responsePhillips optimistic about upcoming public inquiry
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com MLA for Lethbridge West Shannon Phillips is feeling positive about an upcoming public inquiry into the Lethbridge Police Service. “I’m grateful that the minister called it. I really am. I’m very grateful to Minister Madu. I didn’t even ask for this; he just did it,” said Phillips this week. An inquiry ordered by ... Read More »
4 responsesSchool librarian turned children’s author focuses on life choices
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge resident and award winning author, Beverly Rayner, has published her second book titled Barclay & Berk Builders: A Parable. She explains how working at a school library in Lethbridge influenced her to become the author she is now. “I write partly because I landed a job at Dr. Gerald Probe ... Read More »
1 responseBanff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns to Lethbridge
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Public Library will be hosting the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour once again at the Yates Memorial Centre on January 14. After not being able to host the festival in 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions, the festival is coming back to Lethbridge for the 11th time. “People have been ... Read More »
1 responseA year of returns for Lethbridge College
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 6th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com For Lethbridge College 2021 was a year of return. The return of students to campus and a return to some normalcy, while continuing to keep their community safe and healthy, according to college president Paula Burns. Burns said that one of the highlights of 2021 was having their first valedictorian, Ashley Pierson, who ... Read More »
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