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Lethbridge Rotary Ribfest serves up barbecue goodness
By Dale Woodard on August 17th, 2021
Whether they chose to drive up or walk up, rib-lovers donned their bibs once again for the Lethbridge Rotary Ribfest 2021. Serving up tasty slabs of BBQed goodness with funds raised from the event going right back into the community, the third annual event ran Friday through Sunday at the Enmax Centre. After going to ... Read More »
1 responseSentencing for man guilty of sexual interferece scheduled for fall
By Delon Shurtz on August 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge judge is scheduled later this fall to sentence an African refugee who sexually assaulted an underage girl in 2019. The 26-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the 13-year-old girl, is set to be sentenced Oct. 12, when the judge will rule on a contested jail sentence ... Read More »
1 responseOpen Farms Days offers education on local crops
By Herald on August 16th, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald A little bit of fruit and vegetation education as well as some sampling was on the menu at Alberta Open Farm Days Saturday afternoon at Broxburn Vegetables & Cafe. For owner and operator Paul de Jonge, that was the chance to give his customers a little behind-the-scenes look at how ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads not guilty to manslaughter and break and enter charges
By Delon Shurtz on August 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 25-year-old man accused of killing an older man in Fort Macleod last May has pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter and break and enter to commit an indictable offence. Cullen Drake Tailfeathers entered the pleas Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he also elected to be tried by a provincial court ... Read More »
1 responseBlood Tribe members vote next month on $150 million cattle claim settlement
By Tim Kalinowski on August 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Blood Tribe members will vote in September on whether or not to ratify a $150 million settlement from the federal government over an historic cattle claim. The vote will take place electronically Sept. 14-15 with in person voting taking place on Sept. 16. The question Blood Tribe members will be asked to vote ... Read More »
5 responsesSentencing adjourned for man who stabbed victim in 2019 gang-style attack
By Delon Shurtz on August 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Sentencing of an 18-year-old man who was only a youth when he stabbed another boy in the back during a gang-style attack in December 2019, had to be adjourned earlier this week to allow time for the Crown to review details of the offence. The Crown related the facts of the case during ... Read More »
1 responseSenator Black visit focuses on needs of local agriculture
By Tim Kalinowski on August 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Senator Doug Black made his 10th official visit to Lethbridge this week, and the first since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Black’s focus on this trip was assessing the needs of the local agriculture industry, particularly since this year’s devastating drought has wreaked such havoc upon it. Black said, in his view, the ... Read More »
1 responseMural celebrates youth activism, artistry and environmentalism
By Dale Woodard on August 14th, 2021
A brand new mural with a positive message will grace the south patio at the Galt Museum and Archives. Celebrating International Youth Day Thursday, the Galt unveiled a new mural, designed by local artists Sydney Whiting, Kyra Peake and Grace Fletcher. The mural seeks to demonstrate the rich connections between youth activism, artistry and environmentalism ... Read More »
1 responseCarjacker awaits sentencing later this year
By Delon Shurtz on August 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A man convicted in July of several charges, including kidnapping and assault with a weapon relating to a violent carjacking in 2019, won’t be sentenced for another three and a half months. Cory Ray Williams, who stood trial in May, was found guilty July 29 on the two counts, as well as on ... Read More »
1 responseVeterans commemorative association marks 80th anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong
By Dale Woodard on August 14th, 2021
Eighty years ago, 1,975 Canadian soldiers boarded a boat in Vancouver, uncertain of where they were going, for what became the Battle of Hong Kong. Seventy-six years ago on Sunday, roughly 1,456 of those Canadian soldiers were liberated after nearly four years as prisoners in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. On Friday morning at ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge police lay charges in alleged human trafficking ring
By Herald on August 13th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski – Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service has charged 10 Lethbridge and Calgary men, including a Lethbridge physician and business owner, with human trafficking following an investigation conducted in partnership with the RCMP, the Calgary Police Service and Alert’s Human Trafficking Counter Exploitation unit. According to police, the men are members of an ... Read More »
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