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Coulee Blues Festival line-up set to play Civic Centre Park
By Tim Kalinowski on August 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Live blues music will return to Lethbridge once more on Aug. 28 with the Coulee Blues Festival at Civic Centre Park. The Coulee Blues Festival, co-sponsored by the Lethbridge Jazz Society and Geomatic Attic, will feature five distinctive performers. Legendary blues guitarist Jack Semple grew up on a farm north of Regina, and ... Read More »
1 responseJail sentence for man who threatened to ‘tar and feather’employees at former workplace
By Delon Shurtz on August 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 51-year-old Lethbridge man who threatened to tar and feather some employees of a business at which he previously worked, has received a jail sentence and been placed on probation for two years. Darren Scott Kacer was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to just over five months in jail for threatening several Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge man to stand trial for flight from police
By Delon Shurtz on August 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man facing numerous criminal offences, including flight from police and dangerous driving, has decided to stand trial. The matter for Darcy Red Crow was in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday, where his lawyer elected on his behalf to be tried by a provincial court judge. Defence had also hoped to schedule a ... Read More »
1 responseWaterton-Glacier becomes first certified international transboundary Dark Sky Preserve
By Tim Kalinowski on August 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Waterton-Glacier became the first certified international transboundary Dark Sky Preserve as of Thursday. Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta and Glacier National Park in Montana made the announcement in a press release that they have received full certification after meeting the International Dark Sky lighting requirements Waterton-Glacier International Dark Sky Park has installed ... Read More »
1 responseAdvocates looking for mental health supports for farmers
By Tim Kalinowski on August 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Advocates are calling on the provincial government to do more to support the mental health of farmers by funding a 24/7 mental health crisis line geared specifically toward those in the agriculture industry. Lethbridge County councillor Tory Campbell said the Rural Municipalities Association had passed a resolution calling for the formation of such ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!War Amps help local archer keep on target
By Herald on August 12th, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald The War Amps Child Amputee Program (CHAMP) has helped Shelby Smith stay firmly on target. For the 20-year-old Lethbridge archery athlete who was diagnosed as a right hand amputee before she was even born, that has helped take her to the international stage of competition as a member of Canada’s ... Read More »
1 responseCity looking to control measures next year for grasshopper outbreak
By Tim Kalinowski on August 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City will not be taking any additional measures to control localized grasshopper outbreaks in Lethbridge this summer, but will seek to take action next year if the problem persists. City of Lethbridge Director of Infrastructure Services Doug Hawkins addressed the issue during Tuesday’s public meeting in a response to an inquiry from ... Read More »
1 responseCity council greenlights Peenaquim disc golf course
By Tim Kalinowski on August 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Peenaquim disc golf course will be going ahead as planned after council was satisfied it has now received full information on the scope, costs and potential environmental impacts of the project. City staff presented councillors on Tuesday with a full reporting of questions that had been asked during the July 13 council ... Read More »
2 responsesRogers Sugar welcomes decision to uphold tariffs
By Tim Kalinowski on August 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Rogers Sugar Inc. is welcoming a recent decision from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) to continue to uphold tariffs on dumped and subsidized sugar from the United States, European Union and the United Kingdom. “The Tribunal’s decision recognizes that Canadian sugar producers are vulnerable as long as the distortions created by the ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge County considering rezoning bylaw for Green Prairie rebuild after fire
By Nikki Jamieson - Sunny South News on August 12th, 2021
Green Prairie International is looking to Lethbridge County for a rezoning bylaw to allow them to to rebuild and grow following a fire at the facility east of the city earlier this summer. During their regular Aug. 5 meeting, Lethbridge County council discussed the rezoning application to enable the business to replace buildings and expand. ... Read More »
1 responseUnknown Blackfoot Warrior ‘lived with nature’ says Elder involved with recent skull burial
By Laura Balanko-Dickson SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on August 12th, 2021
While you might have heard about the discovery of a prehistoric – and therefore Indigenous skull – close to Fort Macleod, as well as the recent burial that happened June 26 on the Kainai Nation, but you probably don’t know what the elder who dug the grave himself (along with the help of his grandson) ... Read More »
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