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Festival Square costs have downtown project in limbo
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The much hyped Festival Square project downtown at 3rd Avenue South and 6th Street South might not be happening this year after all as city council heard on Tuesday that the lowest bid received to do the work was $485,000 over the $900,000 approved for funding by the province. According to the City’s ... Read More »
1 responseParticipation in AER decisions not guaranteed
By Al Beeber on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Public participation in decision-making by the Alberta Energy Regulator is not guranteed, an online session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs was told Thursday. Guest speaker was Shaun Fluker, an associated professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. According to a SACPA brief, “his research includes examining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man found guilty of sexually assaulting daughter
By Delon Shurtz on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 35-year-old southern Alberta father who was found guilty in April of sexually assaulting his young teenage daughter, has been sent to a federal penitentiary. Justice David Labrenz sentenced the father Tuesday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench to six years in prison, and said he could not think of anything that could ... Read More »
1 responseOfficials urge caution after woman drowns in river
By Herald on June 15th, 2021
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services is warning residents to be cautious when using the Oldman River for recreation after a 42-year-old woman drowned near Popson Park Monday. The unidentified woman was swimming with friends and went under the water after becoming separated. Witnesses said she began having difficulties with the ... Read More »
1 responseOldman River drowning has City urging caution using river
By Herald on June 15th, 2021
City of Lethbridge release: Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services and Lethbridge Police Service responded to a sudden death of a 42-year-old woman on the Oldman River on Monday, June 14, 2021. In the early evening, Fire and EMS crews responded to a 911 call reporting a person had entered the water and went under near ... Read More »
1 responseMétis flag represents unique history and identity
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on June 15th, 2021
The Métis flag was raised Monday morning at City Hall ahead of Indigenous Awareness Week happening June 21-25. Mayor Spearman, members of city council and Métis council members gathered outside of city hall for a short ceremony to raise the Métis flag. Members of the community also turned out for the event while adhering to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe doctor says comprehensive strategy required for addiction crisis
By Tim Kalinowski on June 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed Dr. Esther Tailfeathers, Senior Medical Director, Provincial Indigenous Wellness Core, at Alberta Health Services, to a special session of its YouTube livestream speaker series on Monday. Tailfeathers spoke about the importance of a comprehensive strategy to address the opioid and addiction crisis on the Blood ... Read More »
4 responsesMan sentenced for highway chase
By Delon Shurtz on June 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 43-year-old man who smashed a car window with a machete then chased the driver and passenger from Coaldale to Lethbridge has been sentenced to eight months in jail. Daniel Edward Collier was sentenced Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to charges of assault with a weapon, dangerous driving and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Piikani Society rallies in protest over coal mining
By Dale Woodard on June 15th, 2021
A convoy of cars hit Highway 3 over the weekend to protest coal exploration and the Grassy Mountain Coal Mining project. Hosted by the Piikani Mountain Child Valley Society – who have spent the past five months raising awareness about concerns over the impacts of coal mining on the environment in Piikani ancestral lands – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Youth Advisory Council looking for new members
By Al Beeber on June 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Youth Advisory Council is looking for a few good people. The municipally-funded group will be soon seeking new committee members to fill positions that will become vacant in December. Four positions will be open when those terms end. A fifth, for the University of Lethbridge Student ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Progressive Pride flag signifies era of diversity
By Herald on June 14th, 2021
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald The raising of a new Pride flag at Lethbridge College Monday morning may have signified the start of a new era in diversity. LC provost and vice-president academic Samantha Lenci spoke briefly in person to a small group at the college on a sweltering morning in a ceremony that was ... Read More »
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