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Variety of activities growing this season at Lethbridge Corn Maze
By Dale Woodard on August 18th, 2021
Since its inception 22 years ago, it’s been an a-mazing experience. As of the end of July, the Lethbridge Corn Maze has opened up for another summer, ready to give its customers the run-around in the best way possible while enjoying all the aspects of farm life. In addition to the petting zoo, goat snuggling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doorway threat lands accused in jail
By Delon Shurtz on August 18th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Wearing a face mask and carrying what appeared to be a handgun didn’t give Logan Heavy Shields access to anything but a jail cell. Heavy Shields, 28, was trying to get a woman to open her door when he knocked on it on April 15. Although he was disguised and had a hood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aquaculture centre fishing for virus in Alberta sturgeon
By Herald on August 17th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski – Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge College researchers are on the hunt for the herpes virus in Oldman and South Saskatchewan River wild sturgeon populations. And if they find it, it could lead to a revolutionary changeover in the way the college conducts aquaponics research. “We are trying to see if the sturgeon herpes virus ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta Urban Municipalities Association president resigns
By Tim Kalinowski on August 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita has resigned, effective immediately, from his role as president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA). According to the AUMA, Morishita resigned last Friday. Reasons for his resignation were not given in the release to local media on Monday. Morishita had clashed with the province over various issues during ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge 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 responseVerdict awaits for woman charged in gang-style attack on youth
By Delon Shurtz on August 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge judge will give his verdict later this year on whether a woman is guilty of participating in a vicious attack against a younger boy nearly two years ago. Judge Gregory Maxwell is expected to rule Nov. 29 on whether Trinity Savard, whose matter was in court Friday, is guilty of aggravated ... Read More »
1 responseCommunity steps up to make Shoes for Kids initiative a success
By Dale Woodard on August 17th, 2021
It was a shoe-in Saturday afternoon at Lethbridge College. Or in this case, shoes. And many pairs of them. Connecting Our Community Lethbridge’s Shoes for Kids YQL – with support from the Lethbridge Police Service, Piikani RCMP detachment, Blood Tribe Police and Lethbridge Fire Department Charities Association – took place Saturday at the college with ... Read More »
1 responseRichardson International acquires Calgary’s Control Chemical Corporation
By Tim Kalinowski on August 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Richardson International Ltd. announced last week it had acquired full, controlling interest in Calgary-based Control Chemical Corporation. Richardson had previously been a minority stakeholder in the specialized manufacture of environmentally safe drilling fluids and vegetable oil-based lubricants. With the purchase, Richardson secures control of a customer it has supplied raw ingredients to for ... 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 »
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