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New music festival experience for students at the Owl
By Ry Clarke - for the Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival concluded its first week of competition, showcasing artists in musical theatre, choral, guitar, speech, and piano. Thursday night residents were treated to a free event at the Owl Acoustic Lounge singing contemporary pieces with a live band, a first for the festival. During the festival performers from ... Read More »
1 responseExtortion case to be resolved without trial
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge man who extorted money from a woman and was expected to either stand trial or resolve his matters without a trial, has chosen the latter. During a brief hearing last week in Lethbridge provincial court, an agent for Oluwaseye Adekunle Morawo’s lawyer said Morawo has decided to resolve his charges of ... Read More »
2 responsesBig fines for net fishing on Cross Coulee Reservoir
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Using nets to illegally catch fish has netted four Calgary men hefty fines. Li Hua Guo, Hong Xia Kuang, Wei Yong Situ and Xu Wen Situ, pleaded guilty Monday in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of unlawful possession of 28 lake white fish, for which they were fined $1,000 each. All but Guo ... Read More »
3 responsesBILD Lethbridge crowns BILDer grand champion
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
BILD Lethbridge crowned Keegan Fleming and Joel Spanos as BILDer Grand Champion of the inaugural “WHO BILDs it Best” building competition at the Southern Alberta Home and Garden Show on the weekend at Exhibition Park. The winning design was a wooden cooler made out of pallets and a stencil logo painted on the lid from ... Read More »
1 responseIndigenous Awareness Week underway at U of L
By Ry Clarke - for the Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
The Iikaisskini Indigenous Student Centre at the University of Lethbridge hosted an opening ceremony Monday with a smudging and prayer, starting off its Indigenous Awareness Week which runs from April 4 – 7. The ceremony was held in the Iikaisskini Indigenous Gathering Place at the University, opening back in November. Leading the smudging ceremony was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Festival Square construction begins today
By Ry Clarke - for the Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
Construction will begin today along 3 Ave stretching from 4 Street to 8 Street as construction crews work to complete the final phase for Lethbridge’s Downtown Festival Square Market Plaza. During construction 6 Street will be closed to traffic while crews work on the intersection, and motorists are advised to drive with caution and follow ... Read More »
2 responsesStreet sweeping underway this month
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 5th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The city street sweeping program starts on April 12 and residents can expect $25 tickets if they don’t move vehicles out of the way. The annual program will begin in areas that were missed last year including Tudor Estates, Chinook Heights, Park Royal and Scenic Heights, transportation operations manager Julieane Ruck said Monday. ... Read More »
1 response‘Ditch the Draft’ rally protests province’s new K-6 curriculum
By Lethbridge Herald on April 4th, 2022
Justin Seward – Lethbridge Herald A crowd protesters showed up in front of City Hall on Saturday for a province-wide ‘Ditch the Draft’ Curriculum rally. The focus of the protest was to hear the concerns about Alberta’s K-6 draft curriculum. In March the provincial government announced that it would be implementing the new K-3 Mathematics, ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival results
By Lethbridge Herald on April 4th, 2022
Wednesday, March 30 Choral Adjudicator: Catherine Glaser-Climie School Choral Jazz Group – School Choral Jazz Group; School Chorus – Movie/TV/Pop – Junior High/Middle School; School Chorus – Movie/TV/Pop – Senior High School: Immanuel Christian Senior Vocal Ensemble (Conductor: Nathalie Snyder). Thursday, March 31 Choral Adjudicator: Catherine Glaser-Climie School Chorus – Sampler – Grades ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused in sex assault trial fires lawyer
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who has been waiting since last December for a judge to give his decision on a sex-assault trial, has fired his lawyer. Sohil Bindra, who is scheduled to hear the judge’s decision on May 3, parted ways with his lawyer during a brief hearing Friday in Lethbridge provincial court. Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Attempted robbery, assault nets six month sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 19-year-old southern Alberta man who threw a needle filled with methamphetamine at a nurse, then a day later attempted to rob a Lethbridge convenience store, has been sentenced to six months in jail. Hunter Alexander Frank was sentenced Friday in Lethbridge provincial court on charges of assault with a weapon, attempted robbery ... Read More »
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