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Whitegrass seeking bail in murder case
By Delon Shurtz on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com After spending more than a month in custody, a 37-year-old woman accused of killing her former common-law spouse last year, is set make her bid for freedom next week. Melissa Dumaine Whitegrass is scheduled to have a bail hearing Monday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench. Her case will then return to provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Couple testifies as drug smuggling trial continues
By Delon Shurtz on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A husband and wife accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into Alberta more than three years ago, didn’t know there were drugs in their truck, they testified at their trial in Lethbridge Thursday. Gurminder and Kirandeep Toor testified the drugs didn’t belong to them, and they don’t know how they got in their ... Read More »
1 responseWildrose Independence candidate touts personal freedoms at SACPA
By Tim Kalinowski on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Wildrose Independence Party leadership candidate and former MLA for Cardston-Taber-Warner Paul Hinman spoke at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs weekly YouTube livestream speaker series on Thursday about the proper role of government, and why, in his opinion, the Trudeau and Kenney governments are failing Albertans. “For me, I am a Christian, ... Read More »
7 responsesMotz says CPC carbon pricing plan different, better than Liberals
By Collin Gallant on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDcgallant@medicinehatnews.com Conservative MP Glen Motz has softened his stance on carbon pricing, but is ratcheting up criticism of how it’s currently applied as his party proposes alternatives. Last week the Conservative Party and Leader Erin O’Toole released an outline of its environment policy, stating a $20 per tonne carbon price for consumers would be ... Read More »
1 responseCity’s annual financial report points to stability and resiliency amid pandemic challenges
By Tim Kalinowski on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com According to the the City of Lethbridge annual financial report, the community has shown surprising stability and resiliency even faced with the additional challenges of the pandemic. Not only is the city’s annual unemployment rate (at about 7 per cent) substantially lower than the provincial (11 per cent) and federal (9 per cent) ... Read More »
1 responseArts facilities adapting to life in a pandemic
By Al Beeber on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com COVID-19 has impacted virtually every element of everyday life, including the ability to engage with the visual arts. With art being a personal sensory experience that involves multiple elements including texture, colour, light and even sound, the lockdowns imposed due to COVID have drastically affected the ability to participate in and enjoy it. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Earth Day demonstrators speak out against coal mining in the Rockies
By Herald on April 22nd, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald Demonstrators speaking out against mining in the Eastern Slopes and the threat it brings to the water braved the cold, snow and wind to converge in the parking lot of Service Canada for the Lethbridge Earth Day Water Not Coal Information Walk Thursday afternoon. Keeping with COVID-19 pandemic protocol, groups of ... Read More »
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By Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com University of Calgary economist and School of Public Policy research fellow, Trevor Tombe, says the big numbers contained in the recently released federal budget are not as scary as they might seem at first glance. Context, he says, is everything. “There is no credible concern, like there was in the 1990s, of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finance experts weigh in on federal budget
By Dale Woodard on April 22nd, 2021
Possible incoming elections, record debt, business benefits and existing and new programs were among the topics of a BDO webinar earlier this week after the reading of the 2021 Federal Budget. Entitled “2021 Federal Budget: Rethinking the Path Forward” the hour-long session featured talks by National Post columnist John Ivison, chief economist for the Canadian ... Read More »
1 responseKidney Foundation helping southern Albertans
By Stan Ashbee on April 22nd, 2021
This past year, the Kidney Foundation’s southern Alberta branch stepped up to help southern Albertan’s living with kidney disease. With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing throughout 2020 and now into 2021, the kidney and transplant community have been faced with uncertainty and fear. Many immunosuppressed or compromised patients were afraid to leave their homes. As clinics ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residents continuing to show up for vaccinations
By Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2021
On Wednesday, Lethbridge residents got in line to get their shots. Walk-in appointments began yesterday and continuie today between 8:50 a.m. and 3:40 p.m., 200 for the AstraZeneca/Covishield vaccine will be available on a first come, first serve each day for eligible Albertans at Exhibition Park in Lethbridge in addition to those already booked. All ... Read More »
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