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‘Be patient’: Lethbridge police chief discusses controversies at virtual town hall
By The Canadian Press on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The head of police in a southern Alberta city has addressed criticisms of his department in the face of continued warnings from the justice minister that the force could be disbanded. Lethbridge Police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh held an 80-minute virtual town hall on Tuesday night to outline plans for the department going ... Read More »
1 responseOdyssey contest seeks adventure
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Lodging Association in partnership with the Lethbridge and District Exhibition will be inviting those seeking adventure and fun in southern Alberta this summer to its first ever Odyssey event. The contest will pit 110 different teams of two against each other in a battle of wits and wills as they run ... Read More »
1 responseOntario Muslim family mourned at Lethbridge vigil
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on June 16th, 2021
The Lethbridge Muslim Association held a vigil at the Lethbridge Islamic Centre on Monday evening to honour the Muslim family killed in London, Ont. Abdelbasat Aborawi, president of the Lethbridge Muslim Association said that the vigil was a way to provide support for their community and the family in Ontario, to let them know that ... Read More »
1 responsePlasma donor approaching century milestone
By Dale Woodard on June 16th, 2021
It’s the gift that keeps on giving. And for 20 years, Mark Dyck has been happy to keep donating it. This week is National Blood Donor Week, celebrating donors that have taken an active role becoming a partner in Canada’s lifeline. In Lethbridge, donors continue to line up and give since the plasma donor centre ... Read More »
1 responseCity mask bylaw to remain in place
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Mandatory masks will stay in place in Lethbridge for the foreseeable future after city council narrowly voted to reject a motion which would have had the local bylaw expire after the province enters Stage 3 of its COVID-19 re-opening strategy. Coun. Blaine Hyggen brought forth the motion to repeal the city’s local Temporary ... Read More »
4 responsesFestival 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 »
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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 responsePiikani 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 »
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