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Train hopping results in hefty fines
By Delon Shurtz on October 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The second of three men who were caught train hopping to eastern Canada during the summer, has received a hefty fine. Ivan Esparza-Luna was fined $1,000 after he pleaded guilty Friday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of entering land without permission under the Petty Trespass Act. Court was told Esparza-Luna and ... Read More »
1 response‘Manic Man’ chronicles journey of living with bi-polar disorder
By Al Beeber on October 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com In a few months, Jason Wegner will be graduating from the University of Lethbridge with teaching degree in hand, an accomplishment that may not have seemed imaginable when he was hospitalized just four years ago because of bipolar disorder. Wegner, now a 24-year-old student teacher at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, has chronicled his journey ... Read More »
1 responseFormer media student elevating voices of the Blackfoot community
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - LETHBRIDGE HERALD on October 23rd, 2021
Tawnya Plain Eagle, a Digital Communications and Media alumna spoke about her entrepreneurship journey and her passion for storytelling earlier this week as part of the Women in Entrepreneurship Week at Lethbridge College’s AgENT program. Plain Eagle explained that she finds pleasure in writing about indigenous issues, which is what brought her back to the ... Read More »
1 responseTake Back the Night speaks out against fear
By Herald on October 23rd, 2021
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald Despite the rain, a brave crowd gathered in front of City Hall on Friday for the annual Take Back the Night walk organized by the YWCA Lethbridge and District. Take Back the Night is an international event where women and those that support them walk in solidarity to take action ... Read More »
3 responsesPicture Butte company fined after driver killed on worksite
By Delon Shurtz on October 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Picture Butte industrial and agricultural fabrication company as been fined nearly $200,000 after a delivery driver was killed at the worksite nearly three years ago. Hank’s Feedmill Service pleaded guilty last month in Lethbridge provincial court to a charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act of failing to ensure the health ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Downtown program sweeping clean fall’s leaves
By Dale Woodard on October 22nd, 2021
The Downtown Clean Sweep Program isn’t so much turning over a new leaf as they are scooping them up. As the calendar turns to mid-October and the leaves tumble, there are plenty to pick up with the program having collected over 3,500 brown bags of leaves from the downtown core of Lethbridge over the past ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City restaurant recognized on national list of best outdoor dining areas
By Tim Kalinowski on October 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Firestone Restaurant and Bar has been recognized by OpenTable as having one of the best outdoor dining areas in the country. “It’s a nice feather in the cap, for sure,” says owner Jeff Gliege, who was thrilled to be among OpenTable’s top 100 in this category. “We’re very appreciative to the community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Self-guided haunted tour a frightfully good idea
By Ryan Dahlman SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on October 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDrdahlman@prairiepost.com Belinda Crowson has a novel idea for those who are concerned about the pandemic yet still want some thrills and chills this Halloween. The Lethbridge historian who is originally from rural southern Alberta has in her general research uncovered and thrown some light on some dark, scary stories from southern Alberta, just in ... Read More »
1 responseSock campaign helping those walking the road to recovery
By Herald on October 22nd, 2021
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald Participants of a company campaign to collect socks for charity have been overwhelmed by the response to help those on the road to recovery. The Socktober campaign, an initiative of On Side Restoration, collected 3646 pairs of socks locally. “This was the first inaugural campaign. I am hoping that we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taxi robber pleads guilty, sentencing adjourned to new year
By Delon Shurtz on October 21st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old woman who robbed a taxi driver and took off in his vehicle nearly two years ago, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court but won’t be sentenced until the new year. Kimberlie Rose Eagle Speaker pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and theft of a motor vehicle, stemming from a violent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP arrest escaped Crowsnest Pass suspect
By Lethbridge Herald on October 21st, 2021
A man wanted by the Crowsnest Pass RCMP earlier this week has been located and taken into custody. On Oct. 14, Crowsnest Pass RCMP had arrested a male on outstanding warrants. At roughly 2:15 p.m. that same day the suspect, Samuel Shawn Fralick, who was restrained with handcuffs was being placed in a police vehicle ... Read More »
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