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Binder granted three trials
By Delon Shurtz on March 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old Lethbridge man who was set to face more than a dozen sex-related charges during a single trial, has instead been granted three separate trials. Sohil Bindra was scheduled to begin a 14-day trial this week in Lethbridge provincial court, but Monday Calgary lawyer Andre Ouellette applied to have the charges, along ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council rejects giving builders, developers a tax break on vacant serviced lots
By Tim Kalinowski on March 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council has rejected a motion which would have created a separate sub class of taxation to provide local developers and builders with a 50 per cent tax break on vacant serviced lots. Coun. Jeffrey Coffman introduced the motion for discussion during council on Tuesday following a public presentation by BILD Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taber man found not guilty on fraud charges
By Cole Parkinson on March 10th, 2021
After more than four years, a local man has been found not guilty after being charged with theft and fraud of over $5,000. Scott Allen Blanchard was accused of stealing nearly $500,000 from a Taber business back in 2016 and was back in Lethbridge court last week where he was finally found not guilty. When ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council honours Logan Boulet
By Lethbridge Herald on March 9th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council voted unanimously to proclaim April 7 “Green Shirt Day” in honour of hometown hero Logan Boulet, and to increase awareness of the importance of organ donation. Coun. Blain Hyggen sponsored the motion on behalf of city council, and thanked his council colleagues for their words of support in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coal industry lobbied hard to change Coal Policy; CAC began effort after Alberta election
By Herald on March 9th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Government records and other sources document the Alberta and international coal industry’s intense lobbying attempts to change Alberta’s regulatory system in the months leading into the changeover to the United Conservative Party government and in the year after, which eventually led to the rescindment of the 1976 Coal ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge School Division introducing pilot project for online learning
By Herald on March 9th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge School Division will be introducing a pilot project which will explore the option of allowing certain students to continue learning online even after the current COVID-19 pandemic ends. “One thing we have learned is there are students who learn differently,” explained Christine Light, chair of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Case in shooting death adjourned for disclosure
By Herald on March 9th, 2021
Delon Shurtz – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The case against a 30-year-old man charged in a shooting death in the city a year ago, has been delayed while defence waits to obtain more disclosure from the Crown’s office. Although defence has received details about the crime, defence told a judge Monday in Lethbridge provincial court there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three trials possible for accused in sex assaults
By Herald on March 9th, 2021
Delon Shurtz – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old Lethbridge man originally scheduled to have one trial for alleged sexual assaults against six women, could have three trials if a judge agrees with a defence recommendation. Calgary lawyer Andre Ouellette asked a judge Monday in Lethbridge provincial court, to hold one trial for four of ... Read More »
1 responseSales tax up to Albertans, not government: Kenney
By Herald on March 9th, 2021
Nikki Jamieson – SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com Premier Jason Kenney said that it is up to voters to decide whether to implement a sales tax once the pandemic is over. In a press conference on March 2, Kenney and Finance Minister Travis Toews were asked a question regarding the possibility of a provincial sales tax. ... Read More »
2 responsesNew COVID-19 cases identified at Lethbridge schools
By Herald on March 9th, 2021
The Lethbridge School Division has announced that Wilson Middle School has recently been notified by Alberta Health Services that they have identified fourth and fifth cases of COVID-19 at the school, which places Wilson on Outbreak status. Galbraith Elementary School has also been notified by Alberta Health Services that they have identified second and third ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LPS deputy chief among officers who accessed Phillips info
By Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge law enforcement officers are once again getting damaging national scrutiny after ASIRT revealed last month it was investigating five LPS officers, including Deputy Chief Scott Woods, and one LPS civilian employee, who accessed Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips personal records eight times over an 11-month period for no apparent ... Read More »
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