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Respiratory therapist says wildfire smoke calls for extra precautions for those with health conditions
By Al Beeber on July 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Avoid the outdoors as much as possible and monitor symptoms. That’s the advice from an Asthma Canada respiratory therapist for people affected by smoke from the B.C. wildfires. Nova Scotia-based Tracy Cushing said Friday disposable surgical masks like those worn during the COVID pandemic and even N95 masks, unless the latter are properly ... Read More »
1 responseTravel Alberta CEO on a mission to boost tourism
By Al Beeber on July 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He first came to love Alberta while spending a month with his brother and relatives in Edmonton when he was 14. Now David Goldstein is on a mission to boost tourism in in the province. Goldstein was named Chief Executive Officer of Travel Alberta late last year and the new Calgarian sees enormous ... Read More »
1 responseMicro-zone irrigation aims to save in-demand water
By Tim Kalinowski on July 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Farming Smarter hosted a very timely session on micro-zone irrigation at its Plot Hop event earlier this week. The featured speaker to address this topic was Cam Cote, founder of InteliRain- a company which designs precision irrigation systems for turf and agriculture. Cote put the problem succinctly to participants at the Plot Hop ... Read More »
1 responseMan sentenced for assault and shoplifting
By Delon Shurtz on July 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary man who became violent after he stopped taking his medication has received a two-month jail sentence. Blaine Meakin was sentenced FridayĂ‚Â in Lethbridge court, where he pleaded guilty to several counts of assault and a charge of shoplifting. He was also placed on probation for a year and fined $500. Court was ... Read More »
1 response‘Bittersweet’: Summer Games cancellation leads to Legacy Fund to help non-profits
By Dale Woodard on July 24th, 2021
Out a disappointing development comes a helping hand for local non-profit groups. With the cancellation of the 2020 Alberta Summer Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic – and again in 2021 when it was postponed – the Lethbridge 2020 Alberta Summer Games Society has announced the 2020 Games Legacy Fund designed to support not-for-profit sport ... Read More »
2 responsesCity celebrates local athletes competing at Tokyo Olympics
By Herald on July 23rd, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald A single medal has yet to be doled out at the Tokyo Games, but Lethbridge has already put in a podium performance. Celebrating southern Alberta’s presence at this year’s game was the event Friday morning in a ceremony at the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden. With a host of former local ... Read More »
1 responseRetraction
By Herald on July 23rd, 2021
In the July 23 edition of the Lethbridge Herald coverage of Bridget Mearns’ mayoralty announcement, there were some unfounded comments and inferences by Herald reporter Tim Kalinowski regarding Blaine Hyggen and his political affiliations. The Herald regrets the wording and inference, there is no evidence to suggest any direct or indirect support from any provincial ... Read More »
1 responseWarrant issued for court no-show
By Delon Shurtz on July 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 32-year-old womanĂ‚Â accused of robbing a taxi driver and stealing his car nearly two years ago. It’s at least the second time an arrest warrant has been issued for Kimberly Mae Eagle Speaker, who failed to attend court last August and was later arrested. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Re-Imagine Downtown Activation Grants announced
By Al Beeber on July 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The new Re-Imagine Downtown Activation Grant is going to help 11 initiatives this summer. The grant recipients were announced Thursday morning across from Casa at Lighthouse restaurant. The grant money is designed to “support businesses, entrepreneurs, organizations and community-minded individuals in implementing initiatives, events and/or programs that seek to activate vacant, under-utilized and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Farming Smarter back in the field
By Tim Kalinowski on July 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Farming Smarter held its first in person Plot Hop in over a year at its compound on Thursday. The event, which has participants being driven around in a wagon to various test plots to learn about the results of Farming Smarter’s extension research projects geared toward helping solve problems encountered in everyday management ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young offender sentenced to jail for part in group attack on teenager
By Delon Shurtz on July 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An 18-year-old man who was only 16 when he and a group of friends attacked and brutally beat another teenager, has been sent to jail. The man, who can’t be identified because he was a youth at the time of the offence, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of ... Read More »
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