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Property taxes set to increase in 2021
By Tim Kalinowski on May 5th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Despite city council’s best efforts, taxpayers in Lethbridge are in for a property tax increase in 2021. City council set its tax rates for 2021 at Tuesday’s meeting, and, as expected, the Municipal Tax rate will see a zero per cent increase this year. However, both the Education portion of the tax bill, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trials set for man facing sexual assault charges
By Delon Shurtz on May 5th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Three separate criminal trials have been set for a 33-year-old man facing numerous sex-related charges against six women. Sohil Bindra is set to stand trial Nov. 8-19 on charges of sexual assault, housebreaking and commit sexual assault, and administering a noxious substance in relation to four women. The two-week trial was set March 18 in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers seeking resolution in stolen property case
By Delon Shurtz on May 5th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Lawyers continue to discuss a massive stolen property case in hopes of avoiding a lengthy criminal trial. Lethbridge lawyer Scott Hadford told a judge Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court, he and the Crown prosecutor are working on resolving the case against 53-year-old Gerald David Thurber, who faces one charge of drug possession and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Casson’s Crew has helped raise more than a quarter million dollars in annual MS Walk
By Dale Woodard on May 5th, 2021
For the past 14 years, Casson’s Crew has been pounding the pavement for a good cause. This year, the local team will be out and about again – albeit virtually – and putting on the miles once again with the Jayman Built MS Walk as part of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month. “It’s our family’s passion,” ... Read More »
1 responseResidents reminded to prepare for emergencies
By Tim Kalinowski on May 5th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced more people to re-align themselves toward being prepared for emergencies, concedes Luke Palmer, City of Lethbridge Emergency Preparedness Manager, he would like to see more people in the city putting time and effort into constructing their own household emergency response plans and 72-hour kits. “It’s definitely hit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Impersonating a police officer and causing a disturbance earns man jail time
By Delon Shurtz on May 4th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Nwar Elias Magzoub didn’t fool anyone when he pulled out a badge and claimed to be a police officer. Magzoub, 30, was at an automotive shop in Fort Macleod on March 24 when he got into a “heated exchange” with an employee and began yelling. Then he pulled out a cheap looking silver ... Read More »
1 responseSisters spend the past year walking away the COVID blues
By Al Beeber on May 4th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com When Trish Provost was feeling COVID anxiety last year, her sister Kristylee stepped and came up with a solution to beat the pandemic blues – a walking regimen. The two sisters from the Piikani First Nations then embarked on a journey that over the course of a year has seen them walk 10,000 ... Read More »
1 responseFormer head of Emergency Management Alberta critical of province’s pandemic response
By Tim Kalinowski on May 4th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The former head of Emergency Management Alberta during the Klein government years, Lt. Col. David Redman (ret.), has been a strong critic of the Kenney government’s pandemic response over the past year. And this latest round of restrictive public health measures, Redman says, proves the point he has been making all along: lockdowns ... Read More »
1 responseGalt museum looking to reflect community in mosaic
By Al Beeber on May 4th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The image visitors to the Galt Museum & Archives see in the huge west-facing window will soon be no more. In place of the 1950s-era photo of shoppers, the museum hopes to create a mosaic of 400 portraits representing the diverse population of Lethbridge and southern Alberta. Until the end of May, the ... Read More »
1 responseMLA Neudorf says progress being made on supportive housing in Lethbridge
By Dale Woodard on May 4th, 2021
Progress is being made on supportive housing around the city to help the vulnerable take steps toward a better life. On hand as the guest speaker at the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce’s Constituency Connections Zoom session Friday morning, Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf tackled a number of topics. Among those was how to collaborate with the ... Read More »
1 responseWhitegrass denied bail
By Delon Shurtz on May 4th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 37-year-old woman accused of killing her former common-law spouse, has failed to convince a judge she should be granted bail and released from custody while her case makes its way through the court system. Justice Vaughan Hartigan of Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench denied Melissa Whitegrass’s application for bail last week. The ... Read More »
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