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‘Get to Know Lonesome’ has musician on the road
By Al Beeber on November 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He’s a sideman doing a side project and Ryan “Skinny” Dyck is finally getting a chance to tour a record he made in 2020. And the well-known Lethbridge steel guitar musician is already planning another project in his mind. Dyck, a long-time fixture on the Lethbridge music scene, recorded and released his first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced for assaulting girlfriend
By Delon Shurtz on November 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 22-year-old Coalhurst man will have to follow strict curfew conditions for the next year after being sentenced for several violent assaults in 2020 and earlier this year. Nicco Diego Cantillas was handed a 12-month conditional sentence Monday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to charges of assault, assault with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing hearing adjourned for couple found guilty of drug smuggling
By Delon Shurtz on November 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A sentencing hearing for a California couple caught trying to smuggle drugs through the Coutts border nearly four years ago, has been adjourned for a month. The hearing for Gurminder and Kirandeep Toor was expected to be heard Friday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench, but it was adjourned at the request of defence ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dierks Bentley, The Offspring and comedy tour coming to Lethbridge
By Al Beeber on November 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With COVID restrictions loosened, live music is returning to the city with a vengeance. Two American headliners, with vastly different audiences, will be hitting the stage at the Enmax Centre in early 2022. And tickets for both shows go on sale Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. Kicking off the new year will be ... Read More »
1 responseNew city council settled in and ready to get to work
By Lethbridge Herald on November 1st, 2021
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge’s newly elected city council moved up its first official meeting by a day during a brief organizational meeting Monday at City Hall. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 16, Mayor Blaine Hyggen and council will now meet a day earlier on Nov. 15 so the elected officials can travel to ... Read More »
1 responseChildren’s author to give special reading at Analog Books Halloween event
By Trevor Busch LETHBRIDGE HERALD on October 30th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com Local author and illustrator Constance Douglas will be performing a special reading of one of her children’s books during a Family Halloween event at Analog Books on Sunday. “They’re not usually open on Sunday, but they’re going to have a special event for Halloween,” said Douglas. “There will be costumes, and prizes, and ... Read More »
2 responsesFishermen land fines and licence suspensions
By Delon Shurtz on October 30th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Three fishermen who caught more than the legal limit of walleye, then lied to a Fish and Wildlife officer, have been fined. Shu Hao Cai, Yongqiang Ken Situ, and Guo Yong Tu, were each fined $400 after they pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of possession of fish exceeding the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christmas market showcasing artisans from across Canada
By Dale Woodard on October 30th, 2021
Though it was probably an unpopular – and unwanted – weather front, it was perhaps fitting that the snow was falling outside the Lethbridge Exhibition Friday. That’s because inside The Fall Into Christmas Market was in full swing after a little time away due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re excited to be back at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irrigators vote to combine SMRID and Taber Irrigation districts
By Collin Gallant SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on October 30th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDcgallant@medicinehatnews.com Irrigators along the Highway 3 corridor have voted in favour of amalgamating to create half-million acre district in stretching the length of Alberta’s rural south. Officials with the St. Mary River Irrigation District and the Taber Irrigation District announced this summer they were in talks to combine the districts. Voting that concluded last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Father calling for justice in the death of his son
By Al Beeber on October 30th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Emery Grier wants justice for his son who was killed on May 24 in Fort Macleod. The only son and one of three children of 63-year-old Emery, Linden Blair Grier was beaten to death, the elder Grier said Friday in a protest outside the Lethbridge Courthouse. The man accused of the killing, which ... Read More »
1 responseTruck buyer receives jail sentence for fraud
By Delon Shurtz on October 30th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man has netted himself a stint in jail after attempting to buy pickup trucks with worthless cheques. Jamie George Hart was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to 30 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud under $5,000. Court was told that on Nov. 4, 2020 ... Read More »
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