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Mayor disappointed as ombudsman decline to investigate EMS dispatch consolidation
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta Ombudsman will not do an investigation into Alberta Health Services’ amalgamation of ambulance emergency dispatch services and Lethbridge mayor Blaine Hyggen isn’t happy about it. Marianne Ryan on Friday announced in a press release on the Alberta government website that “my office thoroughly analyzed the complaint and confirmed that the decision ... Read More »
1 responseFundraiser gets a kick out of helping deliver toys for Christmas
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Children in needy Lethbridge families are going to get a kick out of a fundraiser that will put toys under many Christmas trees. Champion Taekwon-Do recently staged its annual kick-a-thon fundraiser, teaming up this time with the Toys for Tots campaign run by the Salvation Army as part of the city’s Christmas Hope ... Read More »
1 responseMurder case adjourned until later this month
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 26-year-old Medicine Hat woman charged with first degree murder, is in quarantine at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre and was not required to appear in court for a brief hearing Wednesday. However, Calgary lawyer John Oman appeared on behalf of his client, Melissa Lynn Martens-Lagasse, and said he has only received an initial amount ... Read More »
1 responsePiikani Child and Family Services opens new space in downtown Lethbridge
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Piikani Child and Family Services has opened a space for youth in care in the heart of downtown Lethbridge and received their Blackfoot name on Wednesday. The office, located in the Paramount building (719 4 Avenue S.), has been open for a year but on Wednesday they had the official ribbon cutting ceremony. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Napi’s Gift helping to bring awareness to the vulnerable
By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald To mark the beginning of an 18 day event called Napi’s Gift hosted by We Will Recover, a teepee was raised at Park Place mall on Wednesday. We Will Recover is a newly established not-for-profit addiction support services agency that focuses on helping individuals, families and communities recover from the ... Read More »
1 responseOntario media studio sets up shop in Lethbridge
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com An international award-winning Toronto based media studio has recently expanded to Lethbridge. Winged Whale Media has recently moved across the country from Toronto to Lethbridge, in hopes of creating local connections as well as with other communities in western Canada. “I didn’t want to just compete against local, I wanted to be a ... Read More »
1 responseSouthern Alberta Art Gallery opens three new exhibits
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is offering three new exhibitions that will be on display until February 6 which highlights the works of one Swedish and two southern Alberta artists. The exhibits can be found in three different areas of the gallery. Under the Vast Sky by Swedish artist Britta Marakatt-Labba is in ... Read More »
1 responseWoman given suspended sentence in gang-style attack on teenage boy
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge woman charged with aggravated assault following a gang-style attack on a teenage boy two years ago, has been given a suspended sentence after being found guilty of a less serious charge of common assault. Trinity Savard, who now lives in B.C., was also placed on probation for 18 months following ... Read More »
2 responsesMLA Neudorf focusing on infrastructure and trails acts
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Nathan Neudorf is looking forward to a couple of bills being passed in the fall session of the Alberta Legislature. Neudorf, the MLA for Lethbridge East, said recently legislation the UCP government is working on will have an impact for Albertans. “There’s a couple really good pieces of legislation, things I’m passionate about,” ... Read More »
2 responsesCollege seeks polytechnic designation
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College has applied to the Ministry of Advanced Education to be recertified as a polytechnic institute. If approval is granted, it would be the first such institution given that designation south of Calgary. Mike Marcotte, chair of the college Board of Governors, said Monday that discussions have been going on for months ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council amends bylaws in truncated meeting
By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
Lethbridge City Council on Tuesday gave second and third readings to five bylaws in a meeting that barely lasted an hour. The purpose of Bylaw 6320 repealing bylaws 5712, 5847 and 6078 was to repeal borrowing bylaws that are no longer required because they have been identified as redundant or will be replaced by a ... Read More »
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