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‘Storm Trooper’ investigation determines charges not warranted
By Herald on December 23rd, 2020
Criminal charges have been found not to be warranted after an investigation into an incident in May where Lethbridge police responded to a woman in costume with a fake firearm promoting a local restaurant. On May 4, Lethbridge Police responded to two 911 calls reporting a person in a Storm Trooper costume carrying a firearm ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!County council approves 2021 budget
By Lethbridge Herald on December 23rd, 2020
Lethbridge County Council approved both the 2021-2023 Operating and 2021-2025 Capital Budgets at last week’s council meeting. The operating budget expense totals $28,050,645 for 2021, while the capital budget amounts to $9,215,000. The total tax support increase for 2021 is projected at 0.973 per cent and 0.109 per cent after assessment growth. “This has certainly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Griffiths resigns as chair of Lethbridge Police Commission
By Tim Kalinowski on December 23rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com In a surprise move, Lethbridge Police Commission chair Simon Griffiths has resigned from all his duties on the commission. “I have committed half a decade to serving on the Lethbridge Police Commission and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time,” Griffiths said in a statement released to the media on Tuesday. “I have had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College digital media students design logos for Western Gateway Trade and Logistics Corridor
By Greg Bobinec on December 23rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDgbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College’s Digital Communications and Media (DCM) program students recently helped build the visual identity through a logo design challenge for Canada’s Western Gateway Trade and Logistics Corridor. Students were given the opportunity to create a logo and pitch their designs to the stakeholders as part of the competitive process. Canada’s Western Gateway ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads not guilty to breach charges
By Delon Shurtz on December 23rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who was expected to resolve breach charges relating to a sexual assault and child-luring case has decided to stand trial instead. Gary James Lippa was expected Monday in Lethbridge provincial court to resolve three counts of failing to comply with release orders. However, the accused’s lawyer, Scott Hadford, pleaded not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!God is still doing well in the polls
By University of Lethbridge on December 23rd, 2020
A majority of Canadians continue to believe in God, according to the most recent national survey by University of Lethbridge sociologist Dr. Reginald Bibby (DLitt ’18). Bibby has been charting the God numbers through national surveys from the mid-1970s to December of this year. “God is not faring all that badly in the polls,” says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soup kitchen to move from sit-down to takeout meals
By Tim Kalinowski on December 23rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com As of Tuesday, the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen will no longer be offering sit-down meals to Lethbridge’s homeless community inside its existing dining facility. “We were approached by the City of Lethbridge,” explains Bill Ginther, executive director of the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen, “even though it is not within their mandate to tell us how ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Break-in suspect to spend holidays in jail
By Delon Shurtz on December 23rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man accused of breaking into a city pub last month will have to spend the Christmas holidays in custody. Travis Robert Taylor, who is remanded at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, hopes he’ll be released from custody early in the new year. His matter was in Lethbridge provincial court Tuesday, but his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vaccines coming for Southern Alberta health-care and long-term workers
By Herald on December 22nd, 2020
The provincial government has announced Alberta has received a second shipment of Pfizer vaccine that will be offered to health-care workers and long-term care workers across the province. A total of 25,350 vaccine doses have arrived in the province and will be delivered to vaccine sites around Alberta. Lethbridge, along with a number of other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ARCHES will not face charges
By Herald on December 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service will not be laying charges against ARCHES after its forensic investigation of the former supervised consumption site operator accounted for $1.5 million in provincial funding dollars previously unaccounted for in the July audit of the organization. Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh told reporters on Tuesday with ... Read More »
15 responsesCity to generate revenue from contaminated soil
By Tim Kalinowski on December 22nd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge will once again be offering commercial space at the landfill for contaminated soil from oilfield and other types of reclamation to generate additional revenue in 2021. “Contaminated soil is soil that has been chemically impacted by operations like, for example, coming from a gas station that is being remediated ... Read More »
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