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SACPA examines benefits of laughter
By Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs on March 31st, 2021
When we talk about stress, usually we focus on our tight muscles, aching heads and sleeplessness. On Thursday at 10 a.m., Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs speaker Cheryl Ann Oberg will advocate that what we really should be concerned about, is our breathing. The act of laughter is the science of breathing. In times of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge County issues fire ban, all active permits cancelled
By Lethbridge Herald on March 31st, 2021
Due to the dry, windy, and warmer conditions that exist and are forecasted to continue, Lethbridge County has issued a Fire Ban on all open fires within its municipal boundaries. Under the Fire Ban, all active fire permits are cancelled, and no new permits will be issued until further notice. Burning of any kind is not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guilty plea in firearm case leads to probation
By Delon Shurtz on March 31st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge man who put a scare into patrons of a local pub when he pulled a gun from his car, barely avoided a jail sentence after he pleaded guilty Monday to one count of unauthorized possession of a firearm. Brandon Murphy, 22, was at Hudson’s Tap House at about 1:30 a.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer for murder suspect receives initial disclosure
By Delon Shurtz on March 31st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The lawyer for a 37-year-old woman charged with the murder of her ex-spouse last spring says he may finally be in the position to make at least some progress on the case. Lethbridge lawyer James Rouleau told a judge Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court that he only received initial disclosure Monday from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advocates looking for national standards for long-term care
By Dale Woodard on March 31st, 2021
Advocates representing more than a million Canadians – including the Lethbridge Chapter of Friends of Medicare – have banded together to demand that the federal government and provinces work together to establish national standards for long-term residential care. Last week, groups released a legal opinion setting out a proposal for a commitment from the federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reserve fire burns 15,000 acres
By Lethbridge Herald on March 31st, 2021
Shortly after noon on Sunday, Blood Tribe Fire Chief Jacen Abrey reported the fire department received a call about a grass fire occurring near Highway 509. In response to this call, Abrey and the Fire Department staff set up an incident command and staging area near the hay plant to strategize on how to address ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maxime Bernier promises federalist alternative
By Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier spoke at a special session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs YouTube livestream speaker series on Tuesday. During his speech, and in the question-and-answer period following his presentation to SACPA, Bernier kept a very narrow focus reserving his first remarks for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City group cleaning up discarded face masks
By Dale Woodard on March 30th, 2021
Lethbridge residents are still masking up in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. But a group is doing their part to make sure those masks are also properly disposed of as well. Alyssa Kusalik, coordinator for Community Mask Clean Up, an Alberta-wide initiative, and a few other volunteers have spent the last month making their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Historic Carmangay hotel burns to the ground
By Dale Woodard on March 30th, 2021
An historical building in Carmangay has been lost. The Grange Hotel, a nearly 112-year-old building in the village roughly 60 kilometres northwest of Lethbridge, was destroyed in a fire early Sunday that started at approximately 1:30 a.m. As of Sunday afternoon, the cause of the fire was unknown, but there were no injuries or fatalities. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First responders take matters one case at a time
By Tin Kalinowski on March 30th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The old Chinese curse goes: “May you live in interesting times -” and we have certainly been doing that lately, says Lethbridge Director of Emergency Management and Chief of Fire and Emergency Services Marc Rathwell, with escalating COVID-19 numbers, winds, fires and snowstorms as March comes to an end. Rathwell says the key ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House fire leaves five homeless
By Al Beeber on March 30th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com In 30 minutes, the lives of a West Lethbridge family were turned upside down Sunday. Gary Klassen, his wife Love Joy and their two children left their home on Trent Road for a trip to a westside grocery store. When they got home, Love Joy could hear a smoke alarm going off inside ... Read More »
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