Local News
LPS members grieving fallen comrade
By Dale Woodard on January 7th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALD As the Lethbridge Police Service continues to rally in support of a fallen officer, members of the local detachment are also gathering support for each other in their time of grieving. Members of the LPS were in Calgary Monday as part of the drive-past for Sergeant Andrew Harnett of the Calgary Police Service, ... Read More »
1 responseSACPA to discuss ag trade expansion
By Herald on January 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs first session of the New Year on Thursday will discuss the vast potential for the expansion of Canadian agricultural trade. Guest speakers Carlo Dade of the Trade and Investment Centre and Sharon Sun of the Canada West Foundation will share their insights via SACPA’s YouTube livestream ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ag scholarship to be awarded
By Herald on January 6th, 2021
Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Exhibition Park and the Rotary Club of Lethbridge East have announced details for the third annual Agricultural Scholarship Award. The scholarship of $10,000 will be awarded to at least one Lethbridge and District’s top undergraduate agricultural students. The Agricultural Scholarship Award is intended to recognize the importance of agriculture in our community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drug bust results in two arrests
By Herald on January 6th, 2021
Two arrests have been made after members of the Crime Suppression Team, with assistance from other Lethbridge Police Service units, executed a drug search warrant Tuesday on the city’s southside. With assistance from the Priority Crimes Unit and a patrol unit, the Crime Suppression Team executed the warrant at a hotel in the 2200-block of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman gets jail after resisting arrest
By Herald on January 6th, 2021
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman who resisted arrest in a “spectacular and violent way,” has been sentenced to five months in jail. Amy Leigh Etienne, who pleaded guilty last March to charges of failing to stop for police, resisting arrest and possession of stolen property over $5,000, was sentenced Monday in Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police chief wants to put stronger focus on crime prevention
By Lethbridge Herald on January 6th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh says he wants to bring a stronger focus on crime prevention to the City of Lethbridge during his time at the Lethbridge Police Service, and create a new partnership between police and community members to work on a crime reduction strategy together. “Crime in ... Read More »
3 responsesCity police find hit-and-run suspect
By LETHBRIDGE HERALD on January 6th, 2021
Update: Lethbridge police say they have located a suspect and a vehicle in relation to the hit-and-run which resulted in injuries to a pedestrian in downtown Lethbridge Tuesday. The investigation is still ongoing and no charges have been laid yet. As such, no further information will be released at this time, and no update is ... Read More »
2 responsesLocal MLAs speak out on travel scandal
By Tim Kalinowski on January 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge’s sitting MLAs are weighing in on the recent scandal to rock the Kenney United Conservative Party government after several members of its caucus and one cabinet minister were found to have flown out of the country for sunny holidays at the same time as additional public health restrictions and business closures were ... Read More »
5 responsesMayor encouraging residents to keep following guidelines
By Tim Kalinowski on January 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge’s active COVID-19 case numbers have been trending in the right direction over the past month, and with only 77 active cases now in the city, (the first time since October there has been less than 100 active cases), Mayor Chris Spearman is encouraging residents to keep those numbers going in the right ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cousin mourns family who died in helicopter crash
By Dale Woodard on January 6th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald A local relative of a northern Alberta man killed in a helicopter crash remembers her cousin as someone whose door was always open for family and friends and also loved a good adrenaline rush. Wade Balisky, 45, and Aubrey Balisky, 37, and two of their children, Jewel, 8, and Fleur, 2 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pedestrian struck in hit-and-run
By Herald on January 5th, 2021
Update: Lethbridge police say they have located a suspect and a vehicle in relation to the hit-and-run which resulted in injuries to a pedestrian in downtown Lethbridge Tuesday. The investigation is still ongoing and no charges have been laid yet. As such, no further information will be released at this time, and no update is ... Read More »
1 response
