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Umpire memorial remembers a ‘kind and gentle soul’
By Dale Woodard on May 18th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Mitch Ball was remembered from coast-to-coast last weekend. On Saturday, an online memorial was held for the local umpire who passed away May 1, one day shy of his 48th birthday. In a two-hour Zoom session emceed by John Oko, Ball’s family, friends and colleagues from Kelowna to Halifax gathered to share memories ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Mill looks to offer drive-in theatre experience
By Herald on May 17th, 2021
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald For the first time since 1986, Lethbridge is getting a drive-in movie theatre. Len Binning, operator of the Movie Mill, says he expects films to be showing in the parking lot by the long weekend if the weather co-operates. The Movie Mill did a trial runlast week and Binning says ... Read More »
1 responseMonday deadline for Lethbridge School Division pilot e-learning program
By Al Beeber on May 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Parents have until Monday to register their students for a pilot e-learning program being conducted by the Lethbridge School Division. An e-learning program, said Board chair Christine Light Friday, is “flexible, innovative and accountable for engaging students in meaningful digital learning experiences where they can thrive within the school and broader community.” The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing decision for drug smuggler set for June
By Delon Shurtz on May 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The Crown and defence in a drug smuggling case are miles apart when it comes to sentencing a Calgary man who was found guilty in March following a week-long trial in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench. Calgary lawyer Sean Fagan is seeking a seven-year prison term for his client, Bradley Michael Gaudrault, while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Farmers’ Market vendor aiming for business as normal
By Dale Woodard on May 15th, 2021
Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tiara Forsyth tries to keep things business as usual. Forsyth, the owner of Sekhmet’s Emporium, was among the vendors set up for the first Lethbridge & District Exhibition annual Farmers’ Market of the season last weekend at the Lethbridge Exhibition Park South Pavilion. Though this year’s farmers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economic Standing Policy Committee finishes week of deliberations
By Tim Kalinowski on May 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council adjourned on Friday after five days of deliberations leaving $31 million unallocated for the next elected council to make use of after this fall’s municipal election. While most initiatives funded in this upcoming 2022-2031 Capital Improvement Program cycle were modest and relatively inexpensive to fund, ... Read More »
1 responseBow River MP Shields highlights pandemic effects on newspapers
By Cole Parkinson SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on May 15th, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a struggle for a large majority of Canadians since it first started last spring, and as it has continued, frustrations and hardships have been prolonged. As a way to highlight what several weekly newspapers in southern Alberta have been dealing with since last March, Bow River MP Martin Shields rose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ASIRT investigating Lethbridge Police Service officer
By Lethbridge Herald on May 15th, 2021
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will be investigating allegations that a Lethbridge Police Service member potentially mishandled evidence. On Thursday, the LPS suspended the officer with pay and ordered an internal investigation into professional misconduct under the Police Act and Police Service Regulation. LPS said in a press release that investigation will be held ... Read More »
1 responsePhillips says blame for surgery postponements lies with UCP
By Herald on May 14th, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips said the province needs focused leadership to focus on critical problems facing Albertans today. Responding to the latest postponement of surgeries at the Chinook Regional Hospital due to surging COVID-19 case numbers during a press conference outside the hospital Friday afternoon, Phillips pointed to Alberta Premier ... Read More »
11 responsesCarjacking trial awaits verdict
By Delon Shurtz on May 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The lawyer for a man accused of committing a series of violent offences 18 months ago, didn’t call any evidence during his client’s trial this week in Lethbridge provincial court. Calgary lawyer Andre Ouellette didn’t put Cory Ray Williams on the stand Thursday after the Crown concluded its case. The matter now rests ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reconciliation is an issue involving everyone, SACPA told
By Al Beeber on May 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The idea of reconciliation is not an aboriginal issue, it’s an issue involving everyone, the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs was told at its Thursday online session. Don McIntyre, an assistant professor in the University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business’ Indigenous Governance and Business Management Stream, addressed truth and reconciliation with ... Read More »
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