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ATB technology donation to benefit local students
By Herald on April 26th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Dozens of local youth will receive a free Chromebook thanks to a donation to the United Way from ATB’s Greater Good program. ATB purchased 412 of the Chromebooks, valued at approximately $100,000, for distribution across the province through various local United Way chapters. Lethbridge’s share of that was ... Read More »
1 responseDriver testifies he was unaware of drugs found in truck at border
By Delon Shurtz on April 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Truck driver Gurminder Singh Toor didn’t notice during a trip from California to Alberta that a mattress in the sleeper was sitting higher than normal because there were drugs hidden under it, he testified Friday during his drug smuggling trial in Lethbridge. Toor, who along with his wife Kirandeep Kaur Toor is charged ... Read More »
1 responseSummer heritage festival being planned for the Crowsnest Pass
By Al Beeber on April 24th, 2021
Preliminary planning has started on a summer Crowsnest Pass heritage festival. Organizers say the 16th annual Crowsnest Pass Doors Open and Heritage Festival will run from July 27 to Aug. 2 Committee chairman Fred Bradley said Friday this year marks the 100th anniversary of the historic Blairmore bandstand and organizers are hoping to mark events ... Read More »
1 responseOptometrists cautioning people about the dangers of increased screen time
By Dale Woodard on April 24th, 2021
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic increasing people’s screen time in front of computers, phones and tablets, local optometrists are cautioning people to keep an eye on the welfare of their vision. A new survey commissioned by the Alberta Association of OptometristsĂ‚Â found approximately 40-50 per cent of a child’s waking hours are spent on digital devices.Ă‚Â ... Read More »
1 responsePair caught in drug bust may be heading to trial
By Delon Shurtz on April 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Two men charged last summer following a drug bust in the city, and who had hoped to avoid a trial, may be heading for trial, after all. During a brief hearing in March in Lethbridge provincial court, the judge was told defence had received an offer from the Crown to resolve the charges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Possibility of pre-Clovis camp in southern Alberta the “Holy Grail of archaeological research”
By Tim Kalinowski on April 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Wally’s Beach just might turn out to hold the Holy Grail of archaeological research in North America, Gabriel Yanicke, curator of Western Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History, recently told members of the Southeastern Archaeological Society: namely, a pre-Clovis human occupation site. “The paradigm for a lot of years, the latter half ... Read More »
1 responseBike donation gets kids in need ready to ride
By Herald on April 23rd, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the Lethbridge Police Service, the Lethbridge Fire Fighters Charities Association, the Public Safety Communications Centre and The Watch have donated 21 new bicycles and all the safety equipment to give disadvantaged kids their first set of wheels in the community. “It kind of happened accidentally in a way,” ... Read More »
1 responseMotz says CPC carbon pricing plan different, better than Liberals
By Collin Gallant on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDcgallant@medicinehatnews.com Conservative MP Glen Motz has softened his stance on carbon pricing, but is ratcheting up criticism of how it’s currently applied as his party proposes alternatives. Last week the Conservative Party and Leader Erin O’Toole released an outline of its environment policy, stating a $20 per tonne carbon price for consumers would be ... Read More »
1 responseCity’s annual financial report points to stability and resiliency amid pandemic challenges
By Tim Kalinowski on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com According to the the City of Lethbridge annual financial report, the community has shown surprising stability and resiliency even faced with the additional challenges of the pandemic. Not only is the city’s annual unemployment rate (at about 7 per cent) substantially lower than the provincial (11 per cent) and federal (9 per cent) ... Read More »
1 responseCouple testifies as drug smuggling trial continues
By Delon Shurtz on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A husband and wife accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into Alberta more than three years ago, didn’t know there were drugs in their truck, they testified at their trial in Lethbridge Thursday. Gurminder and Kirandeep Toor testified the drugs didn’t belong to them, and they don’t know how they got in their ... Read More »
1 responseWhitegrass seeking bail in murder case
By Delon Shurtz on April 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com After spending more than a month in custody, a 37-year-old woman accused of killing her former common-law spouse last year, is set make her bid for freedom next week. Melissa Dumaine Whitegrass is scheduled to have a bail hearing Monday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench. Her case will then return to provincial ... Read More »
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