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Family Resource Network offers supports for rural Indigenous families
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Garrett Simmons FCSS COMMUNICATIONS More supports are now available for rural Indigenous families in the south region. On April 1, BEW-FCSS received funding from Children’s Services to establish a Family Resource Network (FRN) within the region. Indigenous Family Liaison Workers are a key component of the FRN and as such, those staff members are tasked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DQ fundraiser to support Alberta Children’s Hospital
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD – COALDALE Dairy Queen fans in Coaldale can support a good cause while enjoying a tasty treat next week. From Monday until Sunday, Oct. 11, patrons of the Coaldale Dairy Queen are invited to support sick kids by ordering from their local participating Dairy Queen stores. Promotions will raise much-needed funds for Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prison sentence reduced again for man convicted in 2013 stabbing death
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 28-year-old man whose prison sentence was reduced following a 2019 appeal of his conviction for second-degree murder, has had his sentence reduced again. The Alberta Court of Appeal has lowered the 18-year sentence Addison Nickoles Wakefield received in 2019 to 16 years. It’s the second time his sentence has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man facing drug charges
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald A Calgary man is facing charges after Lethbridge Police Service seized significant quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine on Wednesday night. Following a short-term investigation by the Lethbridge Police Priority Crimes Unit, a search warrant was obtained and executed at a southside apartment on Wednesday in the 900 block of 15 Street South. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chamber conducting survey for local businesses
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce is asking local businesses to complete a five-minute survey that will help ensure its work is aligned with business needs. “The survey focuses on business confidence, local and provincial issues, and the current business landscape that will help set the path forward for the upcoming year,” says Jared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man caught in child porn sting sentenced
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man caught in a cross-border child pornography sting has been sentenced to a mandatory minimum of six months in jail. Riley Raymond Tripp, 42, was nabbed last summer following an online undercover operation in which U.S. investigator Maureen McClanahan claimed to be an 11-year-old girl on the social ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge Police Service won’t support Phillips’ appeal
By Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh says the Lethbridge Police Service will not be supporting Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips’ appeal to the Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB), nor her request for a public hearing, on a discipline decision made against two LPS officers who admitted to undertaking an unauthorized surveillance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City kicks off Fall Leaf Collection Program
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald As if residents needed another reminder of the changing season, the City of Lethbridge announced the kickoff to its Fall Leaf Collection Program on Thursday. From now until Nov. 13 residents will have an opportunity to book up to two appointments for leaf collection through the City’s 311 Call Centre. “This year you ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Royal Gala Harbour House fundraiser going online this year
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The 23rd annual Royal Gala is going online. However, the end goal remains the same as the fundraiser for the Lethbridge YWCA Harbour House and hosted by Royal LePage South Country Real Estate nears the $1 million mark after over two decades of support and $901,700 raised. After raising another $62,000 ... Read More »
1 responseFatal single vehicle collision on Highway 3 near Monarch
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
A single vehicle collision has claimed the life of a 20-year-old passenger of a car which lost control along Highway 3 near Monarch Thursday afternoon. Coaldale RCMP along with the Coalhurst Fire Department responded to incident on Highway 3 in the westbound lanes just east of the Oldman River Bridge at the west edge of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal, provincial infrastructure funding announced
By Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The federal and provincial governments announced more than $22 million in public money on Thursday for four new post-secondary infrastructure and cultural projects for southern Alberta focused on Indigenous education and multicultural inclusion. Provincial Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda and federal Minister of Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef made the announcements ... Read More »
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