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Council postpones decision on proposed capital spending
By Tim Kalinowski on May 19th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council began debating the 2022-2032 Capital Improvement Program recommendations forwarded from the Economic Standing Policy Committee, but voted to postpone any final decisions for two weeks to allow for more community feedback on the proposed capital spending. Before the postponement, a majority of councillors voted to accept two amendments which added about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three near simultaneous fires keep crews busy Tuesday afternoon
By Herald on May 18th, 2021
Lethbridge firefighters were busy on a windy Tuesday afternoon as they responded to three fires within 30 minutes. The first fire was located on the 500 block of 12 Street South where fire crews found a couch and fence on fire, threatening to spread to the adjacent garage. Crews were able to extinguish the fire ... Read More »
1 responseHonkers smash and grab nets jail time
By Delon Shurtz on May 18th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Travis Robert Taylor was having trouble seeing as he backed a small pickup truck in front of Honkers Pub and Eatery at about 6 a.m. Nov. 29 of last year. He pulled off the balaclava hiding his face, but in that instant a security camera recorded him as he and another man drove ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Piikani at odds over coal mining, says society chair
By Tim Kalinowski on May 18th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Mountain Child Valley Society represents the true opinion of the people of Piikani First Nation on the issue of the Grassy Mountain Coalmine, and not the elected leadership which decided to make a deal with mining giant Benga and its Canadian partner Riversdale Resources, says Adam North Peigan, chair of the society. ... Read More »
1 responseUmpire 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!Flight from police leads to conditional sentence
By Delon Shurtz on May 18th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta man who threatened a restaurant owner and led police on a high-speed chase has been sentenced to a term of house arrest and curfew. Mark Daniel Foucault was handed a conditional sentence Monday and placed on probation for 12 months after he pleaded guilty in Lethbridge provincial court to single ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Bee Day event hopes to (not) shine a light on pollinators
By Tim Kalinowski on May 18th, 2021
Update: this event has been cancelled due to current health restrictions limiting gatherings LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com World Bee Day event organizers in Lethbridge hope to start a conversation with Lethbridge residents and city council about drafting a new light nuisance bylaw to protect pollinators and to make the city more liveable for all. Rena Woss ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Galt Museum awarded for capturing the stories behind the collection
By Tim Kalinowski on May 18th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Galt Museum and Archives has won the prestigious Canadian Museum Association award for Excellence in Stewardship of Collections by going above and beyond to capture the human story and history behind every object in its collection. “Most people would think it would be about our care for the physical objects themselves,” states ... 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 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 »
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