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Retired physician guilty of inappropriate relationship with patient

By Herald on August 24th, 2020

LETHBRIDGE HERALD — EDMONTON Dr. Allan Garbutt, a family physician who previously practised in the Crowsnest Pass area, has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct by a College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta hearing tribunal. According to a joint submission, Dr. Garbutt engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a patient between 2002 and 2004 ... Read More »

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Police officer criminally charged, relieved from duty without pay

By Herald on August 24th, 2020

A Lethbridge Police officer has been charged with assault in relation to a matter involving an altercation with a prisoner earlier this year. The constable has been relieved from duty without pay pending the outcome of the matter in court. The charge stems from an incident in the LPS Short Term Holding Facility Feb. 9, ... Read More »

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Numerous fire bans in effect for southern Alberta

By Jensen, Randy on August 22nd, 2020

LETHBRIDGE HERALD The extended stretch of hot, dry weather has resulted in numerous provincial fire bans for southern Alberta. Fire bans, which include all open fires including charcoal briquettes, are in place for 24 areas in the south including the Oldman River provincial recreation area, Lake McGregor, Little Bow Reservoir, Travers Reservoir, Castle Provincial Park, ... Read More »

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Condo owners raising concerns over City recycling program

By Jensen, Randy on August 22nd, 2020

Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Some local condominium owners say they are being asked to pay too much for recycling by the City of Lethbridge. Brian Freeze is a resident of Sierras and sits on an ad hoc committee representing about 1,000 condo owners among the city’s largest multi-family residences. He says there are two ... Read More »

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Casa continues to cautiously open

By Woodard, Dale on August 22nd, 2020

Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald After gradually opening their doors back in June, Casa seeks to continue opening up even more to the public this fall. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic shutting its doors in March, the downtown arts facility still managed to keep a busy summer schedule for local artists and students. “Like everybody else in ... Read More »

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Woman sentenced for mischief, assaulting officer

By Shurtz, Delon on August 22nd, 2020

Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 35-year-old woman who struggles with drug addiction and mental health issues was handed a jail sentence Thursday, but she won’t serve anymore time behind bars. Heather Laura Cable was sentenced to four months in jail following a sentencing hearing Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court. However, because she had already ... Read More »

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Virtual celebrations to continue for U of L convocation

By Jensen, Randy on August 22nd, 2020

LETHBRIDGE HERALD Convocation ceremonies at the University of Lethbridge have taken on a new look since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the annual fall convocation approaches, the university will once again celebrate its graduates virtually. “From faculty and staff, to board and senate members – convocation, and all it symbolizes – is ... Read More »

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Third extension of assessment ordered for arson suspect

By Shurtz, Delon on August 22nd, 2020

Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An arson case continues to be adjourned while a Lethbridge woman undergoes a series of psychological assessments in Calgary. For the third time in as many months a forensic assessment for Mary-Lee Parks has been extended at the request of doctors at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre. The third ... Read More »

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Ammonite theft case may be headed to trial

By Shurtz, Delon on August 22nd, 2020

Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Efforts to avoid a trial and resolve the case of a stolen ammonite fossil have stalled, and the matter may be heading for trial, after all. The Crown and defence had hoped to resolve charges against Logan Heavy Shield without a trial, but Friday during a brief hearing in provincial ... Read More »

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Parents protest school re-entry plan

By Woodard, Dale on August 22nd, 2020

Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald School is almost back in session, but a group of parents are still voicing their concerns about the re-entry plan in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents and children gathered in front of the constituency office for Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf Friday for a two-hour, province-wide protest to increase public school ... Read More »

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Bountiful Foodgrains harvest

By Lethbridge Herald on August 21st, 2020

Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com It was a bountiful harvest for the Coaldale-Lethbridge Community Growing Project to support the work of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank worldwide. Dozens of local volunteers, farmers and businesses came together on Friday to bring this year’s barley crop off, but it wasn’t business as usual, confirmed Community Growing Project organizing ... Read More »

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