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The benefits of walking to school
By Submitted Article on September 11th, 2020
Megan Burland Lethbridge Community Health Services When I was a kid, I did not enjoy walking to school. Once, after a major snowstorm, rather than driving me to school, my mom had my older brothers shovel me a path through the field behind our house so I could still walk – I was not a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Green Line of Europe
By Submitted Article on September 11th, 2020
Walter Kerber Lethbridge Philatelic Society For decades the Iron Curtain stretched from the Arctic Coast to the Black Sea across Eastern Europe. Too, there was a curtain stretched across Germany from the Black Sea to the southern boundary with Austria, to the Mediterranean. For the duration of the Cold War, these areas were mined and ... Read More »
1 responseAlta. health care in ‘crisis,’ SACPA told
By Jensen, Randy on September 11th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed Friends of Medicare executive director Sandra Azocar for a special presentation on the state of public health care in Alberta. In a word, said Azocar, under the UCP government that state is “crisis.” Taking aim at the MacKinnon blue ribbon panel, and ... Read More »
2 responsesMan robbed store because he wanted to be caught, court told
By Shurtz, Delon on September 11th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Jesse Wayne Collins made it easy for police to arrest him after he robbed a Lethbridge gas station and convenience store earlier this year. Collins walked into the store on 6 Avenue South about 10 a.m. March 28, indicated he had a gun, and made the clerk hand over $25 ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge judge appointed to Provincial Court of Alberta
By Jensen, Randy on September 11th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD A Lethbridge judge is one of two new assistant chief judges appointed to the Provincial Court of Alberta. Judge Sylvia L. Oishi was appointed as assistant chief judge for the southern region. She received her bachelor of science and arts from the University of Alberta in 1982, and her law degree in 1985. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!140 Chinook High students on 14-day mandatory quarantine
By Lethbridge Herald on September 10th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com According to Lethbridge School Division about 140 students from Chinook High School are in 14-day mandatory quarantine by order of Alberta Health Services after two students tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. “We’re classified as an outbreak (by AHS),” explained LSD Superintendent of Schools Cheryl Gilmore. “An outbreak means ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Be careful when paying in instalments
By Submitted Article on September 10th, 2020
Submitted by the Better Business Bureau Many online shops are offering pay in instalment services that target high school and college-age buyers. These buy-now-pay-later services are new and quickly gaining popularity. They allow shoppers to purchase just about anything – from electronics to a pair of shoes – by agreeing to pay a series of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fort Whoop-Up to remain open weekends through September
By Jensen, Randy on September 10th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Based on the popularity over this summer, Fort Whoop-Up’s interpretive season has been extended to include weekends through the month of September. “With COVID-19, we were unsure how comfortable residents and visitors would feel touring Fort Whoop-Up, but we were very pleasantly surprised,” says CEO Darrin Martens in a news release. “Our focus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U of L Fresh Fest going virtual with lineup of events
By Jensen, Randy on September 10th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The start of the fall semester would not be complete without the annual Fresh Fest extravaganza to properly welcome students to campus culture at the University of Lethbridge. But how can you create culture in the virtual and socially distanced world of COVID-19? The U of L Students’ Union (ULSU) knows how. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conditional sentence for man found with stolen high end SUV
By Shurtz, Delon on September 10th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former southern Alberta man caught last year with a stolen high end SUV has been handed a short custodial sentence, but he won’t have to spend any time in jail. Jamie Stewart Vanrootselaar pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of possession of stolen property for ... Read More »
2 responsesArea groups receive Farm Credit Canada funding
By Jensen, Randy on September 10th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Three groups from southern Alberta are the recipients of funding supplied through Farm Credit Canada. In total, FCC is contributing $1.5 million to 92 community projects across Canada, including $264,000 to 15 rural capital projects in Alberta. “The FCC AgriSpirit Fund supports rural communities at the heart of Canadian agriculture,” said Sophie Perreault, ... Read More »
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