Local News
Poll
Would you vote to see non ‘Alberta-approved’ immigrants lose provincial public services like education, health care and social services?
- Yes (52%, 337 Votes)
- No (48%, 309 Votes)
Total Voters: 646
Loading ...Sponsored
Multi-talented musicians take listeners on a global journey
By Al Beeber on June 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Between them, Lethbridge musicians Matt and Jodi Groenheide play more than 50 instruments and together they’ve released their debut album. Known as the jamani duo, the Groenheides with heir new instrumental album “Timeline” take listeners on a global musical journey performing various styles on numerous instruments. Matt, a Lethbridge native and Jodi from ... Read More »
1 responseMassage therapist awaits sentencing
By Delon Shurtz on June 17th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former massage therapist who has been waiting for seven months to be sentenced for sexually assaulting a female client, will have to wait at least another three months before he learns his fate. A sentencing hearing for Cyprian Mudenge has been scheduled for Sept. 17 in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench. The ... Read More »
1 response‘Save My Mountains’ event voices opposition to coal mining
By Herald on June 16th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski – Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge singer songwriter Corb Lund held a private “Tribute to the Mountains” concert at the Rocking P. Ranch on Wednesday to support the local “Save My Mountains” event hosted by Mac and Renie Blades who ranch directly under the proposed metallurgical coal mine at Cabin Ridge. Lund said he wanted ... Read More »
3 responses‘Be patient’: Lethbridge police chief discusses controversies at virtual town hall
By The Canadian Press on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The head of police in a southern Alberta city has addressed criticisms of his department in the face of continued warnings from the justice minister that the force could be disbanded. Lethbridge Police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh held an 80-minute virtual town hall on Tuesday night to outline plans for the department going ... Read More »
1 responseOntario Muslim family mourned at Lethbridge vigil
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on June 16th, 2021
The Lethbridge Muslim Association held a vigil at the Lethbridge Islamic Centre on Monday evening to honour the Muslim family killed in London, Ont. Abdelbasat Aborawi, president of the Lethbridge Muslim Association said that the vigil was a way to provide support for their community and the family in Ontario, to let them know that ... Read More »
1 responsePlasma donor approaching century milestone
By Dale Woodard on June 16th, 2021
It’s the gift that keeps on giving. And for 20 years, Mark Dyck has been happy to keep donating it. This week is National Blood Donor Week, celebrating donors that have taken an active role becoming a partner in Canada’s lifeline. In Lethbridge, donors continue to line up and give since the plasma donor centre ... Read More »
1 responseCity mask bylaw to remain in place
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Mandatory masks will stay in place in Lethbridge for the foreseeable future after city council narrowly voted to reject a motion which would have had the local bylaw expire after the province enters Stage 3 of its COVID-19 re-opening strategy. Coun. Blaine Hyggen brought forth the motion to repeal the city’s local Temporary ... Read More »
4 responsesOdyssey contest seeks adventure
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Lodging Association in partnership with the Lethbridge and District Exhibition will be inviting those seeking adventure and fun in southern Alberta this summer to its first ever Odyssey event. The contest will pit 110 different teams of two against each other in a battle of wits and wills as they run ... Read More »
1 responseMan found guilty of sexually assaulting daughter
By Delon Shurtz on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 35-year-old southern Alberta father who was found guilty in April of sexually assaulting his young teenage daughter, has been sent to a federal penitentiary. Justice David Labrenz sentenced the father Tuesday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench to six years in prison, and said he could not think of anything that could ... Read More »
1 responseFestival Square costs have downtown project in limbo
By Tim Kalinowski on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The much hyped Festival Square project downtown at 3rd Avenue South and 6th Street South might not be happening this year after all as city council heard on Tuesday that the lowest bid received to do the work was $485,000 over the $900,000 approved for funding by the province. According to the City’s ... Read More »
1 responseParticipation in AER decisions not guaranteed
By Al Beeber on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Public participation in decision-making by the Alberta Energy Regulator is not guranteed, an online session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs was told Thursday. Guest speaker was Shaun Fluker, an associated professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. According to a SACPA brief, “his research includes examining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
