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Blood Tribe Police seeking help in locating missing man
By Lethbridge Herald on October 7th, 2020
BLOOD RESERVE The Blood Tribe Police Service is seeking public assistance in locating 46-year-old Jason Many Fingers. Many Fingers was last seen on Sept. 20 fuelling up his white 2005 GMC Sierra, AB licence plate CFN 2131, at the Fas Gas in Pincher Creek. There has been no activity on his cellphone and his safety ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community Foundation offers more funding for C-19 response
By Lethbridge Herald on October 7th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta announced on Monday that it is accepting applications to the Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF) as part of its COVID-19 Response and Recovery Grants program. This new funding opportunity is made possible by an additional contribution of just over $229,000 that the Community Foundation received ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poker rally brings awareness to Trigeminal Neuralgia
By Lethbridge Herald on October 7th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Some local residents are hoping to one day hold a winning hand against a so-far incurable disease. Recognizing International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day, slated for Wednesday, Jackie Anderson-Lea, her daughter Mackenzie Lea and some car poolers got an early start in the ongoing quest to build awareness for the neurological disease. ... Read More »
1 responseReleased into the wild blue yonder
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Five birds took flight once again over the coulees Tuesday morning. The Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation released five rehabilitated birds back into the wild at Cottonwood Park, including two that were rescued by AltaLink employees over the last couple of years — a great horned owl and a red-tailed hawk. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sex assault trial date could be set this month
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The lawyer for a 33-year-old Lethbridge man accused of sexually assaulting several women could set a date for trial when the accused returns to court at the end of the month. Calgary lawyer Andre Ouellette, who was only recently retained to represent Sohil Bindra, said last week in Lethbridge provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supportive housing funding approved
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council unanimously approved nearly $6 million in funding during Monday’s regular meeting to give access to housing and other social supports needed to address the issue of homelessness in the community. About 96 per cent of the funding comes from programs introduced by the province and the federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vigil sheds light on missing and murdered Indigenous women
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing and murdered were remembered in a vigil Sunday night. The Sisters In Spirit Vigil honoured the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirited and brought awareness to the violence experienced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada. At Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseCOVID-19 confirmed at Lethbridge Family Services
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Lethbridge Family Services has been notified that positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the LFS North office, located at 1107 2A Ave. N. LFS said in a news release that with these few cases confirmed, it closed its North office on Friday, in addition to Monday, out of an abundance of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Streets Alive celebrates 30 years of service to Lethbridge
By Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Streets Alive Mission’s flag was raised over city hall on Monday by an appreciative city for an organization who has been on the front lines serving Lethbridge’s homeless and vulnerable population for the past 30 years. “Without you, I don’t know where we would be,” said Mayor Chris Spearman ... Read More »
2 responsesPicnic shelter use extended
By Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE With warmer-than-usual temperatures expected, some of the City’s most popular picnic shelters will remain available for use until Nov. 1, weather permitting. Popson and Rotary Picnic shelters can be booked by phone at 403-320-3020 or online at leisure.lethbridge.ca. Smaller picnic shelters, which include Baroness, Kiwanis and Nicholas Sheran picnic shelters, will be available free ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced to four years on drug charges
By Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man with a criminal record for drug-related offences, has been sent to prison on yet more drug charges stemming from several incidents earlier this year. Kevin Paul Rabeau was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court to just over four years in a federal penitentiary after he pleaded guilty ... Read More »
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