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College offering summer camps in August
By Jensen, Randy on July 25th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Lethbridge College is offering a series of fun, skill-building and safe summer camp opportunities for children and teens in August. Run by the college’s Be Fit for Life Centre, available camps include mountain biking, dance and Totally U G!rl, as well as a duathlon training program for adults and teens. As the Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coaldale begins pathway expansion
By Jensen, Randy on July 25th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD – COALDALE The Town of Coaldale has broken ground on a pathway expansion and enhancement project. The desire for more trails and pathways in the town has long been identified as a central recreational priority by the community, the Town noted in a press release. In the 2019-21 capital budget discussions, town council ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mobile mammography to stop in Pass, Milk River
By Jensen, Randy on July 25th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Alberta Health Services has announced it will have visits by mobile mammography service in August to the Crowsnest Pass and Milk River. Women ages 50 to 74 – the group most at risk of developing breast cancer – will have local access to mammography services when AHS’s Screen Test program arrives in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More must be done for endangered plants: researcher
By Jensen, Randy on July 25th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Canada’s plants are usually a ignored species for conservation in Canada, receiving far less attention than mammals and birds. Even though plants and lichens make up 37 per cent of Canada’s at-risk species, the federal funding they receive is less than a third of that number. Jenny McCune, a University ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assessment extended for arson suspect
By Shurtz, Delon on July 25th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A psychological assessment ordered for a 28-year-old woman accused of starting a fire downtown earlier this year has had to be extended for a second time. On May 26 a judge ordered Mary-Lee Roy Parks to have a 30-day forensic assessment conducted at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roving Gyms keeps kids active
By Lethbridge Herald on July 24th, 2020
Ian Martens Lethbridge Herald imartens@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Sport Council has restarted its Roving Gym program, giving youngsters and caregivers a safe place to be active and enjoy some outdoor play. The free program is described by the non-profit sport organization as providing inclusive play spaces for children and their parents or caregivers, nurturing physical literacy, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province sends ARCHES audit to police; LPS to investigate whether charges warranted
By Herald on July 24th, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service has begun investigating operations of the city’s supervised consumption site and the society that runs it, but it’s still too early to determine whether criminal charges will be laid in relation to nearly $2 million of unaccounted provincial funding. The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions ... Read More »
12 responsesFood-conditioned black bear euthanized in Waterton Lakes Park
By Jensen, Randy on July 24th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD – WATERTON Parks Canada officials were forced to euthanize a black bear who had become food conditioned due to garbage and other attractants left by visitors in Waterton Lakes National Park. In a statement released by the park, on July 10 Parks Canada closed trails and backcountry campgrounds in the Bauerman Valley, accessed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced for stolen bike, drug possession
By Shurtz, Delon on July 24th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com When police saw Sean Walter Horvath riding a bicycle in -20 degree weather last winter, they thought it was a little odd. It also looked a little suspicious. They watched the cyclist with interest, and as they got closer, they realized the bike Horvath was riding had been reported stolen. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College offering courses for students to prepare for the fall semester
By Jensen, Randy on July 24th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Lethbridge College is helping students to prepare for what happens next, with two free student success courses to help prepare both new and returning students for the fall 2020 semester. “We have heard our students loud and clear,” says Lindsay Workman, interim Associate Dean, Student Affairs, in a news release. “With this being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Could pandemic response help eliminate hepatitis C?
By Submitted Article on July 24th, 2020
Laurie Edmiston CATIE Every World Hepatitis Day (July 28), I make the case to anyone who will listen: hepatitis C is a dreadful virus that can cause severe liver damage and even death, but it is preventable, curable, and there is no reason why we can’t eliminate it from Canada. In fact, our government committed ... Read More »
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