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More convictions for man with lengthy criminal record
By Delon Shurtz on February 23rd, 2021
Chase Brent Hamilton has been busy since he moved recently to Lethbridge from Saskatchewan. The 28-year-old, who has a lengthy criminal record from convictions in the neighbouring province, is racking up additional convictions in Alberta, including four convictions for shopbreaking, six for shoplifting, two for causing mischief, and one each of theft under and possession ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID having impact on livestock industry
By Tim Kalinowski on February 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Recent COVID outbreaks at Cargill High River and the Olymel meat packing plant in Red Deer are not yet having a widespread impact on the market, says Chuck MacLean, founder of Porter and MacLean Livestock Management and former chair of Canada Beef and the Alberta Beef Producers, but added to other pressures could ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University webinar focused on migrant activism
By Greg Bobinec on February 23rd, 2021
The University of Lethbridge hosted their WSSS Webinar last week focusing on migrant activism and community-based research in a global pandemic and featuring scholars whose research bridges academia advocacy and community based work in migrant justice. Ethel Tugohan, Canadian Research Chair in Canadian Migration Police, Impacts and Activism, and assistant professor in the Department of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Friday fire damages deck at Lakemount Boulevard home
By City of Lethbridge on February 23rd, 2021
Lethbridge Fire Department and Emergency Services responded to a residential fire in the 1200 Block of Lakemount Boulevard South in the early afternoon on Friday, Feb. 19. Firefighters found the rear attached second floor deck on fire. Crews were able to quickly respond and extinguish the fire in progress on the deck, ultimately limiting fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regenerative agriculture gaining traction in industry
By Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Regenerative agriculture is a term gaining popularity and credence in the modern day farming and ranching industry. It refers to a set of farming practices carried out with the specific intention of enhancing the quality of the soil base by using creative natural methods. It could refer to short rotation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library offering new fiction titles
By Jonathan Jarvie, Information Services Librarian, Lethbridge Public Library on February 20th, 2021
While ordering books to add to the Library’s collections is one of the most fun aspects of being a librarian, it is also one of the hardest. How do you decide which books to purchase? Is one book more worthy than another? Careful consideration has to be paid to each choice, ensuring that the books ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Faulty elevators prompt fears
By Tim Kalinowski on February 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The failure of both elevators at a high rise apartment building in west Lethbridge is putting vulnerable residents at risk, says one disabled tenant. James Campbell, who suffers from a long-term spinal injury and is basically now shut-in because of these failures, said problems with the elevators at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sexual assaults land man four years in penitentiary
By Delon Shurtz on February 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 40-year-old Lethbridge man who spent more than a year grooming a 13-year-old girl to have sex with him, has been sentenced to serve four years in a federal penitentiary. Justice Dallas Miller said Friday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench, that Gary James Lippa lured the vulnerable girl over a number of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Proposed sober site raises concerns
By Lethbridge Herald on February 19th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A group of business owners are expressing their concerns with a proposed new emergency sober shelter at the old Western One building at 110 13th Street South. “This business community on the upper eastside over the last couple of years has gone through the Supervised Consumption Site, and the amount ... Read More »
10 responses90-day term for offences
By Delon Shurtz on February 19th, 2021
A confrontation with police officers didn’t end well for Troy Eagle Tail Feathers, who tried to goad the officers into a fight on Dec. 14, 2019. The drunken Eagle Tail Feathers was causing a disturbance in the front yard of a westside residence when several police officers arrived. They kept their distance while trying to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harm reduction site plan nixed
By Tim Kalinowski on February 19th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com HIV Community Link will not be setting up a harm reduction site on 13th Street North as previously planned, but still plans to open one at a more “suitable location” in the future. The organization announced on Thursday it had withdrawn its application to establish a sexual health resource centre and clean needle ... Read More »
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