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Tiny home podcast seeks to build conversation on climate change
By Tim Kalinowski on March 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge actor, environmentalist and would-be podcast adventurer Michael Bartz recently won a $10,000 Telus STORYHIVE grant to host a six-part podcast on his quest to build an off-grid tiny home, and to seek out great conversations about ways we can all come together to meet the challenges of climate change and the other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Private health care in Alberta discussed at SACPA
By Dale Woodard on March 20th, 2021
Health care is truly a commodity like no other. This week’s Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs guest speaker Christopher McCabe, CEO and executive director of the Institute of Health Economics, presented on the topic of private health care. In discussing the issues and questions of the role of the private health sector in Alberta, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City and Waterton getting funds to invest in smart grid technology
By Tim Kalinowski on March 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) announced funding for Lethbridge and Waterton to help the communities invest in smart grid technology to increase power use efficiency, and to help lower greenhouse gas emissions. The City of Lethbridge received just over $413,000, or about 25 per cent of the project’s cost, to help install Conservation Voltage ... Read More »
2 responsesTraffic stop results in drug-related and other charges
By Lethbridge Police Service on March 20th, 2021
Lethbridge Police have charged a driver with drug-related and other offences following a traffic stop on March 16. About 3:20 a.m. police stopped a vehicle westbound on Whoop-Up Drive on a traffic matter. The driver was subsequently arrested for failure to comply with release conditions. AÂ search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of 26 ... Read More »
1 responseNot guilty plea entered in attempted abduction case
By Delon Shurtz on March 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 21-year-old Lethbridge man charged in connection with an attempted abduction in the city last year is preparing to stand trial. During a hearing Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, an agent for the accused’s lawyer pleaded not guilty on behalf of Heinrich Van Daniel Blanco to one count of attempted abduction of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bindra charges going to trial in November
By Delon Shurtz on March 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old Lethbridge man who is expected to have three trials for more than a dozen criminal charges, goes to trial on several of the charges this fall. Sohil Bindra is scheduled to stand trial Nov. 8-19 on charges of sexual assault, housebreaking and commit sexual assault, administering a noxious substance, and drug ... Read More »
2 responsesKenney names city as hub prospect for digital wave
By Collin Gallant on March 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDcgallant@medicinehatnews.com Rural Alberta – and specifically Medicine Hat and Lethbridge – have a place in the digital economy, Premier Jason Kenney told a conference of county leaders on Wednesday, citing southern Alberta’s two mid-sized centres as potential “hubs” of interest to expanding digital companies. The comments came near the end of speech to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee gets update on reconciliation work
By Tim Kalinowski on March 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Cultural and Social Standing Policy Committee of city council received an update from the Reconciliation Lethbridge Advisory Committee (RLAC) during Thursday’s meeting which outlined the group’s plans to work in various realms to provide greater awareness of Indigenous perspectives, and to provide greater opportunities for Indigenous people within the community. Presenters Perry ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province taking notice of high city COVID numbers
By Lethbridge Herald on March 19th, 2021
Gillian Slade Southern Alberta Newspapers Gslade@abnewsgroup.com Mayor Chris Spearman is hopeful that Lethbridge’s high COVID numbers attracting the attention of Alberta Health this week may spark some action. Lethbridge has seen active cases have more than doubled from a month ago to the highest number since the start of the pandemic. The March 20 provincial ... Read More »
13 responsesLethbridge officials reinforce warning of rising COVID cases
By Herald on March 19th, 2021
City of Lethbridge release: With the highest COVID-19 case count since the pandemic started over a year ago, Lethbridge leaders are pleading with residents to stop all social gatherings and follow the public health orders in an effort to curb the current rate of infection. On Thursday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of ... Read More »
3 responsesA GRIM ANNIVERSARY
By Gillian Slade on March 19th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDG slade@abnewsgroup.com One year ago the first COVID death was reported in Alberta and the first cases were announced in the south zone. Below is a chronological order of events as they unfolded that week. March 16, 2020 • Schools and daycares were closed. • Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, ... Read More »
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