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From Fort McMurray ashes to Toronto’s red carpet
By Submitted Article on February 13th, 2020
Cardston entrepreneur recognized among best in Canada By Brit Stanford Nearly four years ago, Cinda Spirig returned to southern Alberta as an evacuee, her family’s home lost in the 2016 Fort McMurray fire. In November 2019, Spirig walked the red carpet at the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Gala in Toronto, where she was recognized ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Care from the Heart Radio-a-thon today at CRH
By Bobinec, Greg on February 13th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation is presenting its annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-a-thon today. The Care from the Heart Day Radio-a-thon will run from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Chinook Regional Hospital atrium. Six local radio stations will have live broadcasts throughout the day highlighting the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irrigation districts, County sign collaboration framework
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 13th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald A new framework for regional collaboration was signed on Monday between the St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID), Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District (LNID) and Lethbridge County. The collaboration framework requires the parties meet regularly to discuss potential projects and opportunities for collaboration, as well as the guidelines for how project budgets will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EPIC career fair offers hands-on insight to high school students
By Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Call it career “speed-dating;” call it getting off to great start for a future of work; or call it a networking exercise. Whatever you call it, the EPIC interactive career fair is about helping high school students find a way forward toward finding their first job or potential career, said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hit-and-run in stolen vehicle leads to charges
By Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2020
Delon ShurtzLethbridge Heralddshurtz@lethbridgeherald.comA 25-year-old Lethbridge man accused of driving a stolen truck, striking another vehicle then running away, will face numerous charges when he appears in court next month.Police say a witness reported a collision at about 6:21 p.m. Tuesday on University Drive, and said the male driver of one of the vehicles was fleeing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One dead in RCMP shooting
By Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2020
Lethbridge HeraldA man is dead following a police shooting Tuesday in Blairmore.At about 5 p.m. two RCMP officers responding to a call for service tried to stop a vehicle in the parking lot of the Home Hardware store in Blairmore.A confrontation with the driver ensued, during which the officers fired their guns. The vehicle travelled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drug charges stayed against two Edmonton men
By Shurtz, Delon on February 12th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Drug charges are no longer proceeding against two men who were arrested more than two years ago by ALERT Lethbridge’s organized crime team. The two Edmonton men, Abel Gebeyehu and Brandon Ferguson, were each facing a charge of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking after police searched a vehicle ... Read More »
1 responseGrowing innovative thinkers
By Submitted Article on February 12th, 2020
Friday, Lethbridge School Division is proud to host its fourth ICE Scholarship Breakfast. ICE is an acronym for innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. It is an event I look forward to because it celebrates three key competencies that will be important for our young men and women to successfully navigate the future. It is also a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fraud charges net two-year prison sentence
By Shurtz, Delon on February 12th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A man charged more than a year ago for numerous criminal offences relating to stolen mail and personal documents in 2018 had hoped he would be sent to jail for only a year. However, Judge Kristen Ailsby rejected the defence submission, and Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court she accepted the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous Cultural Centre decision deferred
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 12th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council deferred a decision on funding any potential Indigenous Cultural Centre until next February’s Capital Improvement Plan deliberations. Council was presented with a thorough report on the matter during Monday’s public meeting and Perry Stein, Indigenous relations adviser for the City of Lethbridge, said he and the cultural ... Read More »
1 responseReptiles, amphibians at risk in Canada, says WWF study
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 12th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A recent study led by the Canadian chapter of the World Wildlife Federation found reptiles and amphibians are more at risk in Canada than any other classification of endangered or at-risk species. “From logging to housing to industrial and agricultural development, the impact of humans continues to be felt by ... Read More »
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