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Cowboy swing sounds of the Alberta Ranch Boys
By Submitted Article on June 3rd, 2020
In the summer of 1937 friends Lou Gonzy, Curly Gurlock, Buck Waslovich, Remo Baceda and Joe Horhozer got together to form a band. After only two days of practising, the Alberta Ranch Boys played for the Lethbridge and District Exhibition Parade, launching their musical career. The Alberta Ranch Boys quickly became a popular act, touring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s been a complex, stressful school year
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
A strange school year is coming to an end, giving way to an uncertain summer. It is a summer that most staff, students and parents are anticipating with great eagerness, not necessarily for the normal reasons of vacations and trips, but an end to a very complex and stressful school year. At this time of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City hears request for Brier bid support
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council has postponed debate on funding a potential bid to bring the Tim Horton’s Brier to Lethbridge in 2022 until the next council meeting on June 15. During Monday’s public meeting councillors heard a presentation from Brier 2022 Bid Committee co-chair and Lethbridge Curling Club GM Kirk Mearns, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coaldale reviews rec centre design
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Coaldale’s Town Council reviewed the schematic design concept proposal for the town’s new multi-use recreation centre, during its regular council meeting last month. The design concept was presented by the town’s and Palliser Regional Schools’ joint architectural design consultant, FWBA Architects, and was the product of feedback collected from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The one that didn’t get away
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com After endless hours of fishing along the Oldman River and having no results, a local man finally found his catch of a lifetime when a large sturgeon took the line and forced him and two other young men into a 30-minute battle. On Friday evening, after almost a week of ... Read More »
1 responseCity awards grants to eight non-profit groups
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD City council awarded grants to financially assist capital enhancement projects for eight local non-profit groups and their community-use facilities on Monday. The recipients of the annual Community Capital Project Grant (CCPG) this year include local organizations involved in seniors, youth, recreation and cultural activities. The approved CCPG total this year is $377,958.81, funded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council to discuss possible rescinding of funding for trail
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council discussed rescinding its funding for $1.8 million in upgrades to the Six Mile Coulee trail for about an hour and half during Monday’s council meeting, and in the end tabled the motion for even more debate and discussion until the next city council meeting on June 15. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Albertans can be tested for COVID-19: AHS
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Alberta Health Services has announced all Albertans are now eligible for COVID-19 testing, whether experiencing symptoms, or not. Offered by appointment and free-of-charge at 12 AHS assessment centre locations around the South Zone, testing is easily booked online by visiting http://www.ahs.ca/covid. If internet is not available to you, you can instead call 811, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doucette pleads guilty to single fraud charge
By Shurtz, Delon on June 3rd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former employee for the County of Lethbridge has pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud by altering documents relating to money that was stolen from her employer between 2016 and 2019. Lethbridge lawyer Greg White offered the guilty plea Monday in Lethbridge provincial court on behalf of his client, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kidney walk goes ahead Sunday
By Yoos, Cam on June 3rd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Kidney Foundation will change its annual gathering to encourage a simultaneous “Walk the Block” in Western Canadian communities to celebrate The Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Walk on Sunday at 10 a.m. For the last nine years, people in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat have been lacing up for the Kidney walk ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man convicted of sex assault released to participate in residential treatment program
By Shurtz, Delon on June 3rd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 23-year-old man convicted in 2018 of sexually assaulting a woman and cutting her throat, has been released from custody to participate in a residential treatment program in Edmonton. The man, who can’t be named because he was only 17 when he committed the offences, has been approved to reside ... Read More »
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