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Handmade Market returns Saturday with COVID precautions
By Sulz, Dave on August 27th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Lethbridge Handmade Market returns to the West Pavilion at Exhibition Park on Saturday with a pandemic edition that will feature all of the provincial government’s COVID-19 safety precautions. The event’s doors open from 9-9:30 a.m. for seniors and vulnerable attendees only, followed by access for the rest of the public beginning at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dangerous offender hearing adjourned again
By Shurtz, Delon on August 27th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A court hearing to determine whether a convicted sex offender should be designated a dangerous offender has been adjourned again, and won’t resume until December when it will continue for three more days. It’s the fourth adjournment since the dangerous offender hearing began last February in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City drug dealer sentenced to prison
By Shurtz, Delon on August 27th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man once considered one of the city’s biggest drug dealers has been sent to prison. Daud Abdul Kadir Mohamed was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench to three years in a federal penitentiary. The sentencing comes four months after Mohamed pleaded guilty to one charge each ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA’s letter to city council sparks conflict between mayor, councillor
By Lethbridge Herald on August 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com While having no overall impact on the council vote on the temporary masking bylaw brought in by council on Monday, (which passed 6-3), comments made by Mayor Chris Spearman about a letter read out during debate by Coun. Blaine Hyggen from MLA Nathan Neudorf expressing opposition to the masking bylaw ... Read More »
8 responsesCity businesses advised to be aware of email bomb threat scam
By Herald on August 26th, 2020
Lethbridge Police responded to three, unfounded bomb threats received by local businesses Tuesday and are advising organizations to be aware in the event that others are targeted. In all three cases the bomb threats were received via an email indicating that an explosive device had been placed inside the building and would be detonated unless ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minor adjustment or UCP’s ongoing failure?
By Jensen, Randy on August 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com While Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf said Premier Kenney’s decision to shuffle his cabinet on Tuesday represented a minor, mid-term, course adjustment, Lethbridge-West MLA and Opposition Finance Critic Shannon Phillips said it was an acknowledgement of UCP government’s ongoing failure to come to grips with the dire economic situation Alberta finds ... Read More »
1 responseStep ‘n Stride event going virtual this year
By Sulz, Dave on August 26th, 2020
Parkinson fundraiser takes place Sept. 12 LETHBRIDGE HERALD Parkinson Association of Alberta’s eighth annual Flexxaire Parkinson Step ‘n Stride is going virtual. The PAA’s largest fundraiser for the Parkinson community in Alberta will take place Sept. 12 as an online event. Hundreds of Flexxaire Parkinson Step ‘n Stride participants will walk, bike, run, swim or ... Read More »
2 responsesAdoptable animals get royal treatment
By Woodard, Dale on August 26th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Beautifully Royal Birthdays and Lethbridge Animal Services have teamed up to help residents find the perfect four-legged family member for your home. And they’ve used a photo session with a potential pet-to-be to place unadopted animals into a new household with the Puppies and Princesses project. Keana Funk, a princess ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Working with assumptions
By Submitted Article on August 26th, 2020
Shared public spaces such as hiking trails, elevators, restaurants and stores create opportunities for quick interactions with strangers. It’s not unusual for people to share small tidbits about their experiences, whether positive or negative. There are some who don’t mind these interactions, yet there are others who are unsure of how to react or respond. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sexual-assault suspect fires lawyer
By Shurtz, Delon on August 26th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old Lethbridge man accused of sexually assaulting several women – one of them three years ago – has fired his lawyer. Sohil Bindra was scheduled for a bail review Monday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench, but instead his lawyer, David Chow of Calgary, said the accused wants a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge swimmer takes the plunge to support area’s fresh water
By Jensen, Randy on August 26th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com It was a long-distance swim with a message for Nichole Robinson. The 26-year-old swimmer from Lethbridge swam across the Oldman Reservoir on Saturday to alert the public of impacts to drinking water from open-pit coal mines proposed in the Eastern Slopes between Blairmore and Chain Lakes. With the swim of ... Read More »
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