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BTPS chief looks to provide positive role model
By Jensen, Randy on June 20th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Blood Tribe Police Service Chief of Police Kyle Melting Tallow has spent the last 22 years of this career in First Nations policing. Not only does First Nations policing try to reflect in its service the people and culture it represents, it also creates a platform to discuss doing policing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More provincial historic sites reopening today
By Jensen, Randy on June 20th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD More provincial historic sites and museums will reopen today as part of stage two of Alberta’s relaunch strategy. The successful reopening of the Royal Alberta Museum and Royal Tyrrell Museum has paved the way towards the reopening of many more provincial sites. “Albertans are truly eager to get back out and explore the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman charged with resisting arrest, assaulting police officer
By Jensen, Randy on June 20th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Lethbridge Police have charged a 20-year-old woman who they say fled from police, hid in a yard, resisted arrest and spit in an officer’s face. On Thursday at approximately 1 a.m. police observed an SUV with no headlights on at the intersection of 10 Street and 5 Avenue North. The officer attempted to ... Read More »
2 responsesAlvin Mills has found a purpose despite continuing struggles
By Jensen, Randy on June 20th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com In his youth Blood Tribe member Alvin Mills was a gifted athlete. He was a boxer, and he played multiple sports at a high level of skill. He even won a basketball scholarship. But it wasn’t his athleticism which would come to define the course of his life as many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinook grads make the most of a difficult situation
By Lethbridge Herald on June 19th, 2020
Tim KalinowskiLethbridge Heraldtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comStrange, unprecedented, unique — choose your adjective — students at Chinook High School were thrilled to be able to take part in at least a drive-in grad ceremony on Friday.“The nice thing about a drive-in ceremony,” said Chinook High vice-principal Tara Cunningham, “is even though there is only about 40 families at a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$62,000 in drugs, cash seized in ALERT investigation in Lethbridge
By Jensen, Randy on June 19th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Three men have been arrested and more than $62,000 worth of drugs and cash were seized as a result of a short-term ALERT investigation in Lethbridge. ALERT’s Lethbridge organized crime team concluded the month-long file on Monday by executing search warrants at two west Lethbridge residences. All told, investigators seized: 54 grams of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor has issue with CTF report
By Jensen, Randy on June 19th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation released a list of its biggest spending municipalities in Alberta in various categories earlier this week, and Lethbridge is in the top three, it says, among mid-sized jurisdictions with over 30,000 in population. According to the CTF the City of Lethbridge spends almost $4,000 annually per ... Read More »
2 responsesStudent food insecurity
By Submitted Article on June 19th, 2020
Citizens can help combat the problem SUBMITTED ARTICLE At one of our Faculty Council meetings, a colleague initiated a food drive to fill the barren shelves of the University of Lethbridge Student Union (ULSU) food bank. We are proud of the ULSU in their continual efforts to reduce food insecurity for U of L students, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Men facing murder charge make appearance
By Shurtz, Delon on June 19th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Two men charged with the city’s second murder of the year made a brief appearance Thursday in a Lethbridge courtroom, where one of the men was sentenced on unrelated charges of failing to attend court. Justin Robert White Cow, who appeared by closed-circuit TV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, pleaded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Building relations important to U of L chancellor
By Jensen, Randy on June 19th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com University of Lethbridge chancellor Charles Weaselhead has worked his entire life for the betterment of his people, and for better relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in southern Alberta. “I really believe every person has the power to change our community, our province, our country,” he says. “I really believe ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads guilty, sentenced to obstructing a peace officer
By Shurtz, Delon on June 19th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Tryggvi Williamson tried to run, but he couldn’t hide. Lethbridge police began searching for Williamson March 11 after they began investigating a disturbance and attempted theft in the city. Officers spoke to complainants and received a description of the accused and a licence plate number, and they were waiting for ... Read More »
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