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Easter services go digital
By Sulz, Dave on April 8th, 2020
McKillop hosting virtual events LETHBRIDGE HERALD With social distancing measures preventing the usual Easter events at McKillop United Church, the church is going digital to celebrate the season. Holy Week and Easter events at McKillop will begin Thursday with pastor Trevor Potter leading a virtual 7 p.m. communion service to celebrate Maundy Thursday, via Zoom. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exploring history through stamps
By Submitted Article on April 8th, 2020
Walter Kerber LETHBRIDGE PHILATELIC SOCIETY I find it fascinating to discover interesting anecdotes of history in my stamps. Scanning through a pile of stamps sometimes brings up some fascinating oddities. Some of these are from France and then there are some from Croatia. Both of these stamps have a historical connection. These stamps were from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bottles being accepted for food banks
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Among many of the businesses in the community making the decision to close their doors to the public due to COVID-19, bottle recycling depots in Lethbridge are among them. Since the community highly utilizes bottle recycling, Green’s Pop Shop has found an alternative way to continue to provide its services ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor to discuss City’s COVID-19 response at SACPA
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Mayor Chris Spearman will discuss Lethbridge’s response as a community to the COVID-19 crisis during a YouTube session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs on Thursday at 10 a.m. The City of Lethbridge implemented a local state of emergency on March 18 and is working with community partners to identify areas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Postcard Program connects with people with limited accessibility
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com As part of a larger wellness project with the City of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Public Interest Group (LPIRG) has partnered with Volunteer Lethbridge and CMHA Southern Region to connect city households to bridge the gap between accessibility. The Postcard Program was designed to connect areas of the city and to give ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Education during the ‘new normal’
By Submitted Article on April 8th, 2020
The past several weeks have been unlike anything we have ever experienced in education before. The Premier’s announcement in the middle of March that classes would be cancelled indefinitely to help slow the spread of COVID-19 instantly altered the educational landscape. Education has entered an uncharted wilderness that we have never before lived or experienced. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man who served jail time also fined
By Shurtz, Delon on April 8th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta man sentenced Monday to four months in jail won’t have to spend any more time behind bars, but he will have to pay several thousand dollars in fines. Justin Jeremy Price was handed the jail sentence after he pleaded guilty in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Self-isolation works: U of L professor recovers from COVID-19
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Submitted by the University of Lethbridge Dr. Jennifer Mather has a simple message for everyone about the COVID-19 pandemic – just stay home. While Mather, a world-renowned cephalopod researcher and member of the University of Lethbridge’s Department of Psychology, doesn’t research the disease itself, she has a unique perspective on COVID-19 – having just recovered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Humane Society finding ways to continue adoptions
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge & District Humane Society has made changes to its operations and are still allowing adoptions during the COVID-19 crisis. The Humane Society is not allowing the public to come in and look through their facility for possible adoption candidates, but rather doing it over the phone and finding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Healing process continues for police officers
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Association says despite some lingering ill effects on its membership from former Lethbridge Chief of Police Rob Davis’ tenure in office, the body is committed to working together with the Lethbridge Police Service’s current executive to put its best foot forward during the COVID-19 crisis. “The relationship ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced for breaching release conditions
By Shurtz, Delon on April 8th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Refusing to stay away from the city’s supervised consumption site and another downtown business, has landed a 29-year-old man in jail. Wade Allan Cross Child was sentenced to 30 days in jail after he pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court to three charges of breaching release conditions. Court was ... Read More »
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