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Lethbridge and Area Auto Dealers donate $15,000 to area food banks
By Jensen, Randy on April 23rd, 2020
Kevin Forsyth For The Herald The Lethbridge and Area Auto Dealers Association is donating $15,000 to southern Alberta food banks. The organization voted in favour of the gesture to thank essential workers during the COVID-19 crisis. “One of the bright lights in all of this has been the amazing response from all front-line workers in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stricter rules when yard waste sites reopen May 4
By Jensen, Randy on April 23rd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City will open its seasonal yard waste sites and reopen the public drop-off area at the Waste and Recycling Centre as of May 4. New restrictions will be imposed on customers using the sites to ensure proper physical distancing is being followed, says the City’s Waste and Recycling Services ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge College holding online graduation ceremony
By Jensen, Randy on April 23rd, 2020
Tyler Hay For The Herald Lethbridge College will hold an alternate convocation ceremony online for graduating students on Friday. Students will also receive a convocation package in May, which will include a save-the-date card that will allow them to participate in the 2021 convocation ceremony. “We know that crossing the stage in front of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man to stand trial on weapons charges later this year
By Shurtz, Delon on April 23rd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 29-year-old man accused of firing a gun on the westside last October is set to stand trial later this year. Jarret Bruce Healy, who is in custody at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, was in court Wednesday, where his lawyer confirmed the trial is scheduled to run Nov. 30-Dec. 18. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!River valley fire likely started by smoking materials
By Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A major fire which burned through the river valley in the area of the Elizabeth Hall Wetlands on Tuesday afternoon was likely started by improperly disposed smoking materials.“This is our fire season,” stated Chief of Fire and Emergency Services Marc Rathwell at a press briefing on Wednesday at city hall. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local distiller changes course to produce hand sanitizer
By Jensen, Randy on April 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Black Velvet Distillery and parent company Heaven Hill Brands are ramping up their efforts to help local organizations and frontline responders in Lethbridge and area get through the COVID-19 crisis in a safer way. Black Velvet Distillery has transitioned part of its Lethbridge operations over to the production of hand ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No provincial help coming for residential tax relief in city
By Jensen, Randy on April 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com If the City hopes to offer residents property tax relief during the COVID-19 crisis, it is pretty much on its own as the province will not be offering any additional funds to backstop municipal tax relief plans. Mayor Chris Spearman spoke with provincial officials on these matters on April 16, ... Read More »
1 responseSentencing adjourned for man guilty of sex assault
By Shurtz, Delon on April 22nd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The sentencing hearing for a 51-year-old Raymond man found guilty last year of sexually assaulting two underage girls when he was an adult three decades ago has been adjourned for several weeks. Like most cases being heard in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench during the COVID-19 pandemic, sentencing for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman killed in two-vehicle collision south of Standoff last week
By Shurtz, Delon on April 22nd, 2020
lethbridge herald A Blood Tribe woman is dead following a motor vehicle accident south of Standoff last week. At about 10 p.m. April 14 police were called to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 505 West. The lone female occupant of one of the vehicles died, while the driver and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U of L cuts hockey programs
By Jensen, Randy on April 22nd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com With the sudden announcement that the University of Lethbridge was cutting its Pronghorn Athletics men’s and women’s hockey programs due to the provincial education budget cuts, the community is rallying around the teams who are just starting to grasp the decision. Monday morning, the U of L released a public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!War on grasshoppers: ‘Just gas ’em,’ said MP
By Submitted Article on April 22nd, 2020
Andrew Chernevych GALT MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES In 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly suggested that “the U.S. military should bomb hurricanes in order to disrupt them.” Well, apparently, some Canadian politicians also have a history of considering wildly “outside the box” solutions to natural disasters. The Lethbridge Herald reported in 1920 that O. R. Gould, ... Read More »
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