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Recipients named for Play Right Prize awards
By Bobinec, Greg on March 16th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Playwriting in Canada continues to grow and explore new ideas, as three new budding playwrights were announced as the 2020 uLethbridge Play Right Prize recipients. Since 2007, alumnus Terry Whitehead has supported University of Lethbridge students with an interest in playwriting through the Play Right Prize Awards, a total of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Still no bail for man charged in fatal crash
By Shurtz, Delon on March 16th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man charged in connection with a fatal car collision last year remains in custody while he waits to make bail. Wesley Brian Phillips has been in remand at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre while he waits to have a bail hearing. And while he had hoped to make bail ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biotech industry to get a boost
By Bobinec, Greg on March 16th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The southern Alberta biotech industry will get a boost this spring thanks to some innovative work out of the University of Lethbridge and funding support from the Government of Alberta’s GreenSTEM program. Allos Bioscience, a startup company that designs and produces protein-based biosensors, is led by PhD candidates Luc Roberts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putting a stamp on downtown
By Lethbridge Herald on March 15th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Sumus Property Group intends to turn the Lethbridge downtown post office building into a premiere community business hub and the star attraction of the City’s overall downtown revitalization strategy. “The goal is really to create a vibrant, new hub in downtown Lethbridge,” says Sumus Group managing director Kendal Hachkowski. ... Read More »
3 responsesMan charged in syringe assault still resolving other charges
By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 29-year-old man accused of spraying a security guard in the face with a loaded syringe continues to resolve unrelated offences while he waits to deal with charges stemming from the assault on the guard. On Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court Cross Child pleaded guilty to a charge of breaching ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge man sentenced to 15 months in jail for several break-ins
By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man whose blood was found at the site of a business break- in last year has been sent to jail. Larry Brent Ovens pleaded guilty Friday in Lethbridge provincial court to several offences, including five break-ins, and was sentenced to 15 months behind bars. One of the break-ins ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three facing charges following SCAN investigation
By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police have laid charges to several people in connection with a dial-a-dope operation. In March, members of the Crime Suppression Team began a joint investigation with the Alberta Sheriffs Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Unit (SCAN) into alleged drug trafficking activity at a northside home, police officials said in a news release ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City man left up in the air by Air Canada’s impending departure
By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com One local Air Canada customer says he is not getting any response to his calls about whether or not he can get a refund on his ticket. Lethbridge businessman Michael Thompson had booked a ticket through Expedia to fly from the Lethbridge Airport to a conference in St. John’s, N.L., ... Read More »
1 responseCOVID-19 forces postponement of Home and Garden Show
By Kuhl, Nick on March 14th, 2020
Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Herald nkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com The show must go on. Except when it can’t. Such is the case with the 2020 Home and Garden Show set for next week at Exhibition Park. On Thursday, it was announced the show would be postponed – not cancelled – due to COVID-19 issues and the Alberta Government’s measure ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City institutes emergency snow route parking ban on 10 Avenue South
By Jensen, Randy on March 14th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The City of Lethbridge is providing notice of a temporary parking ban along a designed Emergency Snow Route to maintain clear access to Chinook Regional Hospital. The ban will take effect today at 7 a.m. to facilitate plowing along 10 Avenue South between Scenic Drive South and Mayor Magrath Drive South, according to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Spring clean’ your brain to keep it healthy
By Submitted Article on March 14th, 2020
Submitted by the Alzheimer Society Many of us worry about our memory. Are we getting dementia? Do we have Alzheimer’s disease? Our natural inclination is to ignore or deny these kinds of thoughts. How about doing some prevention instead? There are no guarantees, but evidence suggests that a healthy lifestyle helps the brain stay healthy. ... Read More »
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