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Longtime MP Thacker dead at 79
By Beeber, Al on February 20th, 2020
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Blaine Allen Thacker, Q. C., former Member of Parliament for Lethbridge-Foothills and later the renamed riding of Lethbridge, died Monday in the city at the age of 79. A Progressive Conservative, Taber native Thacker was first elected to Parliament in 1979, serving in the Lethbridge-Foothills riding until 1988. After it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harder named chair of Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 20th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Member of Parliament Rachael Harder has been appointed chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in Ottawa. The committee’s mandate is to review the effectiveness, management and operations relating to four Officers of Parliament: the Information Commissioner; the Privacy Commissioner; the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner; ... Read More »
1 responseBe careful when using online dating sites
By Submitted Article on February 20th, 2020
Submitted by the Better Business Bureau Success stories in ads for online dating services can make it sound like true love is just a click away. However, in 2019 >the Better Business Bureau (BBB) received over 1,100 complaints about dating services. Concerns included billing and collection issues, poor customer service, refund issues, advertising or sales ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local rescuers take the icy plunge
By Lethbridge Herald on February 19th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Fire Department held its annual ice-water rescue training exercise on Wednesday at Henderson Lake. While learning all the necessary skills and risks to affecting an ice-water rescue the volunteer trainees donned dry suits and took turns acting the part of victim and rescuer within two-metre-square holes cut into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic education: a precious gift
By Submitted Article on February 19th, 2020
Many families new to Canada in general, and specifically to the province of Alberta, are not aware that Catholic education is publicly funded in Alberta. Those who come to us from abroad know that, in many cases in their home country, Catholic education, or any faith-based education for that matter, comes with very high tuition ... Read More »
2 responsesAppeal of sexual assault conviction set for Thursday in Calgary
By Shurtz, Delon on February 19th, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An appeal of a southern Alberta man’s conviction last year for sexually assaulting a former girlfriend is expected to be heard Thursday in a Calgary courtroom. Jesse Nielsen is scheduled to appear before the Court of Appeal to appeal his convictions of sexual assault, assault and criminal harassment. The Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Theatre Outre presenting ‘Whale Riding Weather’ for first time in Alta.
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 19th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Theatre Outre presents Bryden MacDonald’s “Whale Riding Weather” at Didi’s Playhaus Feb. 24-28. Chronicling the relationship between three gay men as they intersect at a key moment in their lives, gentle wit and humour leavened with the tragic elements of human existence create a powerful and emotional experience for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury selected for child luring trial
By Shurtz, Delon on February 19th, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A jury chosen Tuesday to hear a child luring case in Lethbridge isn’t expected to begin hearing evidence until Thursday. Although it took barely an hour for the jury to be selected in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s bench, jurors were dismissed until 2 p.m. Thursday, when Crown Prosecutor Carolyn Ayres ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College students capture BILD award
By Kuhl, Nick on February 19th, 2020
Submitted by Lethbridge College A home designed by two Lethbridge College students has earned a major industry award. The Daphne, designed by Interior Design Technology students Jessica Banman and Teunieke Anker and built by Ashcroft Master Builder, was named top single-family home in its price range at the BILD (Building Industry and Land Development Association) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!School funding formula to change
By Lethbridge Herald on February 18th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta government unveiled a new funding model for the province’s schools on Tuesday, but local school boards remain in the dark as to what this funding model will mean to urban school divisions particularly. Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange announced the government would no longer be funding school boards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey tourney assault suspects prepare for trial
By Shurtz, Delon on February 18th, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Two men charged after a referee was attacked at a youth hockey tournament in Lethbridge last year are preparing to go to trial. Duty counsel Brett Carlson represented both men Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, where Robert Farrell Creighton faces one count of assault and Todd William Cross Child faces ... Read More »
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