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Canadian liberators still appreciated on 80th anniversary of D-Day
By Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Ed Donkersgoed’s family will always be appreciative for the Canadian soldiers who risked their lives – and often lost them – to free Holland from the occupation and terror of the Nazis during the Second World War. Donkersgoed, the son-in-law of late Lethbridge West Progressive Conservative MLA John Gogo, has ... Read More »
1 responseNew support dog joins ranks of the LPS
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Services Victim/Witness Services Unit welcomed a second facility dog to their team, a four-year-old black Lab named Cruiser. Catherine Pooley, V/WSU program manager, spoke Wednesday about their newest member and said Cruiser is amazing and ready to do the work that he is trained to do. “Cruiser will come in ... Read More »
1 responseMan gets prison for child porn
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Coalhurst man has been sent to prison for three years after being caught with thousands of images and videos of child pornography. Christopher William Jenkins was sentenced Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice, where he pleaded guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. During a search of Jenkin’s residence in ... Read More »
1 responseNDP leadership race in final stage
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The last debate is behind them and the four contenders for the leadership of the Alberta NDP are heading into the final stretch of the campaign. Voting started Monday and in what the party is calling a historic day, by 3:30 p.m. of the 85,000 Alberta NDP members, 11,633 had already cast ballots. ... Read More »
1 responseWoman gets jail for assaults
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 27-year-old woman who assaulted several people – one every month for three out of four months – has received a short jail sentence. Felicia Jody Big Weasel was sentenced to 30 days in jail after she pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to three counts of assault. The first of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nepali association expanding in Lethbridge
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com From the snow-covered Himalayan’s to the golden prairies, one local cultural group is expanding its ranks in Lethbridge. The Nepali Association of Lethbridge (LeNA) has been around for nearly a decade, but the organization has begun ramping up its efforts in the past two years. Tulsi Paudel, LeNA advisor, says the time has ... Read More »
2 responsesCommunity gathers to test endurance of tractors
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com An authentically Albertan event consisting of farmers with old tractors, pushing their engines to the limit brought the town of Picture Butte to life. The long-running annual Tractor Pull event was held at the Coyote Flats Pioneer Village in the community just north of Lethbridge this past weekend. Spectators were treated to tractors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City working hard to meet demand at wastewater treatment plant
By Lethbridge Herald on June 4th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Doug Kaupp knows first-hand the challenges faced by the City as it looks to meet the increasing demand for water which is needed by housing, industrial and institutional users alike. Most projects involving water and wastewater in the last quarter century have involved replacing aging equipment as they reach the ... Read More »
3 responsesMan jailed for defecating at library
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Blood Reserve man who pleaded guilty to several charges, including mischief by defecating at the Lethbridge Public Library, has been sentenced to 45 days in jail. Library employees found Austin Blake Black Water on Aug. 30 of last year, defecating in a stairwell directly outside of the childrens’ wing. “When he was ... Read More »
1 responseMan jailed for offences while on probation
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on June 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man has received a short jail sentence for committing several criminal offences last month while he was on probation. Richard Paul Paniec pleaded guilty Monday in Lethbridge court of justice to single counts of breaching probation, theft and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. The small, elderly man had ... Read More »
1 responseNord-Bridge kicks off Seniors Week celebration
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre is celebrating its members with multiple activities during Seniors’ Week. The celebration kicked off Monday with a jam session in the Dunford Diner. Ashley Kern, program coordinator, told the Herald on Monday the centre has been celebrating Seniors Week for almost two decades as seniors are very important to them. ... Read More »
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