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Council receives latest draft of Municipal Development Plan
By Jensen, Randy on June 24th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com By their nature Municipal Development Plans are meant to be broad in scope and general in application as the main guiding/visioning document for the municipal corporation and the community. They are traditionally aspirational documents which capture a static moment in time in community life. They, therefore, tend to need updating ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New look to enhance Downtown Lethbridge
By Jensen, Randy on June 24th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com As part of an initiative to bring citizens back downtown following the COVID-19 pandemic, Downtown Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ), Heart of our City and the City of Lethbridge have teamed up to give Downtown Lethbridge a new look and a new sense of identity. Over the next few months, residents ... Read More »
1 responseTrial date set for drug-smuggling suspects
By Shurtz, Delon on June 24th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A trial has finally been scheduled for a husband and wife accused of trying to smuggle drugs into Canada at the Coutts border in 2017. The hearing was scheduled to run last April in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench, but it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The matter ... Read More »
1 responseTwo men facing drug charges
By Jensen, Randy on June 24th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Lethbridge Police have charged two men following an investigation into drug trafficking activity. In early June members of the Crime Suppression Team and Patrols began a short-term investigation that was concluded June 18, when search warrants were obtained and executed at residences along the 900 block of 8 Street North and 200 block ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dangerous offender hearing resumes
By Shurtz, Delon on June 24th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A hearing to determine whether convicted sex offender Trevor Philip Pritchard should be designated a dangerous offender has resumed in a Lethbridge courtroom. The continuation began Monday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench, where the Crown hopes to convince a judge to rule Pritchard a dangerous offender. If the judge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Virtual torch run accepting registrations
By Jensen, Randy on June 24th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Lethbridge Police Service, in partnership with the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR), are encouraging runners from around the world to lace up their shoes and hit the pavement in support of Special Olympics. The eighth annual Lethbridge Police Run will be a virtual event this year where participants choose their distance – ... Read More »
1 responseProvost family hopes sentence brings closure
By Lethbridge Herald on June 23rd, 2020
Delon Shurtzlethbridge heralddshurtz@lethbridgeherald.comIt was a somber gathering outside the Lethbridge courthouse as family members of Barney Paul Provost cried in each other’s arms only minutes after a judge sent the man who killed the well-loved and respected Piikani Nation councillor to prison.Madam Justice Johnna Kubik sentenced Douglas Wilbur Bagnall to five years in a federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No further jail time on White drug charge
By Shurtz, Delon on June 22nd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary woman won’t have to pay a fine or spend any time in jail after she was caught with illegal drugs earlier this year. Meranda Dawn White has handed a conditional discharge last week in Lethbridge provincial court, where she pleaded guilty to one count of drug possession. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sunrise ceremony unites cultures
By Yoos, Cam on June 22nd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com As a way to still celebrate the diversity and history of southern Alberta, members of the Family Ties Association of Lethbridge hosted a Sunrise Ceremony to celebrate and recognize National Indigenous Peoples Day, with a Sunrise Ceremony behind the Galt Museum. After attending a ceremony in Calgary, Family Ties Associations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mathers backs petition in support of cephalopods
By Yoos, Cam on June 22nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald During the early 1990s, Canada was the frontrunner in developing official protections for invertebrates used in research, thanks in part to the work of the University of Lethbridge professors such as Jennifer Mather. Back in 1991, Mather, a U of L psychology professor and octopus’s expert, Professor Emeritus Gail Michener and Dan Johnson, ... Read More »
1 responseCultural connection key to successful transition
By Jensen, Randy on June 22nd, 2020
Submitted by the University of Lethbridge University of Lethbridge professor Janice Victor intends to be part of the solution strategy put forward by Making the Shift Inc. – a Centre of Excellence of Canada that is seeking to shift the focus from management to prevention of youth homelessness. Victor has been awarded $85,580 for her ... Read More »
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