LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 20-year-old man charged in relation to the discovery of a woman’s body in October hopes to be released from remand custody when he appears in Lethbridge provincial court next week. The matter for Hunter Alexander Frank was in court Friday, where his lawyer simply adjourned the matter for one week for a ... Read More »
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 45-year-old man who is set to have a preliminary hearing next Spring for manslaughter, has parted ways with his lawyer. During a brief hearing Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, lawyer Tracy Hembroff asked to be removed as counsel of record for Sheldon Nicholas LePage. Hembroff noted the split is amicable and not ... Read More »
Students at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute (LCI) got to experience an exposition of street dance earlier this month from professional dancer Caroline “Lady C” Fraser. Coming from Toronto to Lethbridge, Lady C brought with her a collective knowledge of dance, working with groups like the Symbiotic Monsters Crew, Ebnfloh Dance Company, and currently the Holla Jazz ... Read More »
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes got behind the eight ball early, and it showed the rest of the way in a 6-0 loss to the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night at the Enmax Centre. “Yeah, just played disconnected and (didn’t) really play as a team,” said Hurricanes assistant coach Matt Anholt. “And ... Read More »
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Speakers at two recent public hearings into proposed land use bylaw amendments made clear the issues they are experiencing with crime downtown. Break-ins, vandalism, drug use and dealing as well as open sexual activity are among the issues a parade of speakers talked about as well as employee and personal ... Read More »
Editor: If the premier of this province persists in making these repeated and violent U-turns she stands a good chance of spinning so fast she transforms into a human drill bit and drills straight down through the pre-Cambrian, through the earth’s crust and into the hollow core. At which point all the remaining oil under ... Read More »
TREVOR W. HARRISON In the wee hours of Dec. 8, as the UCP-dominated Alberta legislature passed the Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act, Premier Smith laid out her vision of a fiction called Canada: “It’s not like Ottawa is a national government. The way our country works is that we are a federation of ... Read More »
Editor: Dec. 8 headline: City homeless numbers have doubled since 2018. Inside the story was the number of homeless identifying as Indigenous: 327 of 454, which equals 72 per cent. Dec. 13 Roasts and Toasts: Two submissions that were clearly against the homeless people. I will add some context before people jump to conclusions. I ... Read More »
SCHULTCHEN, Christopher <br/>WILLIAMS, Alfred <br/>LONG, Melvin <br/>BURBANK, Collin <br/>RABL, Antal <br/>D'AGNONE, Assunta <br/>VAN DEURZEN, John <br/>CORBY, Thomas <br/>PLUME, Harry <br/>PERSINGER, Doreen <br... Read More »
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The number of fraud-related charges against a Lethbridge businessman have been significantly whittled down. Grant Ryan Stevenson, owner of Fisher Diesel, was facing more than 60 criminal charges, but they were reduced by more than a third during a brief hearing Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court. “I can tell my client that he’s ... Read More »
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council on Tuesday unanimously gave second and third readings to a bylaw on tax prepayment, penalty and deferral. Bylaw 6385 allows taxpayers who aren’t on the city’s tax instalment prepayment plan (TIPP) to be given a two per cent discount on prepayment of property taxes. It also establishes a current and arrears ... Read More »