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Five Coutts protesters to stand trial in July
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Five people charged in relation to a protest at the Coutts border earlier this year are set to stand trial next year. Ursulla Allred, Evan Colenut, Jaclyne Martin, Justin Martin and Easton Oler, are scheduled to stand trial for one week beginning July 24, 2023. The accused are charged with mischief to property ... Read More »
Airport mock-crash highlights emergency response
The Lethbridge Airport held a full-scale emergency exercise earlier this week, mandated every four years by Transport Canada, simulating an emergency impacting the airport. The event united participants from Lethbridge Airport, Fire and Emergency Services, Police Services, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the City of Lethbridge, as they came together working through a scenario. ... Read More »
Bulldogs host Sylvan Lake in quarter-final
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Winston Churchill Bulldogs football team host Sylvan Lake in their Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association Tier III quarter-final game tonight. The Bulldogs have had plenty of time to prepare for the matchup, as they have been on the gridiron practicing for three weeks. “I think it was important over the ... Read More »
Lions, Bombers gear up for slugfest
Graham Kelly, Inside the CFL Showing no signs of rust but demonstrating a maturity beyond his years, B.C.’s Nathan Rourke took advantage of every weapon at his disposal and dispatched the Stampeders 30-16 in the Western semi-final. The young sensation is now a game away from becoming the first Canadian to start a Grey Cup ... Read More »
Kisio honoured to coach at World Junior Championship
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Hurricanes head coach Brent Kisio got the nod for a second time in his coaching career to represent Team Canada as an assistant coach at the World Junior Championship. Kisio will join other assistants Stéphane Julien of Sherbrooke in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Alan Letang of Sarnia ... Read More »
City budget deliberations commence next week
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Ready, set, deliberate! City council, acting as the Economic Standing Policy Committee, will begin at least five days of deliberations starting Monday on the upcoming budget for 2023-26. City residents are looking at a minimum 3.77 per cent tax hike annually over those four years. Any tax hike here will ... Read More »
Statistics show people who consider themselves Christian in Lethbridge a minority
Editor: I read with great interest the latest 2021 Census data which presented data on, amongst other things, the state of religion in Canada, Alberta, and even good ole Lethbridge. The results were fascinating and, I believe, should serve to break a myth that has persisted about Lethbridge for far too long. The myth: Lethbridge ... Read More »
Collisions at University Drive/Garry Drive intersection preventable
Editor: Three weeks ago, at around 8 in the evening, I pressed the crosswalk button on the northeast corner of Heritage Boulevard and University Drive. When the traffic had stopped on University Drive, the Walk signal came on and I proceeded across University Drive, conscious that this was a well-lit intersection – so well-lit in ... Read More »
Thursday, November 10, 2022
VERSTEEG, Stella <br/>BAER, Barbara <br/>HEPPELL, Peter <br/>KLIMOW, Frieda <br/>O'DONNELL, Tillie <br/>THOMPSON, Paulina <br/>DAY CHIEF, Anthony <br... Read More »
Judge declines jail sentence in assault conviction
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A judge has rejected a recommendation that a Lethbridge man go to jail for assaulting a commissionaire and threatening to shoot people working at a Service Canada office in the city. Crown Prosecutor Adam Zelmer asked Judge Jerry LeGrandeur Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to sentence Bradley Kim Bergman to a jail term ... Read More »
NPF opposed to reduction of less-lethal options for law enforcement
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Earlier this month, the National Police Federation on behalf of 20,000 RCMP members wrote to federal government leaders to outline their concerns over reducing the number of intervention options available to RCMP members across the country. The NPF submitted an information package, which included a video that showcases and explains the types of less-lethal ... Read More »
