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Staffing to remain status quo for 311 following split vote
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A lengthy debate to add one full-time employee to Customer Service and 311 was defeated Tuesday by council acting as the Economic Standing Policy Committee during budget discussions. While the vote was 5-4 against moving the initiative down the budget path, it will not affect 311 operations since the temporary position was already ... Read More »
Conditional discharge for publishing intimate image
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A woman who published intimate images of another woman engaged in a sexual encounter with the first woman’s common-law husband has avoided a jail sentence. During her sentencing hearing Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court, Betty-Jo Healy was given a one-year conditional discharge. The discharge means Healy will avoid a sentence and criminal conviction ... Read More »
High school volleyball league hands out awards
The Southern Alberta High School Volleyball League handed out their awards last night. Catholic Central’s Brooke Beste won the MVP award for the girl’s league. First Team All-Star awards went to LCI’s Mishynn Miller, Peyton Smith and Kallynne Klimpke, Chinook’s Cianna Chalack and Robyn Austin, Catholic Central’s Hadlee Fleischhauer and WR Myers Lexi Gedny. Second ... Read More »
Council compromises on full-time employees for communications dept.
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A discussion that briefly started in the morning before city council, acting as the Economic Standing Policy Committee, resumed Tuesday afternoon after a lengthy closed session with an 8-1 vote in favour of giving the City Communications and Engagement department one full-time employee. The department had requested that three term positions be transitioned ... Read More »
WCHS murder mystery lets audiences play detective
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Winston Churchill High School is staging a murder mystery production that invites the audience to help solve the crime. The school’s fall play, “Murder’s in the Heir” starts tonight and runs through Saturday at The Sterndale Bennett Theatre. Churchill drama teacher Emily Morrison says the play revolves around a billionaire who has decided ... Read More »
City targeting Victoria Park area for redevelopment plan
The City of Lethbridge is looking for feedback from residents on the Victoria Park Area Redevelopment Plan and has been hosting a series of open houses this week. The area is named after Victoria Park, which is now known as Gyro, renamed in the 1960s. After the Second World War the area between 3 and ... Read More »
Clean Sweep Program may receive annual funding in omnibus motion
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday in its capacity as the Economic Standing Policy Committee unanimously approved an omnibus motion brought forward by councillor John Middleton-Hope to move along the budget process. Council is currently deliberating the 2023-26 draft budget and will be meeting daily through Friday at 9:30 a.m. in ... Read More »
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
RASMUSSEN, Scott <br/>RED-CROW DAY CHIEF, Christy <br/>FAUTH, Josephine <br/>BRAAT, Elizabeth <br/>BEVERS, Deena <br/>SPARKS, Bob <br/>VERSTEEG, Stella <br/>HEPPELL, Peter <br/>ELDERKIN, John <br/>WHITE, Sandra <br... Read More »
Land use bylaw reform advanced in City budget priority
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Council initiatives dominated the first day of city budget deliberations. Council, acting as the Economic Standing Policy Committee, will continue budget deliberations today through Friday starting each day at 9:30 a.m. in council chambers. The SPC made it through 10 initiatives before ending the meeting for the day. This morning, the SPC will ... Read More »
Mail theft posts 90-day sentence
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman will, for the next several months, spend her weekends in jail for breaking into mailboxes earlier this year. Erzsebet Catharine Pesti, 21, pleaded guilty Friday in Lethbridge provincial court to one charge of break and enter to commit theft, and was handed a 90-day intermittent sentence. Four times between January and ... Read More »
Nikka Yuko to unveil glowing new feature at winter festival
The Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden held a preview of a beautiful new feature, one that will add even more shine to their 2022-2023 Winter Light Festival. The Garden is now home to a dome, called the Nikka Yuko Kamakura (Igloo) that uses 360-degree video for visitors to enjoy on the dome’s ceiling. The structure will be equipped ... Read More »
