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Drug treatment court inductees provided one last chance to fly straight
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The next 16 months or so may be some of toughest Mason Doyle Cranston has ever faced. Cranston will have to avoid many of his friends, abstain from alcohol and drugs, and comply with a curfew from 9:30 p.m to 6 a.m. every day. He can’t go into businesses whose main purpose is ... Read More »
Pronghorn Athletics launches 26th installment of Operation Red Nose
Operation Red Nose is returning to Lethbridge after a two-year hiatus with its 26th year of community service. The annual holiday drive-home campaign will begin Dec. 2 with a dedication to eliminating impaired driving during the festive season. “Pronghorn Athletics for over 25 years has provided a service to the community to help keep people ... Read More »
Local speed skaters carve it up at Bridge Bolt competition
Speed skaters from B.C. and Alberta convened at the ATB Centre for the Lethbridge Bridge Blades’s Bridge Bolt meet on the weekend. Skaters were anywhere from five to 18-years-old. “This year, it’s actually a qualifier for the short track, so that’s good,” said Blades coach Rayel Green-Seipp. “We don’t normally get to host qualifiers — ... Read More »
City deals with first snowstorm of the season
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com AÂ heavy snowfall warning for Lethbridge turned into a reality early Wednesday and the City of Lethbridge acted quickly by declaring Phase 1 snow routes active. The snowfall, which grew heavier as dawn neared, caused havoc on city roads with traffic backups on Whoop-Up Drive westbound and Scenic Drive as commuters ... Read More »
Censoring opinions not in society’s best interest
Lethbridge Herald Editorial Board Freedom of speech. It’s a term we hear often from people who have opinions on any subject and feel they have the right to a public forum to express them. We’ve seen attacks made on this newspaper from both the right and left sides of the political spectrum because of the ... Read More »
Council should examine needs before going on a hiring spree
Editor: After reading The Lethbridge Herald’s report on the budget requests from the different administrative departments I can see why the homeowners of Lethbridge – me included – are looking at a 3.77 per cent increase in taxes in each of the next four years. It seems like there are a lot of 0.5 full-time ... Read More »
People on AISH deserve support from the provincial government
Editor: One of Rachel Notley’s many achievements during her time in office was to index the Assured Income for the Handicapped program (AISH for short). The NDP did this so that Alberta’s disabled community would be able to keep pace with inflation. Soon after, the UCP provincial government reversed the NDP decision, causing the real ... Read More »
Victims of vehicle damage unfairly treated by the system
Editor: For those drawn into a relatively minor fender bender at no fault of their own, too many are made aware of a consistently overlooked blindspot in the current system of settling the matter, one that constitutes a failure to protect the basic interests of the innocent. Penalties are possibly imposed upon anyone reporting said ... Read More »
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
MEAD, Jack <br/>RADULSKI, Eva <br/>DYCK, Kenneth <br/>BARTEL, Gordon <br/>HART, Joyce <br/>OLSON, Evelyn <br... Read More »
Housing supports announced for Metis Albertans
The Metis Nation of Alberta’s Metis Capital Housing Corporation (MCHC) has brought home some programs for Metis citizens in several key areas. With down payment assistance, home repairs assistance, rental supplement, student rental supplement, and newly-added mortgage assistance the initiative comes under the MCHC’s mandate to provide affordable housing to low- and moderate-income Metis families ... Read More »
Man awaits judgement in sexual assault trial
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An Alberta man who adamantly denied during his trial in September allegations of sexual assaults against his former girlfriend’s daughter, is still waiting to find out if the judge believed him. During the conclusion of his trial Sept. 27 in Lethbridge provincial court, the accused, Edmond Armit, testified he never sexually touched the ... Read More »
