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Twinning Highway 3 will open doors for value-added agriculture
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com With the provincial and federal government eyeing the Lethbridge hinterland as a prime location for the expansion of value-added agriculture, pressure will continue to mount to see Highway 3 twinned from border to border. “Where we’re at right now, we’re embarking on an impact analysis study that will be done by PriceWaterhouseCooper. It ... Read More »
Frontier College collaboration promoting literacy for all ages
Lethbridge Public Library’s main branch downtown hosted a reading tent event Thursday, aiming to help get free books to all ages and engage in reading and writing skills. The event is offered throughout summer with many opportunities to help spread awareness on literacy skills needed for everyday life. “Frontier College is a non-profit literacy program ... Read More »
Barrage of threats and property offences net seven month sentence
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Cyril Stephen Shugarue seemed normal enough when he first met his girlfriend, and even later when he moved in with her. Then the nightmare began. Shugarue went “crazy,” the woman told police, and he threatened to rape and kill her and to kill other people, as well. Shugarue pleaded guilty Thursday in Lethbridge ... Read More »
Provincial police force could cost much more than estimated, argues National Police Federation
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com After the United Conservative Party government outlined its blueprint for more police in rural Alberta on Tuesday, the National Police Federation reiterated the fact that many municipalities are opposed as shown in recent research conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights. “There was no new information, what it did was to continue to confuse Albertans ... Read More »
FRIDAY, August 19, 2022
ACHTZENER, Thomas Phillip BARNHILL. Al "Barney" GUNDLOCK, Emil ENGSTROM, Carl FOOKS, Richard Scott FRANZ, Walter GEORGE, Mary Reay GIENOW, Earl Ronald HEALY, Adam Leland McEACHERN, Sister Mary Eileen OLDENBURGER, Lambert "Bert" PAULENCE, Ronald "Ron" REID, Harold SELDEN, Ella VAN BUUREN, Braydon ... Read More »
Local basketball players win Summer Games gold
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald For Raymond High School’s Delaney Gibb and Abby Graves and Magrath High School’s Grace Hansen, the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara will be an unforgettable experience as the trio won gold as a part of Team Alberta’s female basketball team. Team Alberta defeated Team Saskatchewan 71-60 in the gold ... Read More »
Agriculture Policy Framework not ambitious enough, says farm union
Justin Seward – LETHBRIDGE HERALD Federal, provincial and territorial ministers of agriculture met in Saskatoon this month to reach an agreement in principle for a five-year commitment to an Agricultural Policy Framework (APF). The APF, which has been rebranded as the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, is a policy that provides direction to make sure Canada is ... Read More »
Mock budget program provides insight into property taxes
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge residents now have the opportunity to give their two cents about how they want the City operating budget to be spent, by creating one of their own. “Lethbridge City Council in the fall will be going into the operating budget process and that is one of the most difficult decisions that council ... Read More »
Rourke’s control of the game an echo of Doug Flutie
Halfway through the fourth quarter last Saturday, the B.C. Lions were trailing the hometown Stampeders 33-24. They had the ball on the Calgary 53, a perfect time for a quarterback sneak. Instead, Nathan Rourke fired a 33 yard strike to Bryan Burnham who continued to the end-zone. After Sean Whyte’s convert the Lions were two ... Read More »
Six month sentence for housebreaking, assault
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Breaking into a home and assaulting the owner has earned a Lethbridge man a six-month stint behind bars. John Elvis Jones was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court after he pleaded guilty to charges of housebreaking and commit assault, mischief causing damage, and theft under $5,000. On Nov. 25 of last year Jones, ... Read More »
Adjournment for man in stabbing incident
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Criminal charges against a 23-year-old Lethbridge man accused in relation to a stabbing at a city nightclub earlier in the year, were briefly spoken to Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court. An agent for the man’s lawyer simply requested an adjournment, and said there is a considerable amount of media disclosure to review. The agent ... Read More »
