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Bad hair day
A porcupine looks up as it pauses from munching on the grass on a recent evening above the coulees of Bull Trail Park on the city's westside. Herald photo by Ian Martens
Lethbridge Herald | 25 May 2013
Whopper of a water bill perplexing mystery
Herald photo by Ian Martens Ben Weiss, who normally uses about four cubic metres of water in a month, was shocked to receive a bill from the city for $884 for over 400 cubic metres in unexplained water use.
Lethbridge Herald | 25 May 2013
Moulding young artists
Eliana Molnar, 7, adds some texture to her clay project as a part of the clay handbuilding class at CASA Friday afternoon. Students aged 6 to 8 learned basic hand-building techniques such as pinch-pot, slab and coil in this class. Herald photo by David Fuller
Lethbridge Herald | 25 May 2013
Celebration of culture
Student dancers from Saipoyi Community School in Stand Off perform Friday morning during the annual First Nations, MŽtis, Inuit Heritage Day at ƒcole St. Mary School. Students from St. Mary were joined by groups of students from Saipoyi School and Fort Macleod's G.R. Davis Elementary School in a showcase of cultural song and dance.
Lethbridge Herald | 25 May 2013
'We're not talking distant history here'
Herald photo by Ian Martens Julie Graham, human rights education and campaigns co-ordinator for KAIROS, speaks during the weekly meeting of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs.
Lethbridge Herald | 24 May 2013
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The kindness of strangers is easing a Lethbridge family's fears of deportation. As they prepare to tackle a mountain of paperwork, Victor Ogbogu and his wife Cortney are asking for the community's help to cover legal fees so Victor can stay in Canada.Read more...
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Anti-GMO protest takes rootSubscriberThe dangers of genetically modified foods dominated downtown discussion in Lethbridge Saturday afternoon as about 75 people gathered to show their support for organic farming practices.Read more...
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Digital firemap goes onlineSubscriberA rash of downtown dumpster fires stumped Lethbridge firefighters five years ago, until pushpins and a paper map pointed investigators to a pattern.Read more...
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PUTTING CHILDREN FIRSTSubscriberIt's been a decade, but Ellie Peters still thinks about the day five-year-old Jessica Koopmans went missing from her north Lethbridge home.Read more...
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Able Dental Group will help the community take a bite out of poverty June 15. For the fifth consecutive year, Able Dental is sponsoring two popular events: a children's fun run in Galt Gardens and an adult bike ride from the B.Read more...
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Big day has arrivedSubscriberThis year's valedictorian at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute has excelled in her studies, captained the senior varsity volleyball team, played club volleyball, started a volleyball camp for Gilbert Paterson girls and sang with the LCI chamber choir.Read more...
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City surgeon's death mournedSubscriberHe'd been diving for more than half of his life, but his own expertise couldn't save Dr. Shane Timothy Mortimer, who died doing what he loved last weekend. The 46-year-old Lethbridge surgeon died while scuba diving with a team of other divers down to the Anscomb shipwreck in B.Read more...
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Rural speed limit reduction a no-goSubscriberA controversial bylaw to reduce the speed limit to 60 kilometres per hour on gravel roads in the County of Lethbridge has been soundly defeated on second reading. The bylaw came before county council at last Thursday's meeting and all six members of council in attendance voted against a second…Read more...
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Every great Canadian broadcaster got his start on Hockey Night in Canada. Before the dawn of schtick broadcasting and boisterous know-nothings, the greatest voices in Canadian sports made at least cursory contributions to Hockey Night in Canada.Read more...
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The charitable instincts of the Lethbridge Fire Department and the Lethbridge Regional Police Service will be on display June 10 at Spitz StadiumRead more...
It remains to be seen if their baseball skills will also make an appearance.
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Every great Canadian broadcaster got his start on Hockey Night in Canada. Before the dawn of schtick broadcasting and boisterous know-nothings, the greatest voices in Canadian sports made at least cursory contributions to Hockey Night in Canada.Read more...
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The game was orginally scheduled to be held in Cardston, but with the Southern Alberta High School Rugby League playoffs due to start on Monday, the game was moved to the mud-free confines of the artificial-turf stadium.Read more...
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Bulls drawing some staresSubscriberThe Lethbridge Bulls are trying to build their profile within the city, to take advantage of last year's younger, louder and probably more inebriated crowd while still providing the best baseball in the city when the Western Major Baseball League opens its regular season on May 31 at Spitz Stadium.Read more...
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Former National Hockey League star Theo Fleury helped bring another round of needed attention to the issue of child sexual abuse this week when he completed the Victor Walk from Toronto to Ottawa.Read more...
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When an upset Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the Conservative caucus earlier this week about the Senate expenses scandal, he hit the nail on the head when he urged caucus members to uphold a "culture of accountability." Because, at the end of the day, it boils down to elected officials…Read more...
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