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Throne speech all rah, rah! |
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Written by Dave Mabell
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
There’s verbal support for health care, education and seniors’ accommodation in the Alberta government’s Speech from the Throne.
But the real news will come next week, Lethbridge MLAs say, when the provincial budget is tabled in the legislature. Health care and education budget figures will top most Albertans’ priorities, predicts Lethbridge West member Greg Weadick.
“Those are the two all the people want to see,” though both departments were mentioned in Thursday’s speech as the legislative session began.
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Man gets four years in death of baby |
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Written by Delon Shurtz, Lethbridge Herald
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 |
A 26-year-old man found guilty last October in the death of a 22-month-old baby was sentenced Wednesday to four years in jail.
In passing sentence in Lethbridge Court of Queens’ Bench, Justice James Langston said Cody Allen Tomlinson violated the trust placed in him to help care for his ex-girlfriend’s son nearly five years ago. Langston said evidence provided during the trial last fall indicated the baby died of “non-accidental shearing force” at the hands of the accused.
Little Carter Murfin died in a Calgary hospital two days after being injured in Tomlinson’s home in Brooks, Aug. 2, 2005.
Crown prosecutor Ramona Robins told court during the trial that even though there weren’t any witnesses, and much of the evidence was circumstantial, six medical experts testified the baby died of what is commonly known as shaken baby syndrome.
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City bus driver facing five sex charges |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier, Lethbridge Herald
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 |
A city bus driver accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a mentally and physically disabled female passenger was hired without undergoing the usual screening for city employees.
The 65-year-old Access-A-Ride driver was one of several employees of the former Lethbridge Handi-Bus Association hired in 2007 when the City of Lethbridge took over delivery of local bus service for citizens with disabilities.
Handi-Bus staff were allowed to skip the usual screening and criminal record checks required of new city workers because the takeover included a promise from the city to hire them to continue filling roles they had filled under the previously contracted service, said John King, manager of LA Transit.
Although it’s unknown whether the accused driver has any criminal past, King said there was nothing in the driver’s employment history that would have caused any concern.
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Distracted drivers clearly in police sights |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Monday, 01 February 2010 |
Although Alberta hasn’t officially banned cellphone use by drivers, local police point out the devices are just one of many driver distractions which can cause collisions.
Activities such as talking on the phone, grooming, eating or drinking, allowing a pet to sit in your lap or dealing with children are driver distractions which increase the risk of traffic collisions, according to Lethbridge regional police.
For that reason, police are focusing on distracted drivers as part of a special enforcement campaign throughout February.
As of Monday, drivers in B.C. and Ontario caught texting or talking on cellphones while behind the wheel can be fined up to $167.
Research has shown that driver distraction is a factor in up to 30 per cent of all collisions and that distracted drivers are three times more likely than other drivers to be involved in collisions. A study of collisions involving distracted drivers found drivers were most commonly distracted by things outside the car, adjusting CD players or radios, attempting to rearrange objects in the vehicle, and interacting with other occupants.
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Keeping it clean |
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Written by Sherri Gallant
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Sunday, 31 January 2010 |
Olympic athletes know that peeing in a bottle to guard against cheating comes with the territory.
Tim Takahashi of Lethbridge is one of the highly-trained people who’ll be collecting those anti-doping samples soon at the Vancouver Winter OIympics.
Takahashi, 39, is a doping control officer for the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports (CCES), with more than a decade of experience behind him in sport medicine, occupational health, injury prevention and ergonomics.
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