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Conservatives give Jim Hillyer their confidence |
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Written by Ric Swihart
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Saturday, June 19 2010, 9:17 PM |
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Stirling native Jim Hillyer told about 150 party faithful at Exhibition Park about 7:15 p.m. Saturday he believes in miracles, and that small groups of concerned citizens can make a difference.
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River valley closed due to rising Oldman River |
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Written by Dave Mabell
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Friday, June 18 2010, 11:01 PM |
Widespread flooding in the Oldman River valley prompted city officials to close all river-bottom parks Friday. Scores of RV holidayers and campers were also evacuated from the Bridgeview Campground, in the wake of near-record rainfalls across southern Alberta.
And as flood water continued to rise through the day, city officials also warned residents to stay away from the swiftly flowing river.
“We don’t want people to be at risk,” said Mayor Bob Tarleck. “And we don’t want to see our city employees at risk,” trying to rescue people from the flooding.
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When it rains, it pours |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Thursday, June 17 2010, 10:51 PM |
Summer may be just around the corner but these days, residents of southern Alberta may well be singing along to John Fogerty’s lyrics “Long as I remember the rain been comin’ down.”
Although with all the moisture the words may sound more like a gurgle.
The rainmaker that’s drenched southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba the last few days is due to a low pressure system near the border with the United States. Lethbridge received between 60 and 65 millimetres from the time the rainfall started to noon Thursday. But that’s nothing compared to the more than 114 mm Milk River has received.
While locals will get a break over the weekend, clear sunny skies aren’t in the picture — yet.
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The Cup's coming |
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Written by Dale Woodard
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Wednesday, June 16 2010, 9:36 PM |
This is going to be one game of road hockey on Larkspur Road and Honeysuckle that won’t be forgotten any time soon.
And this time as Kris Versteeg and his neighbourhood buddies grab their hockey sticks and whack a tennis ball around — keeping an eye out for cars in the process — there will be a large, silver mug sitting nearby.
A week removed from Versteeg’s Stanley Cup title with the Chicago Blackhawks following a 4-2 series win over the Philadelphia Flyers in the final, the Stanley Cup is coming to Lethbridge and to the street where it all began for the 24-year-old forward.
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Hate crime spurs advocacy groups into action |
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Written by Sherri Gallant Lethbridge Herald
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Tuesday, June 15 2010, 9:25 PM |
Social advocacy groups are planning rallies and public awareness campaigns after a gay man in Lethbridge became the target of a hate crime on the weekend.
Mark Spracklin discovered Saturday that someone had spray-painted homophobic slurs on all sides of his car — except the roof — while the vehicle was parked overnight in his garage. Spracklin, who is gay, never thought of himself as a person with enemies. The fourth-year university student can’t fathom who might dislike him enough to victimize him in such a way.
“My truck was always kind of ugly, but now it’s just ugly in a different way,” Spracklin said. “How it looks now isn’t so much the point — you can always paint over something. But the fact that someone thought it was important enough to go do it in the first place is really, really frustrating. Obviously it has to be someone I know, or who has seen me at some point, because they know where I live, what I drive and where I park.
“I haven’t really slept for a few days now.”
Spracklin moved to Lethbridge to attend the U of L, and “came out” as being gay during his time here.
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