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NDP calling on province to launch fire task force
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Winter is here but as of Dec. 31 62 wildfires were still active in Alberta in a year that saw 10 times more area burned than the five-year average. While the province experienced an average number of wildfires – a total of 1,088 – those blazes burned 22,000 square kilometres (2.2 million hectares) ... Read More »
1 responseCity man gets jail after breaching house arrest
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Donald Wallace Eldridge only had 36 days remaining on a conditional sentence that allowed him to serve the sentence under house arrest instead of actual jail, as long as he didn’t breach any of his conditions and commit more offences. He didn’t make it. On Dec. 31 of last year, after receiving a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Online police check system flawed: Volunteer Lethbridge
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 13th, 2024
Volunteer Lethbridge has encountered challenges with the launch of the new online application system for Police Information Check for volunteers by Lethbridge Police Service. Originally the goal with having an online application system was to cut down the time for volunteers to have a PIC done. However, Volunteer Lethbridge has several concerns with the online ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province sees road to a hydrogen-powered future
By Lethbridge Herald on January 12th, 2024
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With the federal government calling for all vehicles sold in Canada by 2035 to be zero-emission, the provincial government has its eyes on a solution to reducing the impact of emissions on the environment. But its eyes are on hydrogen, not electrification. Dave Nally, Minister of Service Alberta and Red ... Read More »
11 responsesHistorian speaks to SACPA about new book
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 12th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com More than 50 residents braved the freezing weather and icy roads to attend Thursday’s Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs session where president of the Lethbridge Historical Society Belinda Crowson spoke about their latest publication “Upon Further Reflection.” Before her presentation Crowson spoke to the Herald about her topic and said she would ... Read More »
1 responseTask force hears from company about data analysis
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 12th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With businessman Hunter Heggie chairing, the new Downtown Lawlessness Reduction Task Force got down to business on Thursday with a meeting at City Hall. The task force is a sub committee of the Safety and Social Standing Policy Committee which reports to city council. The public meeting at 7:30 a.m. in council chamber ... Read More »
7 responsesCity implements extreme weather protocols
By Lethbridge Herald on January 12th, 2024
The City of Lethbridge on Thursday activated its extreme weather response protocols to provide people without shelter a safe and warm space. The City has designated several facilities as comfort centres to provide shelter from this week’s extreme temperatures. They include: Public Library Main branch • Mon – Tues. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. • ... Read More »
1 responseMan gets jail time for assault and resisting arrest
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 12th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 28-year-old Lethbridge man has been sentenced to a couple of months in jail for assaulting a woman and struggling with the police who arrested him. On Jan. 6 police received a call about a disturbance at the Southern Alcare Manor, a residential treatment facility in the 500 block of 7 Street South. ... Read More »
2 responsesMan gets jail for assault, breaching sentence order
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 12th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Andrew Albert Watson was already serving a 15-month conditional sentence when he was arrested and charged last month for assaulting a woman. Watson received the conditional sentence – which allows an offender to serve custody in the community, typically under house arrest and/or curfew – for charges of drug trafficking and possession of ... Read More »
1 responseMan takes the fall for break-in
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 12th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 20-year-old man arrested following a break-in to a city business earlier in the week was in the wrong place at the wrong time, a judge was told Thursday. At about 3:30 a.m. police responded to an alarm at Showcase Comics and Hobbies on 3 Avenue South and found a smashed window. No ... Read More »
2 responsesDeep freeze weather helps to open downtown rink soon
By Lethbridge Herald on January 11th, 2024
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With unseasonably warm weather making it unrealistic, a decision was made earlier this week to abandon plans to set up an outdoor skating rink in Festival Square downtown. Until that weather changed and the temperatures began plummeting. And now that rink will soon be open for the public after it ... Read More »
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