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Infighting between tourism groups detrimental to Lethbridge, SPC hears
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Two organizations involved in promoting Lethbridge as a tourism destination have agreed to mediation to settle their differences after a tense meeting in council chambers on Wednesday. Tourism Lethbridge and the Lethbridge Lodging Association will be provided with up to $10,000 of City funds from council contingencies to address problems the two organizations ... Read More »
3 responsesLittle Library pops up in Gyro Park
By Cal Breaid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 20th, 2022
The Lethbridge Little Library program is a book exchange that is made up of small self-serve stations where kids and grown-ups can take or leave a book. Sarah Head, manager of branch services for the Lethbridge Public Library (LPL), runs the program and was at a recent Gyro Park ribbon-cutting to celebrate the opening of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hand feeding birds can have negative consequences for both birds and people, nature centre warns
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 20th, 2022
The City of Lethbridge is issuing a warning about interacting with wildlife. The Helen Schuler Nature Centre has received an increase in reports from the community about people feeding wild birds by hand in Lethbridge’s parks, and they also noted staff have witnessed an increase in social media posts featuring people hand feeding wildlife. “What ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kindergarten contest winner named ‘Fire Chief for a Day’
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 20th, 2022
Students at Agnes Davidson Elementary School had a surprise visit from Chief Fire Marshall Heath Wright and Fire Prevention Officer Neil Jesse on Wednesday as they proceeded to Mme Mooney’s Kindergarten class to surprise student Sofia Woons with her prize of being awarded Fire Chief for a Day. Donning the mini firefighter outfit they brought ... Read More »
2 responsesProvince reopens CRLs for municipalities
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Communities can apply once again for provincial funding under a revamped Community Revitalization Levy. Andrew Malcolm, urban revitalization manager for the City of Lethbridge, submitted a report on the CRL Wednesday to city council acting in its role as the Economic Standing Policy Committee. In his report, Malcolm asked the SPC to recommend ... Read More »
1 responseStatus quo recommended for grants toward affordable and social housing
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council in its role as the Economic Standing Policy Committee went with the status quo on a matter involving grants to affordable and social housing providers. The committee on Wednesday morning voted 7-2 in favour of recommending to the City that it only consider offering capital grants to such providers. Councillors ... Read More »
2 responsesCredit card scam to obtain property results in six month sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An employee of Prairie Sky RV in Coaldale suspected something was a little fishy when Gerald David Thurber arrived on July 29, 2020 to pick up $11,000 worth of equipment that had been previously ordered over the phone by Darren Young. After Thurber picked up the equipment and drove away, the suspicious employee followed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Numerous property convictions result in 15 month sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 62-year-old man has received a 15-month jail sentence for committing numerous criminal offences between 2018 and 2022. Kennedy Fitzgerald Waldron was sentenced this week in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to charges of shopbreaking to commit mischief, causing a disturbance, criminal harassment, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Future still unclear for historic Bowman building
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Bowman building was built in 1912 as Lethbridge Manual Training School, which was the first of its kind in Alberta, a school that taught trades for men and home economics for women. “It served back until the First World War and then it became Lethbridge High School and Bowman Elementary after that, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Encampment clean-up continues as City weighs solutions
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com From June 3 until Sept. 25, the Clean Sweep Program cleaned 13,080 kilograms of debris, 852 needles and 44 pipes from the Civic Centre track area. That information is contained in a report that was submitted last Thursday to the Community Safety Standing Policy Committee meeting of Lethbridge city council by Mike Fox, ... Read More »
14 responsesPoverty remains an ever-present problem in Lethbridge: report
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 19th, 2022
The Social Health Equity Network of Lethbridge and Area (SHENLA) has released a report that identifies the rates of child and family poverty in Lethbridge and surrounding areas. The report, titled 2022 Lethbridge Child and Family Poverty Report: Laying the Groundwork for a Just Recovery, considers the relationship between poverty and social determinants of health, ... Read More »
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