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Council considering integrity commissioner position
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council has tasked its Governance Standing Policy Committee with further investigating the possibility of creating an Integrity Commissioner position. At Tuesday’s meeting, council passed a resolution asking the SPC to report back to council no later than March 1. Specifically, the SPC will be tasked with focusing on two of three ... Read More »
1 responseAlpha House working to help clients out of the cold
By Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2022
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald It started here with one small room at the Lethbridge homeless shelter in the fall of 2019 and since then Calgary-based Alpha House Society has expanded its operations to offer a range of services. Its Lethbridge facility, now known as the Lethbridge Stabilization Centre and Shelter at 802 2 Ave. ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil seeking answers on green bin cost factors
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council has asked administration to provide a report to the Economic Standing Policy Committee at its April 13 meeting on several matters involving the curbside organics program. Council wants to know answers to three questions: 1) What would be the cost (capital and operational) to modify the existing regional sites that would ... Read More »
1 responseSentencing hearing for taxi robber adjourned
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A sentencing hearing for a 33-year-old woman who robbed a taxi driver more than two years ago, has been adjourned for a month so the accused can be assessed for a pre-sentence report.
The report had been ordered last October after Kimberlie Rose Eagle Speaker pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and theft of ... Read More »
1 responseCity seeking survey feedback on place name strategy
By Trevor Busch - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com Receiving citizen input on updating many of the City’s place names to more effectively reflect the Blackfoot and other Indigenous peoples in the region is the goal of a new survey being launched by the City of Lethbridge. The City’s Indigenous Placemaking Strategy was approved by city council in May 2021. “The purpose ... Read More »
3 responsesCouncil approves major wastewater treatment plant upgrades
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council on Tuesday has given second and third readings to a multitude of bylaws. The bylaws council dealt with included several to borrow water for water treatment plant work. One of those calls is for the city to borrow $6,418,000 for medium voltage upgrades. The total cost of the project cited in ... Read More »
2 responsesReport points to added costs with cat bylaw
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Would a cat bylaw be a perfect fit for Lethbridge? A report was submitted to city council on Tuesday about the viability of such a bylaw. In response to an inquiry submitted by acting mayor Rajko Dodic on Dec. 2, General Manager of Regulatory Services Duane Ens states there is no legal impediment ... Read More »
2 responsesHouse arrest ordered for shopbreaking conviction
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Fort Macleod man who broke into his employer’s business and attempted to steal a vehicle has been placed on house arrest and ordered to pay nearly $3,000 for damages he caused. Jesse Taylor Shoemaker, who pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of shopbreaking with intent to commit theft, ... Read More »
1 responseChildren sharing warmth with Blankets of Hope
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Children of St. Martha School students are once again “Blankets of Hope” ambassadors, now for the 4th year in a row. Blankets of Hope was initiated by two brothers from Brooklyn, New York. Mike and Nick Fiorito reached out to Kindergarten teacher Laurie McIntosh four years ago over Instagram to ask if her ... Read More »
3 responsesPotential third bridge could result in significant tax burden
By Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2022
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge City Council on Tuesday was given an idea about the potential tax implications of a third bridge crossing the Oldman River. A report by City treasurer Darrell Matthews showed if the bridge costs $200 million there could be a 14.5 per cent increase for residents on the assumption that ... Read More »
3 responsesChristmas tree clean-up helps fund school computers
By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on January 18th, 2022
It looked a lot like Christmas Saturday morning at Nicholas Sheran Arena. Of course, with it being mid-January it was actually looking a lot like Christmas in reverse as parents, teachers and students at Senator Buchanan Elementary School took part in this year’s Christmas tree pickup. For the past 28 years, the City of Lethbridge ... Read More »
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