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Target Hunger still looking for volunteers
By Dale Woodard on May 12th, 2021
As they aim for their goal of bringing in 50,000 pounds of food, the Lethbridge Food Bank is still looking for volunteers to help haul that in. The Lethbridge Food Bank Society and Interfaith Food Bank’s Target Hunger hits the streets June 12 and last week the Lethbridge Foodbank went online to bring in volunteers. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economic Standing Policy Committee finishes second day of deliberations
By Tim Kalinowski on May 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council passed an omnibus measure which approved most projects left over under the C (Transportation Projects), E (Environmental Utilities) and F (Electric Utility) Sections of the Capital Improvement Program investment proposals for 2022-2031 cycle Tuesday morning, and was able to successfully to get a start on ... Read More »
1 responseEconomic SPC recommends funding for green bin program
By Tim Kalinowski on May 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council narrowly approved about $3.5 million a year over the next four years as a capital investment in a curbside organics “green bin” program in the 2022-2031 Capital Improvement Program cycle. The motion, sponsored by Coun. Jeffrey Carlson, passed by a vote of 5-4 after Coun. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reconciling injustices against Indigenous peoples this week’s SACPA topic
By Lethbridge Herald on May 12th, 2021
This week’s Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs online speaker series will feature Don McIntyre discussing how to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action, and should the truth of Canada’s shameful treatment of Indigenous peoples be told as part of the K-12 school and post-secondary curriculum? The speaker will also address Canada’s ... Read More »
3 responsesLocal group continues effort towards care facility for city’s vulnerable
By Herald on May 11th, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald Some local groups are banding together in the hopes of one day having a facility for the city’s vulnerable population in the fight against the ongoing opioid crisis. On Tuesday afternoon, Alvin Mills of the Kii Maa Pii Pii Tsin Renewal Center teamed up with Mark Braverock of Sage Clan ... Read More »
6 responsesSentencing date set for fall for couple found guilty in drug smuggling case
By Delon Shurtz on May 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A California couple caught at the Coutts border as they tried to smuggle nearly 100 kilograms of cocaine into Alberta, is set to have a sentencing hearing later this fall. Gurminder and Kirandeep Toor were found guilty by a jury last month of drug smuggling, but the matter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Farmers’ Market starts up for a new season
By Dale Woodard on May 11th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge & District Exhibition annual Farmers’ Market is revving for another year. As the first market of the season filed into the Lethbridge Exhibition Park South Pavilion on the weekend, Lethbridge & District Exhibition Chief Executive Officer Mike Warkentin is ready to put the pedal down for another summer of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carjacking trial begins with victim testimony
By Delon Shurtz on May 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Wesley McNeil contemplated jumping out of his car as it was being highjacked more than a year ago, but he was too scared to with a masked man sitting behind with a machete. “He pulled my head back and put the knife to my neck,” McNeil said Monday, on day one of the criminal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warkentin steps into new role with Exhibition
By Dale Woodard on May 11th, 2021
Mike Warkentin is ready to jump into his new role in his hometown. Last week, the Lethbridge & District Exhibition appointed Warkentin as Chief Executive Officer, just in time for the first Lethbridge & District Exhibition annual Farmers’ Market of the year at the Exhibition Park South Pavilion on the weekend. Warkentin, 37, joined Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economic Standing Policy Committee begins deliberations on CIP cycle
By Tim Kalinowski on May 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council held its first day of deliberations Monday as committee members seek to set the City’s capital priorities for the 2022-2031 CIP cycle over the next five days. During the morning session, committee members considered several final submissions before entering into discussion and debate on specific ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Violent shoplifter earns jail sentence
By Delon Shurtz on May 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Stealing items from Lethbridge businesses, then reacting violently when caught, has earned a 25-year-old man a jail sentence. Charles Panther Bone was sentenced to four months in jail after he pleaded guilty Friday in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of shoplifting, mischief, possession of stolen property and breaching probation. Court was told Panther ... Read More »
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