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EDA Xperience summit and conference set for next week
By Nikki Jamieson SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com on May 14th, 2021
This year, you can enjoy an annual gathering for Economic Developers Alberta from the comfort of your own couch. For the first time, EDA will be combining their summit and conference and will be going virtual in a two-day event, the EDA Xperience 2021, Leaders’ Summit and Conference. “Every year, we actually have a conference ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economic Standing Policy Committee finishes day four of deliberations
By Tim Kalinowski on May 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council Capital Improvement Project deliberations for the 2022-2032 cycle continued on Day Four Thursday with several significant initiatives recommended for approval. A majority of SPC members chose to go electric by recommending the funding of the replacement of the current diesel City bus fleet with electric ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Horses are back on the track without fans in the stands
By Herald on May 13th, 2021
Update: Rocky Mountain Turf Club has announced they are now postponing this weekend’s opening of live horse racing. CEO Max Gibb says delay is due to last minute COVID-19 testing requirements for jockeys and crew received today from Alberta Health. Originally slated for Saturday and Sunday, this weekend’s live horse racing has been cancelled with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economic Standing Policy Committee finishes day three of deliberations
By Tim Kalinowski on May 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic Standing Policy Committee forged ahead with some heavy lifting on some proposed community capital projects during its third day of deliberations. Despite the early exit of Coun. Joe Mauro, remaining committee members recommended that funding be approved for Fire Station No. 3 relocation to 16 Avenue South by a unanimous vote ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mustard Seed says initiative has to come from community before any possible return to city
By Tim Kalinowski on May 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Nearly two months after having its sober shelter quashed by city council, the Mustard Seed says it has no immediate plans to return to Lethbridge unless conditions on the ground change. “Once burnt, twice shy,” says Mustard Seed CEO Stephen Wile. “To be really honest, we have stayed in contact with city hall, ... Read More »
1 responseMauro walks away from Economic Standing Policy Committee meetings
By Tim Kalinowski on May 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com On Day Three of Economic Standing Policy Committee Capital Improvement Program deliberations Coun. Joe Mauro decided to withdraw his participation from the meetings for the rest of the week. Mauro said 20 years of frustration with the process is behind his decision to refuse to perform this duty of an elected council member ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carjacking trial continues
By Delon Shurtz on May 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Fort Macleod RCMP officers didn’t have to wait long before the driver of a stolen vehicle sped toward them on Highway 2 south of town early in the morning of Oct. 21, 2019. But before Officer Liam Tidd could place a spike belt on the highway, the stolen 2005 Hyundai Tuscon flew past ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Virtual Kidney Walk supporting patient programs, research and organ donation initiatives
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on May 13th, 2021
Every spring for the past nine years, residents of Lethbridge and Medicine Hat have put on their walking shoes for a morning of family fun to support kidney patients in their community. When the pandemic changed the world in 2020, the switch to make Kidney Walk virtual was a tremendous success and surpassed the foundation’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peenaquim disc golf course will work as part of multi-use park, says City parks manager
By Al Beeber on May 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Users at Peenaquim Park in north Lethbridge should be able to co-habitate after the construction of a planned disc golf course, city parks manager Dave Ellis said Thursday. The 18-hole course is scheduled for construction at Peenaquim Park which is home to a city dog run, the Fish and Game Shooting Range, Softball ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge College launches new dual credit courses for area high school students
By Lethbridge Herald on May 13th, 2021
High school students can now get a head start on their post-secondary journey thanks to Lethbridge College’s new dual credit courses. Beginning in the fall, students from seven area school divisions can enrol in one of six college-level classes, earning credit at both their high school and at Lethbridge College while exploring the college’s innovative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police shut down drug house on city’s northside
By Herald on May 12th, 2021
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Relief — at least temporarily — has come to neighbours of an northside drug house. The Alberta Sheriff’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods unit obtained a court order and has shuttered the home along the 100-block of 19 St. N. for a period of 90 days. Mike Letourneau, manager of ... Read More »
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