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Clean Sweep program expanding
By Dale Woodard on April 22nd, 2021
Sweeping changes – the good kind – are coming to an initiative provided by The City of Lethbridge and Downtown Lethbridge Business Revitalization Zone. In a move that will double its workforce, the City and the BRZ have announced the expansion of the Clean Sweep Program with the addition of two new full-time foremen, increasing ... Read More »
1 responseKidney Foundation helping southern Albertans
By Stan Ashbee on April 22nd, 2021
This past year, the Kidney Foundation’s southern Alberta branch stepped up to help southern Albertan’s living with kidney disease. With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing throughout 2020 and now into 2021, the kidney and transplant community have been faced with uncertainty and fear. Many immunosuppressed or compromised patients were afraid to leave their homes. As clinics ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Critics questioning Nixon’s intentions on water and coal
By Tim Kalinowski on April 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Critics are calling out Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon for not being open and honest with Albertans when it comes to his government’s intentions on the issue of water allocations from the Oldman River for the purposes of coal mining. In a recent Op-Ed published in the Lethbridge Herald Nixon claims ... Read More »
1 responseCapstone Claresholm Solar Project highest capacity in Canada
By Herald on April 21st, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The MD of Willow Creek will hold the distinction of having the highest capacity of renewable energy generation per capita for any municipality in Canada as its new giant Capstone Claresholm Solar Project comes online this spring and its Transalta Winrise Project commences generating operations in the latter half of ... Read More »
1 responseHammer threat leads to conditional sentence
By Delon Shurtz on April 21st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A woman who caused a commotion at a fast-food restaurant and threatened an employee with a hammer, has been ordered to spend time in custody, but in her home, not jail. Gloria Brave Rock was handed a six-month conditional sentence Friday after she pleaded guilty to charges of carrying a concealed weapon, possession ... Read More »
20 responsesLiberals ‘pre-election’ budget draws mixed reviews
By Tim Kalinowski on April 21st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The federal Liberal budget released on Monday is drawing widespread criticism for dramatically increasing spending in a time of record deficits in some quarters and praise in other quarters for advancing a progressive agenda on the environment and a national childcare program. Whether you feel one way or the other, says Lethbridge College ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former city man lacing up his shoes to help the Lung Association
By Dale Woodard on April 21st, 2021
Chris Sadleir continues to breathe life into a special initiative. And the former Lethbridge resident who now calls Edmonton home is ready to literally walk the walk once again for a purpose that hits close to home for him. For the second straight year, Sadleir is lacing up his shoes for the long haul in ... Read More »
1 responseCoffee throwing robber receives jail sentence
By Delon Shurtz on April 21st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 23-year-old woman who, while fleeing with a stolen computer, threw a cup of hot coffee into an elderly woman’s face, has received a jail sentence. Cheyenne Sommerley Tilley, who pleaded guilty in February to a charge of robbery and four counts of breaching a conditional sentence order, received a five-month jail sentence ... Read More »
1 responseCommunity Foundation to offer safe space grants
By Tim Kalinowski on April 21st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwest Alberta will be offering Emerald Anniversary safe space grants which will help communities and organizations prepare to gather safely once more in the near future. “It’s about coming through COVID-19 and into a healthier or safe community,” says Community Foundation executive director Charleen Davidson, “but we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City hopes parklet and patio grants will help local eateries
By Herald on April 20th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski -Lethbridge Herald – tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com With renewed public health requirements restricting local eateries and pubs to takeout or outdoor patio dining only, Lethbridge city council has stepped up to try to help as many local businesses as possible to continue to serve customers safely this spring and summer. Lethbridge city council voted unanimously on Tuesday ... Read More »
1 responseCity looking for Indigenous artists to help with commemoration project
By Tim Kalinowski on April 20th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge is looking for expressions of interest from Indigenous artists to help complete a commemoration project for residential school survivors as well as missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited peoples. “The purpose is to hire Indigenous artists to work with the community and basically document ... Read More »
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