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City fire crews get refresher course in low-slope rescues
By Lethbridge Herald on July 29th, 2021
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Emergencies can happen in any type of terrain and on Thursday city fire and EMS teams trained for low-slope rescues in scorching heat at the Sugar Bowl. The Sugar Bowl in south Lethbridge just off Scenic Drive, popular with tobogganers in winter, provided a good training venue for new recruits ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge No. 1 on crime severity index again
By Dale Woodard on July 29th, 2021
For the second straight year, Lethbridge has topped Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index. The Statistics Canada report released Tuesday showed Lethbridge has a CSI index of 138.65, down roughly three per cent from 142.77 in 2019. Lethbridge also posted a violent crime severity index of 109.32 and a non-violent crime index of 148.87. The CSI ... Read More »
18 responsesToews, Phillips take different views on economic recovery
By Tim Kalinowski on July 29th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Two very different interpretations of Alberta’s prospects for post-pandemic economic recovery were on display in Lethbridge yesterday with Finance Minister Travis Toews telling attendees at the Lethbridge and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon he believed Alberta was turning the corner while a stone’s throw away at the Galt Museum, Official Opposition Finance Critic ... Read More »
3 responsesKenney addresses local Chamber
By Lethbridge Herald on July 28th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Premier Jason Kenney spoke to members of the Lethbridge business community and other representatives of the community at a luncheon hosted by the Lethbridge and District Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. In a 30-minute speech at the Sandman Signature Hotel to assembled guests an upbeat Kenney spoke about his excitement ... Read More »
1 responseThe Price is right for the return of outdoor Saturday night music
By Al Beeber on July 28th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com COVID silenced the music but with pandemic restrictions eased, Tom Price and his band are back hitting all the right notes. Price was a founding member of popular Lethbridge musical act Tom & Curt which made many fans here and elsewhere starting in the 1970s. Originally a duo with singer/guitarist Price and bassist/vocalist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shoes for Kids off and running
By Dale Woodard on July 28th, 2021
Since being announced earlier this month, Connecting Our Community Lethbridge’s Shoes for Kids YQL is off and running. Now, further initiatives are afoot as Shoes for Kids YQL joins forces with MyCityCare and the Ready Set Go. The collaboration ensures more children in Lethbridge and surrounding Indigenous communities will be recipients of brand-new shoes and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unleashed dog injures goats at Indian Battle Park
By Tim Kalinowski on July 28th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Creekside Goat Company owner Robert Finck is asking Lethbridge residents to be more aware he has goats working in certain areas of the city, and to keep their dogs under control and on leash in city parks, after a large husky attacked two of his goats in Indian Battle Park on Tuesday, causing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province investing in facility to produce renewable fuel
By Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction fund is supporting a new facility in southern Alberta that will create jobs and cut emissions by transforming agricultural waste. Alberta’s government is using $4.7 million from the TIER fund through Emissions Reduction Alberta to create a $28.6-million facility at Canary Biofuels Plant in Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseEmpowerment celebration acknowledges leaders among Blackfoot women
By Tim Kalinowski on July 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A Blackfoot women’s empowerment celebration held at the Coast Hotel on Monday highlighted three years of consultation with Blackfoot women in Lethbridge, Calgary, Piikani, Siksika and Kainai to identify common problems and needs, and to strategize on solutions to help address those problems. The work was done by the Indigenous Women’s Council of ... Read More »
1 responseRemains of missing man found in Crowsnest Pass
By Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2021
After going missing over a month ago, the remains of Lane Tailfeathers were located last week and now his death is being deemed suspicious. On Tuesday, Crowsnest Pass RCMP received a report from Alberta Fish and Wildlife of possible human remains that were located in a rural area. Crowsnest Pass RCMP members attended and located ... Read More »
1 responseMaxime Bernier tours southern Alberta
By Lethbridge Herald on July 26th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, took a tour of southern Alberta Sunday afternoon to spread the word about his party. That included a stop in Lethbridge at Henderson Lake where a few dozen supporters gathered to hear Bernier speak on the party’s platform. And should there be ... Read More »
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