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LPS to use funds for training to offset $1-million budget cut
By Tim Kalinowski on February 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service will draw on funds set aside for training, to fill vacancies and for body cams to absorb a $1 million budget cut in 2021 and 2022, says Lethbridge Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh, and will continue to provide the services citizens have come to expect to fight crime in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biogas has role in the future
By Dale Woodard on February 26th, 2021
Biogas production and growing Alberta’s agriculture in the coming years was front and centre as the Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs met Thursday. Taking the virtual podium for the morning session was Chris Perry, the co-founder and president of CKP Farms Ltd. and Grow the Energy Circle Ltd. (GrowTEC), explaining the lengthy regulatory process ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Possessing stolen vehicles costs man 75 days in jail
By Delon Shurtz on February 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDDShurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Carter Dylan Rains didn’t steal the 2019 F150 truck and 2017 Jaguar that were parked at his house in 2019, but he knew they had been stolen, a judge was told Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court. Rains, who appeared in court by closed-circuit TV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, pleaded guilty to two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!School board trustees approve boundary changes
By Lethbridge Herald on February 25th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com With a few minor tweaks based on the feedback received from parents, the Lethbridge School Division Board of Trustees approved most of the boundary changes previously proposed during Tuesday’s meeting. Board chair Christine Light said she and her fellow trustees realize these changes would be hard for some parents, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multiple lawyers have been involved in property, weapons case
By Lethbridge Herald on February 25th, 2021
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Fort Vermillion man who was expected to resolve dozens of criminal charges, but then fired his second lawyer late last year, is still hoping to resolve his matters without having to stand trial. During a brief hearing Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court, lawyer number three, Ingrid Hess, said she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taber mayor weighs in on town prospects for 2021
By Lethbridge Herald on February 25th, 2021
Cole Parkinson Southern Alberta Newspapers It would be hard to find anyone who did find a new set of challenges throughout the year 2020, and Mayor Andrew Prokop counts himself among those people. With the vast majority of the year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Prokop reflected on the strange year that provided plenty of ... Read More »
2 responsesFacemask bylaw extended
By Tim Kalinowski on February 25th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council voted to reject a motion from its Community Safety Standing Policy Committee which would have allowed the City’s current Temporary Face-covering Bylaw to expire on Tuesday as previously planned, and instead voted to extend the bylaw until at least April 30. As chair of SPC, Coun. Ryan Parker brought the committee ... Read More »
3 responsesFighting with officers lands man jail sentence
By Lethbridge Herald on February 25th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Trying to take on three police officers at the same time didn’t turn out well for a 43-year-old Lethbridge man. Daniel Edward Collier was a passenger in a motor vehicle that was stopped by police last month, after police noticed the vehicle had a burned out taillight and licence plate light. The officer ... Read More »
1 responseCity student part of Daughters of the Vote
By Dale Woodard on February 25th, 2021
Holly Kletke’s passions and her presence both in school and in the community have earned her a trip to Ottawa. Virtually, at least. The Lethbridge resident and student at the University of Lethbridge where she’s in her third year of education and music was recently selected to take part in the third iteration of Daughters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Online vaccination appointments cause frustration
By Lethbridge Herald on February 24th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Some technical snafus in trying to book an online vaccination through the Alberta Health Services website has drawn frustration from one local man. Gerry Kohn, 77, said he was on the phone beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning and as of that afternoon was still unable to book an appointment and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to seek control of EMS dispatch
By Lethbridge Herald on February 24th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council has voted to pass a resolution to explore the possibility of once again assuming local EMS dispatch control from AHS in support of the RM of Wood Buffalo, and to have the City’s legal advisers sit in on the province’s injunction case against Wood Buffalo on Mar. 9-11. ... Read More »
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