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2020 year in review: October
By Herald on December 31st, 2020
The Herald takes a look back at the Lethbridge stories that made headlines in 2020 in a month by month series running through this week to New Year’s Eve OCTOBER OPS appears at Police Commission Representatives of the Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society made a brief presentation to the Lethbridge Police Commission about what their purposes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2020 year in review: September
By Herald on December 31st, 2020
The Herald takes a look back at the Lethbridge stories that made headlines in 2020 in a month by month series running through this week to New Year’s Eve SEPTEMBER Schools welcome back students Schools across Lethbridge opened their doors to students on Tuesday for the first time since March, with most families eager to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Agriculture industry facing uncertainties
By Lethbridge Herald on December 31st, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com While agriculture enjoyed somewhat of a bounce-back year in 2020 after a disastrous 2019, there are still many uncertainties facing the industry heading into 2021, says Alberta Federation of Agriculture president Lynn Jacobson. COVID-19 remains a major issue of concern in agriculture, like in almost every other industry, says Jacobson, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2020 year in review: August
By Herald on December 30th, 2020
The Herald takes a look back at the Lethbridge stories that made headlines in 2020 in a month by month series running through this week to New Year’s Eve AUGUST Area water management receives over $40M in provincial grants The Alberta government announced over $40 million in grants on Tuesday for irrigation and water management ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2020 year in review: July
By Herald on December 30th, 2020
The Herald takes a look back at the Lethbridge stories that made headlines in 2020 in a month by month series running through this week to New Year’s Eve Province to twin portion of Hwy. 3 The Kenney government announced it would be spending $150 million over the next three years to twin Highway 3 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2020 year in review: June
By Herald on December 30th, 2020
The Herald takes a look back at the Lethbridge stories that made headlines in 2020 in a month by month series running through this week to New Year’s Eve JUNE Upgrades approved for Correctional Centre The province will be giving $3.3 million in maintenance grants to enhance security features at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged after pointing guns at police
By Herald on December 30th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald An incident where police say they were confronted by a man who pointed two guns at officers Wednesday has been resolved without injury. Lethbridge police officers say they were responding to a disturbance in a home on the city’s westside and were speaking with home occupants on scene to determine what assistance they could ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2020 year in review: May
By Herald on December 30th, 2020
The Herald looks back to the stories that made headlines in 2020 with a month by month series running through this week to’ New Year’s Eve: MAY City views gradual reopening with cautious optimism The City of Lethbridge is welcoming the province’s announcement that it intends to begin the process of relaunching Alberta’s economy this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New truck driver program still costly for Alberta farmers
By Tim Kalinowski on December 30th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Farmers are giving tentative approval to the provincial government’s new Mandatory Entry-Level Training (MELT) truck drivers’ program, but still wish the province had gone further to help defray the costs associated with the training. “It is way better than what we had,” says Lynn Jacobson, president of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture. “We ... Read More »
2 responsesBuddhist Temple won’t be ringing in the new year
By Lethbridge Herald on December 29th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com COVID-19 has caused the cancellation of another beloved annual tradition in Lethbridge. The Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta has cancelled its annual New Year’s Eve bell ringing ceremony at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden. “It is very unfortunate,” says Rev. Yasuo Izumi of the Buddhist Temple. “We started the ceremony in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2020 year in review: April
By Herald on December 29th, 2020
The Herald looks back to the stories that made headlines over the past year with a month by month series running this week to the New Year: APRIL Nobleford rallies around family of man who was killed while hunting Nobleford volunteer firefighter Jake Sansom, 39, shot to death on a rural road near Glendon last ... Read More »
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