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2020 an unprecedented year for Picture Butte: Mayor
By Nikki Jamieson on January 27th, 2021
Picture Butte Mayor Cathy Moore says COVID-19 has posed a challenge we’ve never seen before. Posing the biggest challenge the Town of Picture Butte had faced in 2020, the pandemic made for an “unprecedented” year and the town had to keep up with changing restrictions, keeping their staff safe, creating contingency plans to continue to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crop insurance rates being cut
By Greg Bobinec on January 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDgbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Government of Alberta and the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) announced Monday that farmers in Alberta will receive a 20 per cent reduction to crop insurance premiums this year. Devin Dreeshen, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry says the move by the Government of Alberta will help put money back into Alberta farmers, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health coaltions call for federal action
By Dale Woodard on January 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdwoodard@lethbridgeherald.com Seven health coalitions, representing concerned Canadians from PEI to British Columbia, called for stronger federal action to defend public health care ahead of Monday’s opening of Parliament. “We gather quite often to discuss not only the implications of some kinds of a lack of federal leadership when it comes to our public health ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council changes print media bylaw
By Lethbridge Herald on January 26th, 2021
Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council voted to change its print media bylaw to reduce the size of ads which will appear in the Lethbridge Herald, and provide less information to Herald readers, many of them seniors with no digital access, on important public notices and developments in the city. Despite two public hearings held on ... Read More »
2 responsesAlmanac predicts cold finish to winter
By Herald on January 26th, 2021
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Old Farmer’s Almanac, North America’s most popular reference guide and oldest published periodical, predicts a colder finish to winter, as spring and summer bring more heat with less precipitation. An almanac records and predicts astronomical events such as the rising and setting of the sun, tides, weather and other ... Read More »
1 responseCoaldale man charged with forcible confinement
By Herald on January 26th, 2021
A man has been charged with forcible confinement after Taber police say they received a 911 call on Saturday from a woman who claimed she had been held against her will. Police say an investigation revealed that the woman met up with a man, who was known to her, and she entered his vehicle. Police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parent groups have issues with boundary changes
By Tim Kalinowski on January 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Some parent groups are saying proposed boundary changes in the Lethbridge School Division are rushed, lack good planning, and will have substantially cut parents out of the consultation process if passed by the school board on Feb.23. “I think it’s because they knew it would be an unpopular decision,” says Nichole Eva, who ... Read More »
1 responseBlood Tribe police lay trafficking charges
By Trevor Busch on January 26th, 2021
The Blood Tribe Police Service have laid charges against a 54-year-old Standoff man after seizing crack cocaine during a traffic stop. On January 20, police conducted a traffic stop in Standoff which resulted in the arrest of the driver who was found to be in possession of 27 grams of crack cocaine. Terrance Red Crow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fundraiser started to bring home late Blood Tribe member
By Greg Bobinec on January 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDgbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The family of a Blood Tribe member who passed away from COVID-19 is trying to raise funds to help bring him home to lay to rest on the traditional land he was raised upon. Waylon Blood was born and raised in southern Alberta, was living in Tucson, Arizona, where he had been working ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council voting on print media bylaw change today
By Tim Kalinowski on January 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council will vote on bylaw change during today’s meeting which could have severe repercussions for the viability of the Lethbridge Herald newspaper going into an uncertain year in 2021, and which could leave local seniors, in particular, disenfranchised from full, transparent public engagement with city council and the City of Lethbridge. Under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Meadowlark Boulevard closed for sewer repair
By Trevor Busch on January 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtbusch@lethbridgeherald.com In effect since Monday, Meadowlark Boulevard North will be closed at Meadowlark Place North so crews can complete a sewer service repair. The work is expected to be completed by end of day Thursday, weather permitting. As the road closure may impact a Lethbridge Transit route, citizens are asked to call 311 during ... Read More »
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