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City operating budget review begins Monday
By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2020
Lethbridge City Council will convene as Finance Committee beginning Monday to start on the City of Lethbridge 2021-22 Operating Budget Review. City council this week voted unanimously to set a target for a zero per cent property tax rate increase and a zero per cent utility rate increase for 2021. Council also voted unanimously to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Herald has been strong voice for local support organizations
By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2020
For 125 years the Lethbridge Herald has been in the community supporting the local organizations and causes which matter. It has been a strong voice for the disenfranchised. It has refused to stand idly by while local citizens suffer and fall through the cracks, and has often been a voice calling out on the forefront ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SAAG launching its Art Frenzy gala online tonight
By Lethbridge Herald on November 20th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The Southern Alberta Art Gallery Art Frenzy is going online. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 28th version of SAAG’s gala will be launched as a virtual event with bidding taking place nationwide. With 44 local and international artists featured this year, the online version launches tonight from 7 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Santa Claus Parade cancelled
By Herald on November 20th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD — FORT MACLEOD The 39th annual Fort Macleod Santa Claus Parade has been cancelled for this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “After all the cancelled events and activities we have endured this year, I had high hopes that we were going to be able to pull this off and provide some normalcy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Early morning fire damages home in Parkbridge Estates
By Herald on November 20th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to a fire at a Parkbridge Estates home along the 3200 Block of 29 Street South early Friday morning. A call came in to 911 about 5:30 a.m. and fire crews from three stations responded with 20 firefighters, while a fourth station was later dispatched with four ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charges against Blood Tribe Police officer withdrawn
By Delon Shurtz on November 20th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Blood Tribe Police officer set to stand trial for sexual assault has been placed on a peace bond and the charges have been withdrawn. Const. Bradley Chief Body was set to begin a two-day trial Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court on two counts of sexual assault. However, the Crown explained the complainant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Murder suspect back in court in December
By Delon Shurtz on November 20th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 30-year-old man arrested in March after being sought on a Canada-wide warrant in connection with the city’s first murder of 2020 will be back in court next month. Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe of TorontoÊwas in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday but his matter was adjourned to Dec. 17.ÊThe accused was arrested March 6 following ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council grants one-year grace period for condo recycling
By Tim Kalinowski on November 20th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council will allow a one-year grace period to local condominiums over 45 units before implementing mandatory recycling as long as they can meet the same recycling standards as the City’s blue bin program through alternate private recycling options. “It requires multi-family properties to come back and meet all the requirements,” explained City ... Read More »
1 responseYWCA working at expanding shelter space
By Tim Kalinowski on November 20th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge YWCA is hoping to secure a new, larger space for its women’s shelter by December. While final negotiations on the real estate purchase have not yet been concluded, YWCA CEO Shannon Hansen says if all goes according to plan they will be able to more than double their current capacity to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman pleads guilty to fraud
By Delon Shurtz on November 20th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A woman accused of defrauding her employer of more than $47,000 in cash and property has pleaded guilty to single charge of fraud over $5,000 and will return in the new year to be sentenced. Melanie Dawn Vaillancourt, a former employee of King of Trade in downtown Lethbridge, was charged with fraud over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge Herald important to the community
By Lethbridge Herald on November 20th, 2020
Even while facing unprecedented economic challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and recent economic downturn, the Lethbridge Herald has never been more important to the community. Over the 125-year history of the paper, we have walked in lockstep with the community charting its triumphs, tragedies and daily events. We have always been there for our ... Read More »
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