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WCHS under watch status; other outbreaks and cases at area schools
By Herald on November 2nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge School Division has received notice that Winston Churchill High School has been placed on Watch status. Alberta Health declares Watch status when a school has five or more cases where COVID-19 could have been acquired or transmitted in the school. As of Sunday, AHS has notified the school division that there are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Many Fingers truck found, along with human remains
By Herald on October 31st, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The truck of missing person Jason Many Fingers has been located, along with human remains. At 4:30 p.m. Friday, Blood Tribe Police Service were notified by a member of the public that the truck last known to be operated by Many Fingers was located near Spring Glen Park, near Spring Glen. Police attended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City tops national crime index
By Lethbridge Herald on October 30th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge once again ranked first in the annual Crime Severity Index (CSI) for Canada in 2019. Although the city did not have the highest score for violent crime in the country, and is ranked as the 26th-worst urban jurisdiction for crime in Canada, (down from 15th in 2018), Lethbridge did ... Read More »
6 responsesALERT seizes firearms, stolen property following arrest of Coaldale man
By Herald on October 30th, 2020
ALERT release: Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams has seized several firearms and an array of stolen property following the arrest of a Coaldale man. ALERT’s Southeast Alberta Property Crime Unit seized six firearms in total, including two sawed-off shotguns, two rifles, and two homemade zip guns. Investigators also seized numerous firearms parts and ammunition from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Blood Tribe school case of COVID-19 at Tatsikiisaapo’p Middle School; new case at Chinook
By Herald on October 30th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Kainai Board of Education has received confirmation of one case of COVID-19 at Tatsikiisaapo’p Middle School from the Blood Tribe Emergency Management Team, in what the Blood Tribe is reporting as their first school case. Blood Tribe officials from KBE, Blood Tribe Department of Health, Indigenous Services Canada – First Nations and Inuit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget battle awaits new chief
By Lethbridge Herald on October 29th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Police Service Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh is settling into his new role and is preparing for crucial budget discussions with city council in November. City council has asked the force to look at potentially a five- to 10-per-cent budget cut to its core funding this year, and will ... Read More »
8 responsesOutbreaks declared at Catholic Central and Gilbert Paterson
By Herald on October 29th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division has been informed of two additional active cases of COVID-19, one at St. Catherine’s School in Picture Butte and the other at Catholic Central High School, which is now considered an outbreak, since there are two or more confirmed cases. The school division says that for both schools all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coaldale council rejects mandatory masking bylaw
By Herald on October 29th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Coaldale town council re-considered and once again declined to pass a mandatory masking bylaw in that community during Monday’s council meeting. While acknowledging the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in the community, councillors said they were relying on two informal polls done on Facebook and the Chamber of Commerce which suggest a majority ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legion poppy campaign begins Friday
By Lethbridge Herald on October 28th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Royal Canadian Legion General Stewart Branch will launch its annual poppy campaign starting Friday and continuing through to Remembrance Day, Nov. 11. “This annual campaign will engage the community in Lethbridge and the surrounding area covering Coaldale, Raymond, Stirling and Magrath with an opportunity to obtain poppies and businesses to purchase wreaths ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Group opposed to LOPS makes its voice heard
By Lethbridge Herald on October 27th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald A group of concerned citizens are saying enough is enough to the Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society. On Monday night on the southwest corner of Galt Gardens, a group of sign-waving people gathered to protest the LOPS and their supervised consumption site tent. On this particular night, the LOPS didn’t set up, ... Read More »
6 responsesAlberta health-care workers walk off job to protest cuts during pandemic
By Lethbridge Herald on October 26th, 2020
Colette Derworiz THE CANADIAN PRESS — EDMONTON Hospital and other health-care workers across Alberta, including Lethbridge, walked off the job Monday to protest recent cuts by the United Conservative government during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, said in a news release that members are trying to defend ... Read More »
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