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Claresholm defeats proposed face coverings bylaw
By Herald on November 2nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The Town of Claresholm has defeated a proposed face coverings bylaw during a special meeting of town council Monday evening. The Town asks residents to continue to be diligent and follow all public health protocols. As of the most recent provincial update on Friday, the region of Central Willow Creek MD – Claresholm ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missing Raymond boy found safe
By Lethbridge Herald on November 2nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A 10-year-old Raymond boy who had been reported missing earlier in the day was located safe and sound late Monday afternoon. A missing persons notice for Myles Gilbert was sent out by Town of Raymond Monday afternoon after he failed to attend class at Raymond Elementary School despite his family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Outbreak identified in Lethbridge College powerline technician program
By Herald on November 2nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge College is reporting a COVID-19 that an outbreak has been declared within the college’s powerline technician program. As of Sunday, a total of seven cases have been identified within the cohort. The college indicated that there is minimal risk to the campus community as a whole as the cohort has recently been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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