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Watershed coal mining focus of SACPA talk
By Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The long-term impacts on coal mining in the Oldman River Watershed was the topic as the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs met Thursday morning. Onhand as this week’s guest speaker was Shannon Frank, executive director of the Oldman Watershed Council, who delved into what’s is currently happening in the Oldman Watershed with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Motion made to not extend mask bylaw
By Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Community Safety Standing Policy Committee voted Thursday to recommend to city council that the City’s own Temporary Mandatory Face Covering Bylaw not be extended after the next full sitting of city council on Feb. 23. The committee, made up of Councillors Blaine Hyggen, Ryan Parker, Joe Mauro and Mark Campbell, first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Murder charge laid
By Lethbridge Herald on February 11th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service has charged a 35-year-old man with second degree murder after police discovered the body of a 65-year-old, identified as Glenn Lofthouse, dead in his apartment on Monday. Jade Trotter of Lethbridge, who is “very well known” to police, was arrested and charged on Tuesday after police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police charge man in Lethbridge’s first homicide of the year
By Lethbridge Herald on February 11th, 2021
Lethbridge Police have charged a man in connection with a homicide on the city’s southside on Monday. Police responded to a residence in the 1200-block of 4 Avenue South about 1:18 a.m. on Feb. 8, 2021 after a report of someone screaming for help. They discovered the body of a deceased 65-year-old male inside the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Policing issues discussed at AUMA virtual summit
By Nikki Jameson on February 11th, 2021
Policing in the province was the featured subject at an AUMA summit this month. The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association President’s Summit on Policing saw municipal leaders across the province join one another for a discussion on policing services, changes and advocacy. In the session on Feb. 4 open to media, AUMA hosted a zoom session ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winter clothing needed for city’s vulnerable
By Tim Kalinowski on February 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comL Streets Alive Mission says it needs more winter clothing to help the city’s most vulnerable get through this recent cold snap and onward through the end of winter. “We need layerable winter clothing,” says Streets Alive director of operations Cameron Kissick. “Long Johns, warm shirts, sweaters, hoodies, water resistant winter jackets, gloves are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University launching Play Week for families
By Dale Woodard on February 11th, 2021
With Family Day fast approaching, the University of Lethbridge is celebrating a decade anniversary. The U of L and North & Company LLP are teaming up for the 10th annual University of Lethbridge Play Day. With the COVID-19 pandemic still keeping people separated, Play Day has been expanded to a week. Instead of southern Albertans ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor supports Wood Buffalo takeover of EMS dispatch
By Tim Kalinowski on February 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A stunning resolution was passed unanimously on Tuesday evening by the Mayor and councillors of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo to no longer transfer 911 calls to the provincial AHS-run central dispatch centre, and thus take over local EMS Dispatch again without the consent of the province. Mayor Chris Spearman said he ... Read More »
1 responseMustard Seed shelter application moving to next stage
By Tim Kalinowski on February 11th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council formally put the Mustard Seed’s application to create a permanent supportive housing facility at the Ramada Inn to bed, and moved the organization’s application to open a new sober emergency shelter at 110 13th Street South forward to the next stage. In a bit of final housekeeping, city council formally cancelled ... Read More »
2 responsesOpioid deaths down here since August
By Lethbridge Herald on February 10th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The number of opioid deaths per month in the municipality of Lethbridge has decreased since August with zero deaths in November, but the Government of Alberta is stressing with the cold winter weather and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic those numbers can rise again. According to the Alberta Substance Use Surveillance System ... Read More »
2 responsesStolen property nets 90-day sentence for city man
By Delon Shurtz on February 10th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com 26-year-old Lethbridge man charged with four others in relation to a serious assault on the westside in September, has received a jail sentence on unrelated matters. Jessie Dean Davidson was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to 90 days in jail – minus some credit for pre-trial custody – after pleading guilty to ... Read More »
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