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LUB amendment would ban manure spreading in Picture Butte
By Nikki Jamieson on March 25th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDssnews@sunnysouthnews.com Picture Butte town council is considering whether to ban livestock grazing and manure spreading in the Urban Reserve land district. During their regular March 8 meeting, Picture Butte town council reviewed a posted land-use bylaw amendment regarding Urban Reserve land. Bylaw No. 911-21 would amend the town’s LUB to remove some uses from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Widening of Barnwell-area road moving forward
By Cole Parkinson on March 25th, 2021
After the Municipal District of Taber assessed Range Road 17-4 needed a redesign due to large amounts of traffic, they are proceeding with the project. The road, which heads north of Barnwell, has exceeded the current design of the road – as the large-scale farming traffic on the road is causing shoulder damage. The project ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge police recover stolen handgun
By Lethbridge Police on March 25th, 2021
Lethbridge Police have charged a father and son with numerous weapons and other charges in connection with an investigation into stolen firearms. Police were investigating the theft of firearms from a gun safe at a residence in West Lethbridge. As a result of the investigation members of the Lethbridge Police Service Priority Crimes Unit, with ... Read More »
1 responseJustice minister sets deadline for Lethbridge Police Service action plan
By Herald on March 24th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The CBC is reporting that Justice Minister Kaycee Madu has given the Lethbridge Police Service three weeks to produce a plan of how it intends to deal with its ongoing issues, or he will step in to dissolve the police force under the province’s extraordinary powers. According to the CBC, ... Read More »
5 responsesCouncil debates Mustard Seed shelter proposal
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council defeated the rezoning motion by a vote of 7-2 late Tuesday night at a public hearing on the proposed Mustard Seed Sober Shelter site at 110 13th Street South, as proceedings stretched far into the evening with 30 presenters speaking for and against the proposed rezoning which would ... Read More »
7 responsesCity Hall going red to honour World TB Day
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2021
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge City Hall will be lit up red tonight at sundown to mark World Tuberculosis Day. Lethbridge will be taking part in a worldwide effort to raise awareness of the ongoing seriousness of TB, a potentially deadly infectious bacterial disease which globally continues to kill approximately 4,000 people per day. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Schow talks prospects for ag
By Nikki Jamieson on March 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDssnews@sunnysouthnews.com The provincial government has been investing heavily in the agriculture industry over the past year with funding and infrastructure announcements. “It’s about long-term sustainability, making sure that agriculture is being supported in this province, and I fully believe that it is,” said Joseph Schow, MLA for Cardston-Siksika. When the pandemic started a year ... Read More »
3 responsesAHS has no new plans to deal with city COVID numbers
By Gillian Slade on March 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDGSlade@abnewsgroup.com As the number of active COVID cases in Lethbridge continues to increase Alberta Health Services (AHS) is not unrolling any new plans to address this. March 2 there were 218 active cases. By March 9 there were 306 active cases, by March 15 there were 456 and on March 21, 524 active cases. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe Police investigating shooting
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2021
The Blood Tribe Police Service are investigating a shooting that occurred in the community of Standoff on Monday. According to a statement released by the BTPS on Tuesday, police officers were called to a residence at about 3 p.m. in Standoff. When they arrived, they discovered a man with significant injuries to his leg. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City votes to adopt new recreation, culture master plan
By Tim Kalinowski on March 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge City Council voted on Tuesday to unanimously adopt the new Recreation and Culture Master Plan. The Master Plan outlines new strategies and policies to help guide city council and the City of Lethbridge forward in various aspects of Recreation and Culture’s project planning and service delivery. Input into the plan included recommendations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New school nearing completion
By Dale Woodard on March 24th, 2021
A state-of-the-art elementary school is set to open its doors in September. Dr. Robert Plaxton Elementary School, located on Lethbridge’s south side is nearing completion and on Tuesday afternoon architects and teachers alike provided a tour of the modern facility which will house students aged Kindergarten to Grade 5. “It’s such an exciting opportunity to ... Read More »
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