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City awards grants to eight non-profit groups
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD City council awarded grants to financially assist capital enhancement projects for eight local non-profit groups and their community-use facilities on Monday. The recipients of the annual Community Capital Project Grant (CCPG) this year include local organizations involved in seniors, youth, recreation and cultural activities. The approved CCPG total this year is $377,958.81, funded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council to discuss possible rescinding of funding for trail
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council discussed rescinding its funding for $1.8 million in upgrades to the Six Mile Coulee trail for about an hour and half during Monday’s council meeting, and in the end tabled the motion for even more debate and discussion until the next city council meeting on June 15. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Albertans can be tested for COVID-19: AHS
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Alberta Health Services has announced all Albertans are now eligible for COVID-19 testing, whether experiencing symptoms, or not. Offered by appointment and free-of-charge at 12 AHS assessment centre locations around the South Zone, testing is easily booked online by visiting http://www.ahs.ca/covid. If internet is not available to you, you can instead call 811, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doucette pleads guilty to single fraud charge
By Shurtz, Delon on June 3rd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former employee for the County of Lethbridge has pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud by altering documents relating to money that was stolen from her employer between 2016 and 2019. Lethbridge lawyer Greg White offered the guilty plea Monday in Lethbridge provincial court on behalf of his client, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kidney walk goes ahead Sunday
By Yoos, Cam on June 3rd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Kidney Foundation will change its annual gathering to encourage a simultaneous “Walk the Block” in Western Canadian communities to celebrate The Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Walk on Sunday at 10 a.m. For the last nine years, people in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat have been lacing up for the Kidney walk ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man convicted of sex assault released to participate in residential treatment program
By Shurtz, Delon on June 3rd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 23-year-old man convicted in 2018 of sexually assaulting a woman and cutting her throat, has been released from custody to participate in a residential treatment program in Edmonton. The man, who can’t be named because he was only 17 when he committed the offences, has been approved to reside ... Read More »
1 responseCity offering more surveys to engage community
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com When the City of Lethbridge asked residents if, among the COVID-19 changes, they were ready to provide feedback on City programs and services again, the community survey response was overwhelming. Over 1,400 participants completed the “We’re all in this together” survey, and the majority of the respondents said they would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peaceful protest against racism planned
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Systemic racism not only exists in the United States, it is also present in Canada, says Lethbridge Protest Against Racial Discrimination co-organizer Jordan Ledyit. “In light of everything going on in the States, some people are going, ‘Canada does not have any racism here,'” says Ledyit, referring the social media ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Father trying to deal with death of son killed in pedestrian collision
By Jensen, Randy on June 3rd, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD As police continue to investigate a fatal pedestrian collision that happened on Monday in a southside alley, the father of the man who died made a visit to the scene of the collision trying to make sense of the loss. Arnold Healy, who said his son Austin (AJ) Across The Mountain was the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HALO Air Ambulance announces immediate extension of full medevac operations
By Lethbridge Herald on June 2nd, 2020
HALO Air Ambulance release:Medicine Hat – HALO Air Ambulance today confirms an immediate extension of full medevac operations. In light of Health Minister Shandro’s instruction to Alberta Health Services to restart, and fast-track, the Provincial Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Review and with an overwhelming outpouring of community support, HALO has raised significant funds to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 testing available for all Albertans
By Lethbridge Herald on June 2nd, 2020
Alberta Health Services – Public Service Announcement Lethbridge – All Albertans are now eligible for COVID-19 testing, whether experiencing symptoms, or not.Offered by appointment and free-of-charge at 12 AHS assessment centre locations around the South Zone, testing is easily booked online by visiting http://www.ahs.ca/covid. If internet is not available to you, you can instead call 811, ... Read More »
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