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Returning snowbirds avoiding stores in border towns: grocer
By Beeber, Al on March 26th, 2020
Business as usual for stores in Milk River and Warner Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Rumours of snowbirds stocking up on groceries in Milk River and Warner after crossing into Canada at Coutts aren’t true, say operators of markets in those communities. Jason Lynn of Riverside Market in Milk River said he’d had a phone ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Campus Care Parcel campaign brings much-needed food to students
By Jensen, Randy on March 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com With support of the campus chaplaincy, local churches, Save-on-Foods and the university community, the University of Lethbridge’s annual Spring Campus Care Parcel campaign brought much-needed food aid to students on Wednesday who are lacking food security during these challenging times. This was the campus chaplaincy’s 17th year delivering the care ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Construction group wants industry deemed an essential service
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Although the construction sites haven’t yet been officially deemed “essential worksites” in Alberta during the COVID-19 crisis as they recently have been designated by the Ontario and Quebec governments, Bridget Mearns, executive officer for the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) for the Lethbridge region says this province should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exhibition Park facing temporary layoff of 80 percent of full-time workforce
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2020
Lethbridge and District Exhibition news release: Lethbridge, AB – As a result of the unprecedented circumstances related to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, Lethbridge and District Exhibition has enacted the temporary layoff of 80 percent of its full-time workforce effective March 31st, 2020. Along with all public gathering facilities, Exhibition Park has faced an abrupt halt ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Letters of Love from Lakeview
By Jensen, Randy on March 25th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com What started out as a quiet gesture from a young student has grown into a school initiative to thank the frontline workers during their commitment to provide services in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. When Lakeview Elementary School teacher Jen Latham was going through the remainders of her class’s ... Read More »
1 responseSakamoto ready to weather storm
By Beeber, Al on March 25th, 2020
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Ron Sakamoto followed the advice of his father and father-in-law, and because of their wisdom, he is prepared to weather the storm that is COVID-19. With the worldwide concert industry at a standstill because of the pandemic, Sakamoto and his company Gold and Gold Productions are stable because he is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City woman facing charges in liquor store robbery
By Jensen, Randy on March 25th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Lethbridge Police have charged a 28-year-old Lethbridge woman in connection with a robbery. On Sunday at approximately 8:15 p.m. a female with her face masked entered Friday’s Liquor along the 200 block of 13 Street North. She proceeded to take multiple bottles of liquor, then leave the store. When she was confronted by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man facing drug charges released on $2,000 bail
By Shurtz, Delon on March 25th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old man charged in relation to a drug bust in Lethbridge last year was granted bail during a hearing Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court. Corey Nelson Amyotte was released on $2,000 no-cash bail with several conditions, including he report weekly to the Lethbridge Police Service, reside at a specific ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stolen vehicle, evasion suspect to have bail hearing
By Shurtz, Delon on March 25th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A man driving a stolen vehicle took the term “drive through” a little too literally last week. Police were on the lookout for a stolen Ford Explorer when they noticed it Friday in the Dairy Queen drive-through on Mayor Magrath Drive South. As officers tried to trap the vehicle to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 resulting in court adjournments
By Shurtz, Delon on March 25th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Trials, preliminary hearings and other court matters are being adjourned almost en masse as the Ministry of Alberta Justice and Solicitor Justice reacts to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. While pressing matters, such as bail hearings, may only get adjourned briefly, many other cases are being adjourned for 10 weeks or ... Read More »
2 responsesLoblaw stores’ food drive to assist local food banks
By Sulz, Dave on March 25th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Loblaw stores across the country are pitching in to assist food banks as communities grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting Thursday, Loblaw stores, Real Canadian Superstore, Troy’s No Frills, Ken’s No Frills and Real Canadian Wholesale Club will conduct the Loblaw Companies National Food Drive which runs to April 12. Food banks provide ... Read More »
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