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No provincial help coming for residential tax relief in city
By Jensen, Randy on April 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com If the City hopes to offer residents property tax relief during the COVID-19 crisis, it is pretty much on its own as the province will not be offering any additional funds to backstop municipal tax relief plans. Mayor Chris Spearman spoke with provincial officials on these matters on April 16, ... Read More »
1 responseSentencing adjourned for man guilty of sex assault
By Shurtz, Delon on April 22nd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The sentencing hearing for a 51-year-old Raymond man found guilty last year of sexually assaulting two underage girls when he was an adult three decades ago has been adjourned for several weeks. Like most cases being heard in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench during the COVID-19 pandemic, sentencing for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman killed in two-vehicle collision south of Standoff last week
By Shurtz, Delon on April 22nd, 2020
lethbridge herald A Blood Tribe woman is dead following a motor vehicle accident south of Standoff last week. At about 10 p.m. April 14 police were called to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 505 West. The lone female occupant of one of the vehicles died, while the driver and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U of L cuts hockey programs
By Jensen, Randy on April 22nd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com With the sudden announcement that the University of Lethbridge was cutting its Pronghorn Athletics men’s and women’s hockey programs due to the provincial education budget cuts, the community is rallying around the teams who are just starting to grasp the decision. Monday morning, the U of L released a public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!War on grasshoppers: ‘Just gas ’em,’ said MP
By Submitted Article on April 22nd, 2020
Andrew Chernevych GALT MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES In 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly suggested that “the U.S. military should bomb hurricanes in order to disrupt them.” Well, apparently, some Canadian politicians also have a history of considering wildly “outside the box” solutions to natural disasters. The Lethbridge Herald reported in 1920 that O. R. Gould, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced to 90 days on several charges
By Shurtz, Delon on April 22nd, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 36-year-old man who pleaded guilty to several criminal offences he committed earlier this year appeared to take a 90-day jail sentence in stride. Grant Tyler Williams even apologized to the judge and wished him good health. “I take full responsibility for all my actions,” Williams said Friday in Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire burns in river valley
By Lethbridge Herald on April 21st, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge firefighter department was busy Tuesday afternoon as a wildfire burned a portion of the city’s river valley around the Elizabeth Hall Wetlands.Firefighters received assistance from a water-dropping helicopter, part of a resource sharing partnership with Alberta Forestry and Agriculture, as the tight spaces among the terrain of the river valley cottonwood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City debt sits at $33 million
By Lethbridge Herald on April 21st, 2020
Tim KalinowskiLethbridge Heraldtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comWhile the City of Lethbridge is in good shape relative to other municipalities in Alberta, with a fairly low debt-to-debt ceiling ratio, long-term and short-term debt have grown at a concerning pace over the last five years.According to a report on the City’s 2019 finances submitted by City Treasurer Hailey Pinksen in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge College bringing convocation to students
By Lethbridge Herald on April 21st, 2020
April 21, 2020 – While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused Lethbridge College to cancel its Convocation ceremony, the college is making sure its convocates are properly celebrated. The college is bringing the excitement of Convocation to convocates in the comfort of their own homes. In lieu of the Convocation ceremony that was to be held ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City makes changes to street sweeping program due to COVID-19
By Lethbridge Herald on April 21st, 2020
Annual neighbourhood street sweeping will begin Thursday April 23, weather permitting, but the program will have a few modifications because of COVID-19. The biggest change is a lack of paper – there will be no paper door hanger reminders or windshield wiper notices and no parking tickets. All changes are a result of efforts being made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No additional funds for residential tax relief
By Lethbridge Herald on April 20th, 2020
Tim KalinowskiLethbridge Heraldtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comIf the City hopes to offer residents property tax relief during the COVID-19 crisis, it is pretty much on its own as the province will not be offering any additional funds to backstop municipal tax relief plans.Mayor Chris Spearman spoke with provincial officials on these matters on April 16, who confirmed no further ... Read More »
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