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Proposed Six Mile Coulee pathway upgrade faces opposition
By Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City’s proposed Six Mile Coulee trail upgrades are facing some stiff headwinds as local mountainbikers and trail runners say the upgrades will destroy the best riding trail in Lethbridge.Parks manager Dave Ellis defended the $1.8 million project, which was reaffirmed and greenlit by city council back in March, as ... Read More »
4 responsesVolunteers offer truckers a place to rest and eat for free
By Lethbridge Herald on May 15th, 2020
Tim KalinowskiLethbridge Heraldtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comFor the past six weeks a group of dedicated local volunteers led by a woman on a mission has been ensuring truck drivers passing through Lethbridge have a place to stop and eat for free, and a place to go to the bathroom.When the COVID-19 crisis hit, many roadside rest stops were closed, ... Read More »
2 responsesNational Day of Mourning honours workers
By Lethbridge Herald on April 28th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com With no public ceremony this year to mark the National Day of Mourning to honour all workers who have died on the job in Canada, Burt Green, former shop steward for CUPE Local 70, still made his solitary way down to the workers’ monument at Mountainview Cemetery on Tuesday as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!River valley fire likely started by smoking materials
By Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A major fire which burned through the river valley in the area of the Elizabeth Hall Wetlands on Tuesday afternoon was likely started by improperly disposed smoking materials.“This is our fire season,” stated Chief of Fire and Emergency Services Marc Rathwell at a press briefing on Wednesday at city hall. ... 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!Lethbridge School Division cancelling layoff notices for 120 employees
By Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2020
Lethbridge School Division release: As the Division continues to adjust to the $1.5 million reduction in funding announced in late March, the decision has been made to cancel layoff notices for a combined 104 educational assistants and advanced educational support staff, along with First Nations Metis and Inuit liaisons and a group of administrative support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier lays out scenarios for COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta
By Lethbridge Herald on April 7th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald In what Premier Jason Kenney is calling a “probable” scenario, the province of Alberta could hit the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic by mid-May and have as many as 800,000 cases of the disease by the end of the summer with between 400 and 3,100 deaths.Kenney gave these projections in his speech to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged with assault after coughing into face of peace officer
By Lethbridge Herald on April 3rd, 2020
Lethbridge Police have charged a 27-year-old man with assaulting a peace officer after they say he intentionally coughed in the officer’s face. On April 2, 2020 at approximately 10:30 p.m. police were called to a report of a domestic assault at a residence. Police attended a northside home and upon investigation discovered a male was ... Read More »
2 responsesThree-way partnership helping continue student lunch program
By Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Food Bank is continuing a partnership with My City Care and the Holy Spirit School Division, as they continue a lunch program and evolve it into an in-need supplement plan for students and their families. Following the closure of schools from the COVID-19 pandemic, many students who depended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council approves short-term funding for vulnerable
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2020
Tim KalinowskiLethbridge Heraldtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comCity council approved just over $3 million in short-term funding to continue vital programs for the City’s most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis.Council approved the temporary funding framework during Monday’s council meeting to support 15 local organizations and help them maintain services such as transitional and permanent supportive housing with the SASHA and ... Read More »
1 responseCity wants citizens to follow distancing rule
By Lethbridge Herald on March 23rd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City officials are calling for local citizens to pay attention to the messaging around social distancing and the COVID-19 virus, and are contemplating more aggressive steps to ensure public compliance. “The name of the game here is about stopping community transmission,” said Director of Emergency Management Marc Rathwell at the ... Read More »
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