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Building hope in El Salvador
By Bobinec, Greg on March 26th, 2020
Home-building trip helps families dealing with extreme poverty Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com For the fifth consecutive year, a local group organized by Ashcroft Homes and Bezooyen Contracting, including six of their staff and 15 others, recently returned from a seven-day trip to El Salvador to help build 18 homes for those in extreme need. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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!Exhibition Park forced to lay off majority of staff
By Jensen, Randy on March 26th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Due to the unprecedented circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lethbridge and District Exhibition has enacted the temporary layoff of 80 per cent of its full-time workforce as of March 31. Along with the public gathering facilities, Exhibition Park announced Wednesday they were faced with an abrupt halt to all ... 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!City issues essential services update
By Jensen, Randy on March 26th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD During the COVID-19 crisis, the City of Lethbridge is continuing to provide essential services to residents. Following is the latest updates related to COVID-19 issued by the City: Access-A-Ride screening Access-A-Ride booking agents and operators have implemented screening questions before scheduling any pick ups. Clients calling to book an Access-A-Ride trip will be ... 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!Local dog kennel offering special rates for essential services workers
By Jensen, Randy on March 25th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Bogdan’s Boarding Kennel is assisting local individuals and families who are required to work on the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic by kennelling their dogs while at work at a discounted rate. Bogdan Gorny, owner of Bogdan’s Boarding Kennel, says they have made the choice to board dogs for people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Staying active – at a distance – important for your health
By Jensen, Randy on March 25th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Self-isolating to prevent the spread of COVID-19 does not mean having to stay confined inside, says Vickie Hazelwood of the Lethbridge Early Years Coalition. “The Canadian 24-Hour Movement has set out guidelines for how youth and children can stay healthy, and part of that is through being active every day,” ... 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 »
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