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Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services respond to residential fire
By Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2020
City of Lethbridge release: Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to a residential building fire in the 3600 block of 23 Ave. South at approximately 6:35 p.m. Tuesday April 7, 2020. When firefighters arrived there was light smoke showing. The homeowner had discovered the fire and called 911. Firefighters from two stations responded and extinguished ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Citizen tip reporting suspicious vehicle leads to $136,000 drug seizure
By Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2020
Lethbridge Police Service release: Lethbridge Police have charged a 36-year-old man with drug and weapons offences after a loaded revolver and significant quantities of cash, methamphetamine, cocaine and carfentanil were seized from a vehicle. On April 7, 2020 at approximately 8 a.m. a citizen reported a suspicious vehicle along the 1400 block of 14 ... 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!Healing process continues for police officers
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Association says despite some lingering ill effects on its membership from former Lethbridge Chief of Police Rob Davis’ tenure in office, the body is committed to working together with the Lethbridge Police Service’s current executive to put its best foot forward during the COVID-19 crisis. “The relationship ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Humane Society finding ways to continue adoptions
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge & District Humane Society has made changes to its operations and are still allowing adoptions during the COVID-19 crisis. The Humane Society is not allowing the public to come in and look through their facility for possible adoption candidates, but rather doing it over the phone and finding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Self-isolation works: U of L professor recovers from COVID-19
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Submitted by the University of Lethbridge Dr. Jennifer Mather has a simple message for everyone about the COVID-19 pandemic – just stay home. While Mather, a world-renowned cephalopod researcher and member of the University of Lethbridge’s Department of Psychology, doesn’t research the disease itself, she has a unique perspective on COVID-19 – having just recovered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced for breaching release conditions
By Shurtz, Delon on April 8th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Refusing to stay away from the city’s supervised consumption site and another downtown business, has landed a 29-year-old man in jail. Wade Allan Cross Child was sentenced to 30 days in jail after he pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court to three charges of breaching release conditions. Court was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Postcard Program connects with people with limited accessibility
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com As part of a larger wellness project with the City of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Public Interest Group (LPIRG) has partnered with Volunteer Lethbridge and CMHA Southern Region to connect city households to bridge the gap between accessibility. The Postcard Program was designed to connect areas of the city and to give ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man who served jail time also fined
By Shurtz, Delon on April 8th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta man sentenced Monday to four months in jail won’t have to spend any more time behind bars, but he will have to pay several thousand dollars in fines. Justin Jeremy Price was handed the jail sentence after he pleaded guilty in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Easter services go digital
By Sulz, Dave on April 8th, 2020
McKillop hosting virtual events LETHBRIDGE HERALD With social distancing measures preventing the usual Easter events at McKillop United Church, the church is going digital to celebrate the season. Holy Week and Easter events at McKillop will begin Thursday with pastor Trevor Potter leading a virtual 7 p.m. communion service to celebrate Maundy Thursday, via Zoom. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor to discuss City’s COVID-19 response at SACPA
By Jensen, Randy on April 8th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Mayor Chris Spearman will discuss Lethbridge’s response as a community to the COVID-19 crisis during a YouTube session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs on Thursday at 10 a.m. The City of Lethbridge implemented a local state of emergency on March 18 and is working with community partners to identify areas ... Read More »
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