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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!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!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!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!Man sentenced for theft
By Shurtz, Delon on March 26th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Stealing a new pair of running shoes from a Lethbridge business may have helped Casey Lynn Simonsen run away from store security, but he couldn’t evade city police for long. Simonsen, 29, walked into Mark’s Work Warehouse last November, and shortly afterward, with store security in hot pursuit ran out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City listing social service supports during COVID-19
By Jensen, Randy on March 26th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The City of Lethbridge has been working with the community to identify all organizations and businesses that are providing supports and services during the COVID-19 crisis and list them in one location for ease of use. The City has been able to work with dozens of organizations and businesses to update their information ... 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!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 »
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