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Police investigating suspicious death
By Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2020
Lethbridge Police are investigating a suspicious death after a male’s body was located early this morning. On April 27, 2020 at approximately 6:55 a.m. police responded to a report of injured male at an apartment building along the 1200 block of 4 Avenue South. Police and EMS attended and located a deceased 43-year-old male inside ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe Police lay assault charges in alleged coughing incident
By Lethbridge Herald on April 27th, 2020
Blood Tribe Police Service have charged a man, for assaulting two police officers after he was alleged to have intentionally coughed in their faces. April 24, 2020 at 11pm a 50 year old Blood Tribe man was arrested for Mischief in the community of Moses Lake on the Blood Tribe. During processing, police say he claimed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Restrictions to impact Canada Day
By Yoos, Cam on April 27th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and a continuation of Alberta Health restrictions on mass gatherings of 15 or more people, residents are being asked to find new ideas to celebrate Canada Day, as planned events and activities for the City of Lethbridge are cancelled. “I encourage our residents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Target Hunger preps for food drive
By Yoos, Cam on April 27th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Target Hunger is an annual food drive done every June where volunteers pick up donations from each household in town, requesting residents to donate the most wanted food items for local food banks. This year, Target Hunger is implementing changes in the food drive to reduce single-plastic use, as they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province needs to look beyond energy industry, support needed for agriculture: Alberta Senators
By Jensen, Randy on April 27th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta federal Senator Doug Black says while both the oil and gas sectors and agriculture need emergency short-term federal support to weather the current COVID and oil price crises, the Alberta government should be thinking about ways of helping to create a sturdier and more robust provincial economy in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Check with city before beginning household projects
By Jensen, Randy on April 27th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD While Lethbridge residents may have extra time to begin or complete renovations, the City of Lethbridge is urging residents to check if their projects require permits before proceeding. While some projects do not require permits, many do. Permit regulations are legislated by the Province of Alberta and the City of Lethbridge is mandated ... Read More »
1 responseFoodscaping our yards
By Submitted Article on April 27th, 2020
Submitted by the Southern Alberta Group for the Environment As we journey through these difficult times, SAGE would like to thank doctors, nurses, pharmacists, grocery, retail, transit and all essential service people helping us cope with COVID-19. Your efforts are remarkable and very much appreciated. Previously, in trying times we coped by growing our own food, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey Hall of Fame comes calling for mask
By Sulz, Dave on April 27th, 2020
Dave Sulz lethbridge herald dsulz@lethbridgeherald.com When Gordon Hunter was playing goal during his youth hockey days, he never imagined he would one day make the Hockey Hall of Fame. Well, to be exact, that his hockey mask would make the Hall of Fame. The mask, “an old Jacques Plante-type,” says Hunter, came to the attention ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alumna Flatla named to Lethbridge College Board of Governors
By Jensen, Randy on April 25th, 2020
Kevin Forsyth For The Herald Karri Flatla has been appointed by the Government of Alberta as a new member to Lethbridge College’s Board of Governors for a three-year term that began March 17. “Her professional successes and community involvement, as well as her own experiences as a Lethbridge College alumna, give her a unique perspective ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science fair going online
By Jensen, Randy on April 25th, 2020
Tyler Hay For The Herald The Lethbridge Regional Science Fair will be held online this year, after being postponed due to limits on public gatherings in late March. The Southern Alberta Technology Council (SATC), which has organized the Lethbridge Regional Science Fair since 2002, is now accepting video submissions of student projects from Grades 4-12 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Website launched to support small businesses in Lethbridge
By Jensen, Randy on April 25th, 2020
Kevin Forsyth For The Herald A new website is supporting Lethbridge small businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Airau Marketing launched LethbridgeLocal.ca on April 17 with the goal of allowing local vendors to sell gift cards for free, saving the cost of building a site and managing a point-of-purchase system. “We’ve been in business for ... Read More »
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