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Virus concerns resulting in several local cancellations
By Kalinowski, Tim on March 13th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald As concerns over COVID-19 grow in Lethbridge, local organizations and businesses are pre-emptively attempting to get ahead of any potential outbreak. Following the NHL’s lead, the Western Hockey League and Lethbridge Hurricanes confirmed all scheduled regular-season games are now cancelled as of Thursday, and the WHL season would be postponed until further notice. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bail hearing set for drug suspect
By Shurtz, Delon on March 13th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man facing several charges following a drug bust at a northside home earlier this month made his first appearance in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday. Jason Robert Bertram, 46, appeared by closed-circuit TV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, where he has been remanded since he and a 38-year-old Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada suspending service to city
By Kalinowski, Tim on March 13th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The City of Lethbridge is expressing its disappointment with Air Canada’s decision to suspend air service to the community. Air Canada announced Thursday it would be suspending service indefinitely, as of March 31, to Lethbridge one day after making a similar announcement about suspending its service to Medicine Hat. “Since we have taken ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Concerns over COVID-19 grow, events being cancelled locally
By Lethbridge Herald on March 12th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald – As COVID-19 fears grow in Lethbridge, local organizations and businesses are pre-emptively attempting to get ahead of any potential outbreak.Following the NHL’s lead, the Western Hockey League and Lethbridge Hurricanes confirmed all scheduled regular-season games are now cancelled as of Thursday, and the WHL season would be postponed until further notice.High school ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Syringe assault suspect sentenced on other charges
By Shurtz, Delon on March 12th, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 29-year-old man accused of spraying a security guard in the face with a loaded syringe has been handed a short jail sentence in relation to a couple of other criminal offences. Wade Allan Nicholas Cross Child was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to 30 days in jail for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warrant issued after man facing drug charges misses court
By Shurtz, Delon on March 12th, 2020
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge police are on the lookout for a 45-year-old man charged in connection with a bike chop shop operating out of a city home late last year. One of three accused, Kenneth Donald Leverington, failed to show up for court last week and a warrant was issued for his arrest. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U of L, LC preparing for COVID-19 cases
By Kalinowski, Tim on March 12th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Local institutions are making preparations for any potential cases of COVID-19 in Lethbridge. While no cases have yet been discovered in the Lethbridge region, Alberta as a whole, as of Wednesday, had 19 cases, five new over what was reported on Tuesday. All new cases were travel related. Anyone in the region who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial cuts will hurt rural economic development
By Kalinowski, Tim on March 12th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The province will be cutting funding to Alberta’s nine Regional Economic Development Associations (REDAs) in half as of April 1, and this short-sighted decision has local rural community representatives steaming, says SouthGrow executive chair and Mayor of the Village of Coutts, Jim Willett. “The current funding for the REDAs ends ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stamps recognize post-war plebiscites
By Submitted Article on March 12th, 2020
Walter Kerber LETHBRIDGE PHILATELIC SOCIETY Plebiscites: a way of determining where people belonged. That brings out a whole puzzling bunch of stamps in the Germany collection. Most people ignore them because they are the plainest and worst-designed stamps. They have no beauty. As it turns out, these stamps were not well received when they were ... Read More »
1 responseSACPA to discuss effect of drug crisis on downtown businesses
By Kuhl, Nick on March 12th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Some business owners in Lethbridge’s downtown and surrounding area have been vocal about pervasive negative perceptions. Today, at the regular SACPA meeting, set for noon at the Royal Canadian Legion, speaker Erica Pyska will present: “What is it like owning a business in downtown Lethbridge during the drug crisis?” Pyska, who recently sold ... Read More »
1 responseNotley calls on Kenney to suspend health-care cuts
By Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The NDP is calling on the Kenney government to immediately suspend job cuts and changes to front-line health care in Alberta to deal with the pandemic COVID-19 outbreak. Opposition leader Rachel Notley, flanked by Opposition Finance Critic Shannon Phillips, was in Lethbridge on Wednesday to call for a moratorium on ... Read More »
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