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What is renewable energy?
By Submitted Article on March 23rd, 2020
Submitted by the southern alberta group for the environment The challenge is to reduce the enormous amount of fossil energy we use and replace it with cleaner energy. Pollution has an enormous impact on human health and the integrity of natural systems, so less of it is better for everyone. Renewable energy technologies convert energy ... Read More »
2 responsesProvince must do more, says Lethbridge-West MLA
By Jensen, Randy on March 21st, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge West MLA and Opposition finance critic Shannon Phillips says the Alberta government needs to be doing significantly more to help families and small businesses weather the COVID-19 crisis. Phillips says the provincial government’s program to pay those waiting for EI benefits $573 a week while waiting for the federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Driver charged in fatal crash granted bail
By Shurtz, Delon on March 21st, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who was charged in connection with a fatal car collision last year, released from custody shortly afterward then re-arrested last month on unrelated charges, has been released again. Wesley Brian Phillips was re-arrested in February on outstanding warrants from Airdrie where he faces charges of unlawfully being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Homeless feeling strain of outbreak
By Jensen, Randy on March 21st, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgherald.com The city’s homeless are trying to get on as best they can despite the COVID-19 crisis, but are beginning to feel the strains of the outbreak like everyone else in the community. The streets are calm for now, says Julie Kissick, co-founder of Streets Alive Mission. “They are not concerned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Referee assault case adjourned to May 29
By Shurtz, Delon on March 21st, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Two men charged after a referee was attacked at a youth hockey tournament in Lethbridge last year won’t return to court until later this spring. The matter for Robert Farrell Creighton and Todd William Cross Child was in Lethbridge provincial court Friday, but adjourned to May 29. Lethbridge lawyer Miranda ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City modifies operations to limit public contact during COVID-19 crisis
By Jensen, Randy on March 21st, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The City of Lethbridge has modified operations to additional City facilities to limit public contact and minimize the risk of the transmission of COVID-19. Lethbridge Transit Administration Building, 619 4 Ave. N., is now closed to the public. Customers can load Breeze Cards over the phone by calling 311. Invoices can also be ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge East MLA says province doing everything it can
By Jensen, Randy on March 21st, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf says the provincial government is doing everything it can under unprecedented circumstances during this COVID-19 crisis to keep Albertans safe and to ensure that people can pay their bills. “The extraordinary circumstance, I believe, is the reason we have to have an extraordinary response,” he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Churches work to stayed connected to congregations
By Sulz, Dave on March 21st, 2020
Dave Sulz lethbridge herald dsulz@lethbridgeherald.com Many people these days are likely praying for deliverance from the COVID-19 pandemic – they’re just not doing it from the church pews. Social-distancing measures that have been implemented to help combat the spread of the coronavirus have prompted local church congregations to halt the traditional gatherings for Sunday services. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community Support for COVID-19
By Lethbridge Herald on March 20th, 2020
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. At this time, the City has been able to work with dozens of organizations and businesses to update their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police advising of scam impersonating Lethbridge Police Service officers
By Lethbridge Herald on March 20th, 2020
From Lethbridge Police Service: Lethbridge Police are advising the public of a scam involving the impersonation of LPS officers. On March 19, 2020 a local man was contacted by phone and advised his social insurance number had been used in a multi-million fraud. The caller asked the male for his SIN to confirm it was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City rallied during 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
By Jensen, Randy on March 20th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge has faced a pandemic before and came out stronger because of it, says Lethbridge Historical Society president Belinda Crowson. Just as the horrors of the First World War came to an end, a war which killed an estimated 20 million people worldwide, an even greater horror descended on humanity, ... Read More »
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