Southern Alberta News
Keystone failure on Trudeau: Harder
By Tim Kalinowski on January 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Parliament Rachael Harder says the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline represents a failure in leadership for Prime Minister Trudeau, but stopped short of endorsing punitive sanctions against the United States over the decision — despite calls to do so from Premier Jason Kenney. “Of course Mr. Kenney has a responsibility to defend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New officers join the city police force
By Greg Bobinec on January 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDgbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service welcomed two additions to their team on Tuesday, following the first Officer Graduation Ceremony of 2021. Constable Gerrilee Boon and Constable Dayton Pagliericci were sworn in after an accelerated training period, due to both of their previous law enforcement training and experience. Both were graduates from the cadet program ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pipeline bet cost Albertans
By TIM KALINOWSKI on January 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Opposition Finance Critic and Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips said Premier Jason Kenney made a risky bet on the Keystone XL pipeline that left Alberta taxpayers over-exposed, and now on the hook for billions of dollars after on his first day in office President Joe Biden, as promised throughout the last year of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Waterton increasing admission fees
By Ian Martens on January 22nd, 2021
Waterton Lakes National Park admission fees are set to increase beginning Feb. 1. The park says the adjustment brings Waterton Lakes in line with the six other mountain national parks and supports visitor services and conservation programs. Adjusted daily admission fees will go up to $10 for adults, $8.40 for seniors and $20 for families. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taber census shows town is growing
By Stan Ashbee on January 22nd, 2021
According to the Town of Taber’s Director of Planning and Economic Development Phyllis Monks, administration has completed the 2020 Municipal Census. The enumeration began in October and ran until Dec. 20, 2020. “The project was a little more challenging with the pandemic in play, but we were able to successfully get a response for 3,445 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Subsurface drip irrigation my represent the future
By Tim Kalinowski on January 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI) may represent the future of irrigation for crops in southern Alberta, but a two-year trial conducted by Lethbridge College research associate Rezvan Karimi Dehkordi, who is a member of the college’s Mueller Applied Research in Irrigation team, shows it may have some ways yet to go before the technology ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Violent offender facing new charges
By Delon Shurtz on January 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 23-year-old violent offender who was convicted in 2018 of sexually assaulting a woman and cutting her throat, is facing new charges. The accused, who can’t be named because he was only 17 when he assaulted his victim, was back in Lethbridge court this week for allegedly breaching a conditional supervision order, which was granted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man in custody after package thrown into police station
By Ian Martens on January 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDimartens@lethbridgeherald.com A 29-year-old man is in custody after the Lethbridge police station was forced to close Thursday morning as police dealt with a suspicious package left in the building. Police say around 10:15 a.m. they were alerted to a man who was said to have thrown a package into the front vestibule of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fransen case adjourned for a week
By Delon Shurtz on January 22nd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The lawyer for a 46-year-old man charged last week with several drug offences on the Blood Reserve made a brief appearance Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court. However, Calgary lawyer Robin McIntyre was simply granted an adjournment for a week, when, she told court, she may resolve some unrelated charges against her client, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe stepping up efforts to close drug houses
By Tim Kalinowski on January 21st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Blood Tribe Police Service is confirming the Blood Tribe council, with the assistance of the Housing department and occasional assistance of the BTPS, has stepped up efforts to close up local drug houses as opioid overdoses have surged on the First Nation in recent months. “It is the community’s initiative in conjunction ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Return of winter putting people at risk of exposure outside
By Tim Kalinowski on January 21st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com With winter weather expected to return next week, street advocate and Kindness to Others founder, Alvin Mills, says there has been a recent surge in people coming to Lethbridge from the Kainai Reserve who are either choosing to sleep outside due to ongoing restrictions at Alpha House or simply have no other place ... Read More »
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