Southern Alberta News
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!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!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!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!Details scarce in Taber CAO contract termination
By Cole Parkinson on January 21st, 2021
Further information of town council’s decision to terminate the contract of CAO Cory Armfelt are limited. After town council voted 4-3 to terminate the contract of the CAO, Mayor Andrew Prokop spoke about the reason for lack of information as to why the CAO had been removed from his position. “Really, it’s just more of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Picture Butte mayor calls 2020 an unprecedented year
By Southern Alberta Newspapers on January 21st, 2021
Picture Butte Mayor Cathy Moore says that COVID-19 has posed a challenge we’ve never seen before. Posing the biggest challenge the Town of Picture Butte had faced in 2020, the pandemic made for an “unprecedented” year and the town had to keep up with changing restrictions, keeping their staff safe, creating contingency plans to continue ... 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 »
Be the first to comment!City man celebrates 100th birthday
By Dale Woodard on January 21st, 2021
When Peter Lewko arrived in Lethbridge as a teenager in 1938, things looked a little bit different. Eighty-three years later, Lewko has been around to see that change and on Wednesday afternoon he celebrated his 100th birthday with family and friend’s at Martha’s house. “This afternoon I’ve got my boy (Ian) coming down from Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Black history project evolves into documentary
By Dale Woodard on January 20th, 2021
Lethbridge Herald It started as an oral history project and turned into full documentary. Thanks to the collaboration of five professors, Black History On The Prairies as part of The University of Lethbridge Anti-Racism Film Series took shape. In a Zoom conference Tuesday afternoon, Jenna Bailey — an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senator says feds late to pandemic party
By Tim Kalinowski on January 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta Senator Doug Black says the federal government has been late to the party since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of public health response, and continues to be late as this crucial vaccine rollout period begins across the country. “My view is we can’t get out of this mess ... Read More »
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