Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh is clarifying some misconceptions about last year’s
COVID outbreak hits Lethbridge School Division
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By Lethbridge Herald on March 15, 2021.
Lethbridge School Division superintendent Cheryl Gilmore is seen in this file photo. Herald file photo by Ian Martens
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With 47 students and staff members diagnosed with COVID-19, and with about 80 teachers and 1,000 other students in quarantine, the Lethbridge School Division is struggling to keep some classes functioning even with a pivot option to online learning in play, admitted LSD Superintendent of Schools Cheryl Gilmore. The outbreaks have led to a shortage of educational assistants, and in one case at Galbraith Elementary, Gilmore confirmed, a general shortage of teaching staff has led to Grades K-2 being in school one week and Grades 3-5 the next. Wilson Middle School has also moved all Grade 8 students to online learning as it deals with an outbreak there.
Mustard Seed turned down for federal funding
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By Herald on January 27, 2021.
The Ramada hotel building along Mayor Magrath Drive South was the proposed site for The Mustard Seed s supportive housing facility in Lethbridge. Herald file photo by Ian Martens
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Tim Kalinowski The Mustard Seed is confirming that it will not receive funding from the federal government’s Rapid Re-Housing Fund to open a permanent supportive housing facility in Lethbridge. The group has been hoping to receive the funding from the federal government to purchase the Ramada Inn at 1303 Mayor Magrath Drive to convert into a long term, sober, supportive housing facility for those in need in the city.
Blackfoot Manor standoff resolved without injury
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By Herald on January 27, 2021.
Members of the Critical Incident Response Team make their way through the scene as Lethbridge police attended a call Wednesday afternoon along Blackfoot Manor West. Herald photo by Ian Martens
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Lethbridge police say a 34-year-old man has been taken into custody under the Mental Health Act following a standoff on the city’s westside Wednesday afternoon.
Police say they were called to a home in the 500-block of Blackfoot Manor West at about 2 p.m. following reports of concerning phone calls the man had with others. Police contained the area but were unable to establish communications. After receiving information there were weapons in the home, the Critical Incident Response Team and Tactical Team were deployed.
Phillips sounds alarm over coal mine queue jumping
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By Herald on January 28, 2021.
Open water flows past the icy banks of the Oldman River Wednesday in the city s river valley. Herald photo by Ian Martens
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Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips is sounding the alarm over the Kenney government’s attempts to allow coal mining companies to jump the queue to obtain water licences they currently have no right to in the Oldman River watershed. “What the GOA has done is put forward a plan to take up to eight billion litres of Oldman River water above the dam which have been set aside under the Water Act because you need unallocated water volumes to support hold backs for drought, other environmental conditions, and for other potential developments or irrigation stresses,” she explains.