2025 Early Bird Swap Meet and Community Events
A packed notice lists the 2025 Early Bird Swap Meet at Agri-food Hub Lethbridge February 8 with automotive parts antiques and collectibles. Additional items include Taber Christian Women’s Connection brunch January 14 and multiple community activities such as senior curling bus tours family search center adult learning and quilting club meetings with various contact numbers and times.
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Lethbridge Exhibition Park
Parkside Drive
Saacac.com
Allan Cooper
Randy Ross
Ebswapmeet
Gmail
Taber Christian Women’s Connection
Luigi’s
Norwex
Denise Smith
Elayne Goertzen
Medicine Hat
Linda
Alberta border sheriffs seek fair pay after IPT plan
AUPE pushes for raise as Alberta announces a 29 million Interdiction Patrol Team with 51 uniformed officers, 4 drug dogs, 10 drones, and four narcotics analysts to start early 2025. Sheriffs warn of expanded duties and lower pay versus RCMP, urging compensation tied to the new responsibilities.
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Danielle Smith
Alberta
AUPE
Bobby Joe Borodey
Borodey Day
IPT
RCMP
Government of
Borodey
RCMP update to M D Taber council on November 2024 stats
Sergeant Stewart Gemmill reported 188 calls for service in the MD of Taber including 124 in Taber, 1 in Barnwell and 13 in Vauxhall. One impaired driver removed, six Criminal Code violations and 10 9 1 1 hangups. Patrols totaled 129 across communities with 16 tickets issued by Taber and ITV 1. Crime gauge shows property crime up 177 percent while other crimes down 18 percent. Break ins up 188 percent with 12 more instances. Domestic violence complaints three with supports provided. Community engagement included Remembrance Day events and safety day presentations. Council accepted the report and discussed highway fatalities on Highway 386.
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M.D. of
Taber
Stewart Gemmill
Vauxhall
Gemmill
M.D
Tabor
Barnwell
Grassy Lake
Hays
M.D. Park
Forks
Tabor Rcmp
ITV
Council
Kennedy Gallant
Ladies Auxiliary
Taber Legion
Constable Gallant
RCMP
Reeve DeGroot
Veteran Memorial Highway Association
Alberta ranchers back border security push with caveats
Southern Alberta ranchers along the Montana border support tougher policing and expanded access to land and grazing leases as Premier Danielle Smith unveils a plan to step up border security. The move includes a 2 km interior band under Critical Infrastructure rules, drone and canine support, and an Interdiction Patrol Team of 50 officers targeting ports of entry. Ranchers stress cooperation must be two way and that landowners will not be targeted if they comply with laws.
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Alberta
Montana
Danielle Smith
Coutts
Justice
Public Safety
Manyberries
RCMP
Piotrowski
U.S
Canada
Trump
Gary Armstrong
East and West Ranching Company
Highway 41
Wildhorse
Cypress County
Donald Trump
Mexico
Smith
Alberta Sheriff’s Department
Highway Patrol
Fish and Wildlife
Mike Ellis
Saskatchewan
Mickey Amery
AHS Toys for Tickets campaign nets 1150 toys provincewide
Alberta Health Services thanks participants in the Toys for Tickets drive running Nov 8 to Dec 20 at participating facilities including Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. Donors paid off parking tickets with new packaged toys of at least $25 value, totaling over 1,150 toys for local foundations and charities.
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Alberta Health Services
Medicine Hat
Mark van Damme
AHS
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Fridge
Taber Curling Club
C.J.S
Lethbridge
Mary
Arleen
Family Search Center
Avenue - Taber
Sandi
Taber Adult Learning
Taber Community Badminton Central School
Parkside Manor Hall
Cara
Taber Cotton Pickers Quilt Club
Cal Braid
M.D. Council
Heather Cameron Taber
Times
Local Journalism Initiative
Anna Smith Thorn
New Local Realism Initiative
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