Seniors Tour and Learning Roles in Taber and Lethbridge
Seniors are invited to a casino tour on the last Tuesday of 2024 with a luncheon return to Lethbridge by 6 30 pm. Call Mary 587 425 5138 or Arleen 403 327 1813. Volunteer placement aids job skills, career advancement and confidence. In person or online tutoring available. Taber Community Badminton Central Hall rent details via Cara at 403 223 4247. EAL classes offered by Taber Adult Learning. contact 403 223 1169.
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Taber Police Log Shows Multiple Incidents and Investigations
Police responded to theft at a local business with a 32 year old male arrested and due in court Nov 26. Vehicle entry reported with no theft. Fraud and assault investigations ongoing. A 43 year old female charged and released for court on Nov 12. One breach of release under investigation. Disturbance mediated. Total 68 calls for service and 79 total 9-1-1 calls.
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Avenue
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Avenue Taber
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Avenue Tabor
House arrest for man with continuing pattern of liquor theft
Jonathan Jones pleaded guilty on Oct 1 in Taborcourt to using a stolen credit card shoplifting under 5000 resisting a peace officer and failing to comply with a probation order. He received a four month conditional sentence two months under house arrest and a later curfew.
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Taborcourt
Jonathan Jones
Darcy Shurtz
Jones
Old Towne
Palace Liquor
Palace
Janes
Court News: Jones Sentenced After Liquor Store Shoplifting Spree
In July Jones received a conditional discharge with 12 months probation and a ban from liquor stores after May and June shoplifting at local liquor shops. The judge stressed rehabilitation but warned that future offenses could lead to a correctional centre. Shurtz cited drug and alcohol abuse as a factor.
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Shurtz
Justice Maxwell
Calgary man charged after Taber traffic stop and drug seizure
A 41 year old Calgary man was found with cocaine during a Taber traffic stop on September 28. Police seized 89 grams of cocaine along with cash alcohol and paraphernalia. He faces multiple charges including trafficking possession of proceeds of crime and weapon offences and was remanded to Taber Court on October 1. A separate October 4 crash on Highway 864 involving an SUV and a semi resulted in one driver being airlifted and highway closure brief.
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Taber
Calgary
Alazar Mekonen Tadesse
Tadesse
Taber Court of Justice
Taber Rcmp
Stars Air Ambulance
RCMP
Highway 864
Rural Alberta regions gain voice in policing under new act
Regional and municipal policing committees will guide RCMP service delivery as part of the Police Amendment Act moving into force March 1 2025. The act creates civilian governance bodies to set priorities, with strong focus on mental health resources prolific offenders and hate crime. Brooks cites its Safe Communities Committee as a similar existing model and expects no major changes.
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Ellis
Provincial Police Advisory Board
Police
Alberta Rcmp
Rob Hill
Brooks
Safe Communities Committee
Alberta partners to deploy mobile lung screening in rural areas
The province and Alberta Cancer Foundation partner with 19 to Zero to deploy mobile lung health units across rural, Indigenous, and underserved communities. A $1.5 million provincial grant, matched by the foundation, funds a pulminary testing van and a diagnostic imaging truck operated by Aceso Medical. First units to hit roads in spring 2025 with online scheduling to follow.
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Cancer Foundation
Wendy Beauchesne
Alberta Cancer Foundation
Aceso Medical
Connect Care
Adriana LaGrange
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