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1906
LETHBRIDGE FILLED WITH LAND SEEKERS FROM ALL OVER.
1909
E.J.NEWTON OPENS A JEWELRY STORE.
1912
NEW POST OFFICE TO BE BUILT AND COMPLETED BY FALL 1913.
BUILDING TO FACE DUFFERIN ST AND TOWER ON GLYN ST. CORNER.
1912
BOARD OF TRADE OFFICE IN GALT GARDENS TO BE ENLARGED.
1916
THIRD BATTERY OF ARTILLERY FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.
1917
JOE LEE BUYS LETHBRIDGE HOTEL FROM HENDERSON ESTATE.
PRICE SAID TO BE AROUND $50,000.
1919
TENT AND 50 BEDS BORROWED FOR THE EPIDEMIC RETURNED TO MILITARY DISTRICT NO. 13 IN CALGARY
1919
SOME CITY BUSINESSES WILL RUN ON OLD TIME, BUT SOME BY DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
1923
GOVERNMENT SETS ASIDE $20,000 TO PROVIDE FOR COLONIZATION OF LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
1927
GAS CO. OFFERS TO BUY CITY POWER PLANT AND STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM FOR $1,000,000.
1930
BALMORAL BLOCK TO BE REBUILT TO ACCOMMODATE THE FIRST KRESGE STORE IN THE PROVINCE.
1933
FIRE IN BASEMENT OF MAJESTIC THEATRE. CAPT.ROBERT LINDSAY HURT.
1951
BUILDING PERMITS AWARDED FOR FIFTY NEW FULLY MODERN HOUSES RANGING BETWEEN $7,300-7,600
1951
177 DUTCH IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN LETHBRIDGE
1956
NEW $70,000 CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH OPENS.
1957
CITY TO BUY ELEVATED WATER TOWER TO BE ERECTED AT 3RD AVE AND 21 ST ST.
1962
BIG APARTMENT BLOCK TO COST $250,000 GIVEN APPROVAL BY BOARD
1966
LETHBRIDGE MAN DIES UNDER WHEELS OF TRAIN
1967
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS CHANGE AT U OF L
NEED 60 PER CENT AVERAGE IN FIVE SUBJECTS
1978
SLAG HEAP AT NO.8 MINE SITE NORTH OF HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE STILL SMOLDERS FROM FIRE STARTED NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO.
1978
CJOC-TV GETS FIVE YEAR RENEWAL OF ITS BROADCASTING LICENCE.
1980
ANNIVERSARY MAY COST CITY $500,000
1982
FIRE DESTROYS SAAN STORE
1984
ROLOFF BENY NOTED CANADIAN ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER DIES IN ROME AGED 60.
1914
TO SPEND $261,793. THIS AMOUNT VOTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS THIS MORNING. 1914 CAPITAL ESTIMATES.
1914
FOUR G.T.P. ROADS RADIATE FROM LETHBRIDGE TO START SOON. REPORT HAS IT THAT CONSTRUCTION OF CALGARY-LETHBRIDGE-REGINA LINE IS ON BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
1926
BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOPS NOW REQUIRE $10.00 LICENSE.
1926
DALLAS HOTEL TO EXPAND TAKING OVER STORE NEXT DOOR FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY CHRISTIE GRANT.
1927
GREAT WEST RUBBER CO. TO MOVE TO LARGER QUARTERS IN KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS BLOCK.
1932
THE GOVERNMENT ENDS AIRMAIL SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE DEPRESSION.
1933
$50,000 EXTENSION PLANNED FOR RAYMOND SUGAR BEET FACTORY
1933
COURTLAND STREET SCHOOL SOLD TO LETHBRIDGE COUNTRY CLUB FOR $750
1944
W.A.BUCHANAN PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LETHBRIDGE HERALD HEADS CANADIAN PRESS
1949
FIFTY MORE WARTIME HOUSES ORDERED
1957
OLD WATER TOWER ON 5TH AVE BUILT IN 1912 DEMOLISHED.
1960
PETER CHUMICK OPENS EMPIRE FURNITURE STORE.
1961
OFFICIAL ALBERTA TARTAN RECOGNIZED.
1961
CITY OLDTIMERS PROTEST REMOVAL OF TREES.
1962
L.N.I.D. RATE PAYERS SEEK SELF- GOVERNMENT
1963
THIRD MAJOR FIRE IN SEVEN WEEKS CAUSES $100,000
1971
RAIL SERVICE HALTED AS 156 C.P. RAIL EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN LAID OFF AND 40 OTHERS GIVEN NOTICE OF LAYOFF
1973
U OF L ASKS FOR THEATRE-AUDITORIUM.
1981
EXTORTIONIST FORCES WAY INTO STORE SAFE.
1885
MOUNTED POLICE ARRIVED AT MEDICINE HAT BY SPECIAL TRAIN TO PROTECT BOATS AND THE CREE CAMP ACROSS THE RIVER BROKE UP
HERCHMER WATCHED AS NORTHCOTE GUIDED DOWN THE BANK
1901
WILLIAM LETHBRIDGE AFTER WHOM THE CITY IS NAMED DIED.
1917
NEW FACTORY ACT SAYS NO EMPLOYEE SHOULD GET LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE OF $9.00 A WEEK.
1919
PRACTICALLY ALL OF LETHBRIDGE TURNS OUT TO WELCOME 39TH BATTERY HOME.
1930
AN INVESTURE WAS HELD AND #5 MCLEAN SCHOOL SCOUT & CUB PACK WAS FORMED BY FIRE CHIEF HARDY, F. MANSON-CLUB MASTER, E. FAIRFIELD-LADY CLUBMASTER, DOUG SMITH, PAT SMITH, ANDY ROVITCH, DICK BOULTON, TOM BOULTON AND JIM BRUCE AS SCOUTS.
1932
RCMP TAKES OVER POLICING OF THE CITY.
ALBERTA PROVINCE POLICE WILL MERGE WITH RCMP.
1941
LAST OF INDIAN BUFFALO HUNTERS OLD WHITE WOLF DIES AT CARDSTON AT THE AGE OF 102 YEARS.
1941
DEATH OF MICHAEL SUPINA PIONEER LETHBRIDGE MERCHANT
1942
WILLIAM ANDREWS APPOINTED SUPERVISOR OF JAPANESE LABOUR.
1942
STRONG OPINIONS EXPRESSED AGAINST JAPANESE AT CITY COUNCIL.
1943
MEAT RATIONING IN MAY. TWO LBS PER PERSON PER WEEK.
1945
CITY FORUM TO DECIDE WHETHER HOUSE TO HOUSE DELIVERY OF MILK ON SUNDAY SHALL BE ALLOWED
1948
GOVERNOR GENERAL LIKELY TO TAKE PART IN COUTTS HIGHWAY CEREMONY.
1951
NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE BUILT BY SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD ON 5TH AVE. NEAR 20TH ST
1954
VOTERS DECIDE IN FAVOUR OF A NEW $600,000 NURSES' RESIDENCE
1954
EATON'S MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE CITY.
1959
GALT REHABILITATION CENTER APPROVED AS AUXILIARY HOSPITAL
1962
J.H.WESTBROOK DIES AGED 79 MEMBER OF SCHOOL BOARD AND GALT HOSPITAL BOARD.
1962
TEN MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING BOOM ASSURED FOR THE CITY.
1971
ANGLO DISTRIBUTORS LTD. HAS NEW ENLARGED QUARTERS
1981
CITY WANTS TO REVIEW NEW HOSPITAL'S HEALTH WITH RUSSELL
1888
WORK STARTED ON GALT SHAFT #1
1926
JOHN ENDER (JOCK) PALMER BEGAN CJOC RADIO, OBTAINING ITS FIRST LICENSE.
1928
C.B.BOWMAN, WELL KNOWN OLD-TIMER TO BREAK SOD FOR NEW ST. AUGUSTINE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH.
1931
FIRST EVER 1 MILLION BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED AT CITY HALL FOR INTERNAL STORAGE ELEVATOR.
1932
TWO LETHBRIDGE DIVISIONS OF RCMP. CREATED AS ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE SWAP BLUE FOR SCARLET AND GOLD TUNICS.
1935
THE REGIONAL SHERAN WORKINGS WERE TAKEN OVER BY LETHBRIDGE COLLIERIES, MR. DONALDSON REMAINED AS MANAGER.
1938
FIND BODIES FROZEN ALONG FENCE.
MAC HIGDEN, MANYBERRIES RANCHER SUFFERS LOSS.
1940
FRENCH REMOUNT PURCHASING COMMISSION BUYING HORSES FOR THE FRENCH ARMY.
1941
DISCUSS HOUSING FOR AIR FORCE PERSONNEL AT LETHBRIDGE
1943
POSTAGE RATES UP TODAY BY 1 CENT -- NOW AT 4 CENTS.
1944
FREE MATERNITY CARE GOES INTO EFFECT.
1945
PETER CHUMICK TAKES OWNERSHIP OF NORTH LETHBRIDGE HARDWARE.
1952
PRIDE IN A COLOURFUL PAST HAS CAUSED THE CITY FATHERS OF MACLEOD TO RESTORE THE NAME OF THEIR TOWN TO THAT OF EARLY YEARS. EFFECTIVE TODAY THE TOWN WILL BE KNOWN AS FORT MACLEOD.
1955
LETHBRIDGE MLA JOHN LANDERYOU IN CONFLICT WITH LEGISLATURE OVER PROPERTY HOLDINGS. PREMIER MANNING SAYS HE "COMMITTED AN ERROR UNKNOWINGLY".
1958
PETER CHUMICK PURCHASED EMPIRE FURNITURE FROM THE GEORGE HYT ESTATE.
1963
16 YEAR OLD LCI STUDENT WINS FIRST CITY SCIENCE FAIR.
1967
UNIVERSITY TO BE PLACED IN THE OLD YMCA BUILDING.
1967
JOHN FISHER NAMED HEAD OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
1971
SENATOR JAMES GLADSTONE RETIRES FROM POSITION.
1971
PIONEER CAR DEALER FRED KING RETIRES.
1974
CITY GAS PRICES DROP 5 CENTS NOW STAND AT 42.9 TO 49.9 CENT
1977
US.SCIENTIST STANTON FRIEDMAN PRESENTS LECTURE SUPPORTING UFO'S
1885
THE 65 TH CARABINEERS MOUNT ROYAL OF MONTREAL LEFT FOR THE WEST WITH 317 MEN AND 23 OFFICERS.
1910
NEW BUSINESS BLOCKS IN LETHBRIDGE ARE: ACADIA BLOCK, SHERLOCK BUILDING, BANK OF COMMERCE, HILL BLOCK, BURNS BLOCK, AND ALBERTA BLOCK.
1913
STAFFORDVILLE ANNEXED
1921
CITY HAS HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN THE PROVINCE ACCORDING TO RED CROSS.
1930
MANY FARMERS IN SOUTH NOW WORKING LAND. SPRING SEEDING OPERATIONS WILL BE GENERAL BY END OF WEEK.
1942
CITY NOTICE RE: CLEANING OF OUTDOOR "EARTH CLOSETS" OF PEOPLE ON SEWER LINES.
1945
MASTER VALUE HAS ARRIVED COST $1,200.
1955
STAFF-SGT.J.C.L.GUIMOND ENDS 40 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH RCMP.
1962
CITY MARKS 365 FATALITY FREE DAYS ON CITY STREETS.
1963
FIRST SOD TURNED FOR SERVICE WING OF ST.MICHAELS GENERAL HOSPITAL.
1964
COLLEGE RECEIVES OKAY TO OFFER SECOND YEAR UNIVERSITY COURSES
1965
FT. MACLEOD TRAVEL BUREAU TURNED OVER TO ALBERTA TOURIST ASSOCIATION.
1969
THIRTY ROOM ADDITION TO BE BUILT ON PARK PLAZA.
1973
RURAL SOUTHERN ALBERTA TEACHERS RETURN TO WORK.
1979
LETHBRIDGE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON TO PAY $15,000 DAMAGES IN MALPRACTICE SUIT.
1885
NORTHCOTE SAFELY INTO THE WATER AT MEDICINE HAT
1885
WIRE FROM MIDDLETON TO THE WINNIPEG & WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO. ASKING THAT A CREW BE SENT AT ONCE TO MAN NORTHCOTE AND TO START DOWN RIVER.
1889
FIRST CATHOLIC SEPARATE SCHOOL WITH ENROLLMENT OF 25 UNDER DIRECTION OF MR. C. MCRAE
1920
CHIEF OF POLICE GILLESPIE RECOMMENDS TEN MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT TO STOP JOY RIDING
1921
HOLLOW CONCRETE WALLS FOR HOUSES IN CITY. CHEAP, SANITARY AND MODERN CONSTRUCTION.
1923
STANDARD OIL LOOKS FOR HUGE OIL FIELD IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA
1923
NORTH SIDE HOUSES GET SEWERS.
1924
CONTINGENT OF DUTCH SETTLERS ARRIVES TO SETTLE IN LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN DISTRICT.
1930
SOUTHERN ALBERTA TO EXPORT GAS.
FEDERAL PERMIT IS GRANTED RANGE OIL.
1937
NEW AIRPORT FOR LETHBRIDGE
NEW FIELD IS 2 MILES FROM CITY LIMITS.
1940
ANNOUNCED THAT AN AIR TRAINING SCHOOL TO BE ESTABLISHED IN LETHBRIDGE.
1940
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASES 20,000 ARTILLERY HORSES IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
1940
LETHBRIDGE TO HAVE ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL UNDER EMPIRE FLYING TRAINING PROGRAM.
1941
CITY STARTS STORM SEWER PROGRAMME.
1945
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF COMFORT STATION IN GALT GARDENS.
1954
SHOPPING CENTER PLANS DISCLOSED. A ONE MILLION DEVELOPMENT ON MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE.
SHOPPERS WORLD TO INCLUDE SUPERMARKET, BANK, DRUG STORE AND 17 OTHER BUSINESSES.
1963
LEALTA THEATRE IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE CLOSES DOWN.
1964
R.J. RITCHIE PATERSON, WELL KNOWN CITIZEN DIES.
1967
SIGN TURNED ON ATOP OF SICK'S BREWERY TELLING TIME,TEMPERATURE AND FORECAST.
1968
LETHBRIDGE CITY POLICE SEIZE COPIES OF GEORGIA STRAIGHT, VANCOUVER "HIPPIE" NEWSPAPER.
1974
LIQUOR STORE WORKERS GO ON STRIKE.
1915
NAME OF RIVER OLD MAN, BUT RESULTED OLDMAN RIVER AND SO REMAINED.
1923
OIL REFINERY TO START CONSTRUCTION IN CITY WITHIN 90 DAYS. SITE OF PLANT NOT CHOSEN YET.
1930
UNEMPLOYED AT ABOUT 500 PEOPLE
1930
MINERS' STRIKE IN LETHBRIDGE FIELD IS ALMOST CERTAIN.
LOCAL MINERS PAPER CALLS LOUDLY FOR STRIKE WHEN VOTE TAKEN TOMORROW.
1931
LETHBRIDGE MAN KILLED.
GEORGE SCOTT CRUSHED TO DEATH UNLOADING TELEPHONE POLES.
1942
VOTE MONEY FOR AIR RAID PRECAUTION WORK.
1955
CLIFFORD C. MCNABB WHO WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1893 DIES. HE WAS THE SON OF THOMAS MCNABB WHO BECAME MAYOR OF LETHBRIDGE
1959
DEMOLITION OF OLD HOUSE IN HARDIEVILLE BRINGS TO LIGHT SOME OLD NEWSPAPERS DATED 1899.
A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING COMMENTARY ON CANADA AND THE WORLD.
1960
AUGUST JOHNSON, LETHBRIDGE OLDTIMER, DIES
1961
SOD TURNING FOR NEW POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT IN NORTH EAST LETHBRIDGE
1963
NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPENED IN TABER.
1964
$4 MILLION COMPLEX WILL TAKE UP ENTIRE BLOCK SURROUNDED BY 7TH AND 8TH ST.
1971
SOD TURNING CEREMONY FOR ADDITION TO LETHBRIDGE PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE.
1972
LOCKOUT OF 58 EMPLOYEES OF CATELLI LTD. LETHBRIDGE BEGINS.
1973
HORSE MEAT NOT SOLD OR SLAUGHTERED IN LETHBRIDGE