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1885
THE 65TH CARABINIERS MONT- ROYAL ARRIVED AT CALGARY.
1924
CITY WINS GAS RATE CASE AND GETS COSTS OF ACTION. RATE STAYS AT 35 CENTS PER THOUSAND CUBIC FEET.
1927
ONE MILLION TONS OF ALBERTA COAL FOR ONTARIO.
1930
FIRE DAMAGES CAPITOL CONFECTIONERY STORE.
1944
CITY VOTES ON BYLAW TO SPEND $42,000 ON NEW SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT.
1945
GALT #8 IDLE AS PIT MEN STRIKE
1950
SAFEWAYS OPENS A NEW SUPERMARKET. MOST MODERN IN WEST WITH THE LATEST IN FREEZER AND REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT.
1955
INAUGURAL RUN OF DAYLINER TO CALGARY WAS MADE WITH OLDTIMERS OF THE SOUTH AS GUESTS OF CPR FOR THE TRIP.
1956
STUDENTS OF 11 SCHOOLS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO A NEW PHASE IN TEACHING METHODS WHEN A THREE- WEEK EXPERIMENT IN SCHOOL TELECASTS STARTS THIS MONTH.
1960
CAR CITY, 314-320 3RD ST. OPEN RENOVATED PREMISES.
1960
CITY HALL ANNEX RENTS INCREASED 33 PER CENT AND 36 PER CENT BY COUNCIL.
1961
16 YEAR OLD BRENDA LEE ENTERTAINS IN LETHBRIDGE BEFORE LARGE CROWD.
1962
SAFEWAY OPENS ENLARGED LETHBRIDGE STORE.
1962
M.D. COUNCILLOR CHARGES LETHBRIDGE WITH DISCRIMINATION.
1965
LABOUR CLUB BUILDING OPENED.
1966
NEW LIQUOR STORE PLANNED FOR CITY.
1972
LCC.SALARIES GO UP BY 7 1/2 PER CENT.
1978
U OF L STUDENT STRUCK BY CAR RECEIVES $26,000 IN DAMAGES FROM TWO LOCAL MEN.
1979
POLICE DOG JOINS LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE.
1893
BEGIN, MIRON, GRAHAM BUTCHER SHOP OPENS.
1921
LOCAL SHORTHORN BREEDER SELLS BULL FOR $900. TOP PRICE IN ALL OF CANADA.
1921
TAXPAYERS WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON PURCHASE OF CITY HALL, FORMERLY THE OLD CHINOOK CLUB.
1926
LETHBRIDGE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY DISBANDS AFTER 50 YEARS OF SERVICE.
1937
OUTBURST AT PRISON HERE. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. RED AGITATORS BLAMED.
1940
LETHBRIDGE RAF, WILSON DONALDSON WAS REPORTED MISSING BUT LATER REPORTED AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY.
1942
FIRST GROUP OF JAPANESE WORKER REACH DISTRICT.
1957
INSP. JAMES CARPENTER APPOINTED ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE SUCCEEDING CHIEF GEORGE HARVEY WHO DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
1959
THIEVES MAKE OFF WITH A 400 LB SAFE CONTAINING $1,500 FROM CANADIAN BAKERIES. A STOLEN TRUCK USED IN THE ROBBERY LATER FOUND ABANDONED WITH THE EMPTY SAFE.
1960
SPECIALLY ADAPTED BUS PRESENTED TO REHABILITATION SOCIETY.
1963
TCA DROPS "MILK RUN"
LETHBRIDGE NOW HAS ONLY ONE FLIGHT PER DAY TO EDMONTON AND CALGARY
1964
CANADA PACKERS FEED MILL IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE EXPLODES.
1966
$185,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE IN TABER.
1968
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON VISIBLE IN LETHBRIDGE
1972
$9 MILLION DISTILLERY PLANNED FOR NORTHEAST LETHBRIDGE
1972
CATELLI LOCKOUT ENDS.
1885
COL. OTTER ARRIVED AT SASK. LANDING AT 3 P.M.
1885
NORTHCOTE ARRIVES AT SASK LANDING A FEW HOURS BEFORE OTTER
1906
170,000 TREES ARE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION IN LETHBRIDGE
1921
PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF TRADE F.R.MARNOCH RESIGNS. HAS GIVEN MORE THAN 7 YEARS OF SERVICE AND NOW NEEDS A REST.
1928
LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPT. ATTACHES ROTO RAYS SAFETY LIGHT TO ENGINES. FIRST CITY IN CANADA TO ADOPT NEW DEVICES.
1930
DISTRICT ALBERTA MOTOR ASSOCIATION MEETING URGES NUMBERING OF HIGHWAYS THROUGH PROVINCE FROM INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY TO NORTH.
1932
COLEMAN RADICALS WIN MINE VOTE
PASS CAMPS QUIET.
1942
GALT HOSPITAL WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY BLACK OUT PRECAUTIONS.
1943
LOCAL VENDERS OUT OF BEER TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.
1950
TENDERS CALLED FOR HARD SURFACING OF MACLEOD TO CARDSTON ROAD. A STRETCH OF 37 MILES.
1955
G.S.LAKIE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE ALBERTA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
1956
D. H. ELTON, QC HONOURED AT LOCAL CIVIC BANQUET PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR SALT LAKE CITY WHERE HE WILL LIVE IN RETIREMENT. A PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED TO MR. ELTON BY MAYOR HAIG.
1962
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS BRIGHT IN LETHBRIDGE
1964
GIANT $150,000 TRANSFORMER ARRIVES IN CITY.
1965
GEORGE WATSON LOCAL TEACHER HONOURED BY ATA.
1965
COMPOSITE HIGH SCHOOL TO BE BUILT ON THE NORTH SIDE.
1966
PEIGAN TRIBE MAY BUY LIQUOR FOR CONSUMPTION ON AND OFF RESERVE.
1966
LETHBRIDGE AIR SERVICE GRANTED PERMISSION TO RUN TWO DAILY FLIGHTS TO CALGARY.
1967
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUPPORTS STUBB ROSS IN HIS BID TO OBTAIN A 5 YEAR LICENSE.
1983
MAN FINED AFTER THREATENING TO "BLOW AWAY" CITY CABBIE.
1914
50,000 TREES ARRIVE FOR GALT GARDENS.
1926
PENNY POSTAGE TO BE REINTRODUCED ON JULY 1ST.
1926
INCOME TAXES ARE TO BE REDUCED
SURPLUS FOR 1925 REACHES $55,000,000.
1929
EATON'S OPENS ENLARGED STORE. COMPANY SHOWS FAITH IN GROWING COMMUNITY.
1930
A.P.CON OPENS NEW OIL WELL AT SPRING COULEE, 35 MILES SOUTH WEST OF LETHBRIDGE
1930
PROBE OF LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN RATES IS PROMISED HON. V. W. SMITH ANNOUNCES PLAN TO NAME ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS TO CONSIDER ADJUSTMENT
1942
STAMP SERVICE BOTTLE NECK AT POST OFFICE DISCUSSED AT BOARD OF TRADE
1944
FORMER MAYOR OF LETHBRIDGE DAVID ELTON IS NOMINATED BY INDEPENDENTS TO REPLACE DR.P.CAMPBELL
1961
LETHBRIDGE PIONEER, JOHN D.HIGINBOTHAM DIES IN GUELPH ONT.
1976
SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEES APPROVE 195 DAY DIVIDED YEAR.
1928
CORNERSTONE OF NEW COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE TO BE LAID WITH FULL MASONIC CEREMONIAL.
1940
BAN ON HIGHWAYS TO HALF LOADS STILL BEING ENFORCED.
1941
MANY AUSTRALIANS IN CLASS RECEIVING WINGS AT #7 FLYING SCHOOL.
1941
WESTERN AIR SERVICE COMING TO CITY SOON.
1943
SALUTING OF FLAG BECOMES COMPULSORY IN SCHOOLS.
1960
CONSTRUCTION OF 1.5 MILLION FOUR LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY BETWEEN COALDALE AND LETHBRIDGE ANNOUNCED.
1962
BLACK BLIZZARD HITS SOUTH.
1885
BY EVENING THE 230 VEHICLES OF OTTERS FORCES HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE NORTH BANK.
1885
THE 92ND WINNIPEG LIGHT INFANTRY ARRIVED AT CALGARY
1899
REV. C.A. MC KILLOP SENT TO ONTARIO BY IRRIGATION CO. TO ATTRACT SETTLERS TO THE SOON TO BE IRRIGATED LANDS OF LETHBRIDGE AREA.
1928
SHAREHOLDERS TO INSPECT NEW MARQUIS HOTEL. LAST INSPECTION BEFORE FORMAL OPENING.
1930
FIRST SUMMERY STRAW HAT OF SEASON APPEARS IN LETHBRIDGE
1931
MR.& MRS.J.H.FLEETWOOD CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
1942
NO BUS SERVICE FOR NORTH OF LETHBRIDGE BECAUSE OF THE WAR CURTAILMENT.
1956
MRS. ALMA BUCHANAN,WIDOW OF SEN.W.A.BUCHANAN DIES AGED 78.
1958
ONE OF THE CITY'S FIRST RESIDENTS DIES HERE AGED 83. RICHARD H. STAFFORD SON OF AN EARLY PIONEER FAMILY WAS ON A VISIT HERE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
1959
WESTERN CDN. SEED PROCESSORS TO BUILD AN ADDITION TO THEIR EXISTING PLANT COSTING $1 MILLION. A CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED FOR AN OIL PROCESSING PLANT WITH THE GILDER CORP. OF KENTUCKY.
1961
$20,000 FIRE DAMAGE TO CHICKEN BARNS AT NANTON.
1961
CARMANGAY SCHOOL DESTROYED BY FIRE-- COST $250,000
1965
BENJAMIN RUSSELL, WELL KNOWN IRRIGATION ENGINEER, TO BE BURIED HERE.
1970
DR.CHANDRAKANT LOTIA WANTED BY CITY POLICE FOR FRAUD, IS IN INDIA.
1974
ALEX JOHNSTON NAMED CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.
1979
WINDOWS SMASHED BY ROCKS AT SENIOR CITIZEN'S HOUSING PROJECT AT 2275 32 ST.SO.
1927
J.STUTTAFORD, BELIEVED TO BE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE FIRST CONTINGENT OF NWMP TO REACH MACLEOD IN 1874, DIES AGED 85.
1927
GEORGE "STEAMBOAT BILL", MESSMER DIES. WORKED WITH OLD PADDLE-WHEEL WHICH CARRIED PIONEERS TO FORT BENTON.
1931
RAYMOND SUGAR PLANT MAY BE SOLD. COAST INTERESTS SAID TO HAVE PLANT OPTION.
1941
NEW MODERN THEATRE ODEON ON 5TH ST. JUST SOUTH OF BUS TERMINAL
1942
"JOB" REED DIES IN VANCOUVER ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE.1886.
1945
POSTMASTER W.R.WARD RETIRES AFTER FORTY YEARS SERVICE IN LETHBRIDGE
1955
FIRST SCHOOL FOR THE RETARDED OPENS IN LETHBRIDGE
1955
LETHBRIDGE TO GET TV. CBC BOARD OF GOVERNORS RECOMMENDS THAT LETHBRIDGE TELEVISION LTD. OWNED BY THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND RADIO STATION CJOC OPERATE THE STATION.
1957
W.J.COUSINS, MA OF THE LCI STAFF HAS BEEN APPOINTED ACTING- DEAN OF THE NEW JUNIOR COLLEGE SCHEDULED TO OPEN SEPT.
1961
CITY HALL GETS ASHTRAYS AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS.
1962
NIGHT RODEO AT EXHIBITION THIS YEAR WILL REPLACE GRANDSTAND SHOW.
1964
JAPANESE GARDENS TO BE CENTENNIAL PROJECT FOR LETHBRIDGE
1968
NO TRAFFIC DEATHS IN LETHBRIDGE IN PAST 500 DAYS.
1969
SAMPLE OF AREA RESIDENTS IN FAVOUR OF SUNDAY DRINKING WITH MEALS.
1970
THE LETHBRIDGE COUNTY REGIONAL RECREATION UNIT OPENS.
1979
COST OF DYING IN LETHBRIDGE TO INCREASE 15 PER CENT IN 1979.