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Lethbridge, Coaldale, Raymond on “talking rural crime” tour

Alberta’s Minister of Justice is hitting the road, looking to gather input and discuss concerns about increased crime in rural areas.

Doug Schweitzer says he wants to meet with Albertans to ensure there is a faster, fairer, and more responsive justice system in the province.

Throughout this month, Schweitzer will meet with individual residents, business owners, rural crime watch groups, and local officials to hear first-hand their crime concerns.

The minister will be in Lethbridge and Coaldale on September 17th and in Raymond September 30th.

Schweitzer says the UCP government wants to work with people to ensure the province’s justice system reflects the realities of rural Alberta.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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