ATTENTION: Williams Moving Lethbridge is NOT affected by the recent bankruptcy of Williams Moving & Storage (BC) Ltd. We are fully operating for your moving SPECIAL 12-PAGE SECTION and storage needs Careers IN TODAY’S HERALD — Local. Long Distance. International. Call us at 403-327-3911 & education SEE PAGES C1-12 ONLINE: myLH.ca SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2015 PRICE $1.43 PLUS GST ‘No good deed ever goes unpunished’ Cardston farmer loses piece of land to squatter’s rights Melissa Villeneuve LETHBRIDGE HERALD
[email protected] verbal agreement is only as good as the proof to back it up. It’s a hard lesson Herald photo by Tijana Martin learned for Bob Woodward, a Cardston- area farmer who lost ownership of a 10- acreA piece of land to his neighbour in December, LRPS, ALERT MAKE HOUSE CALL due to an archaic law. It’s called adverse possession, commonly known The Lethbridge Regional Police Tactical Team takes a woman into custody after LRPS and Alberta ALERT members executed a search as squatter’s rights, and it’s based on British warrant for a home along 13 Street South in regards to a drug investigation on Friday afternoon. Five people were taken into custody. common law. Essentially, if a person has exclusive The matter is still under investigation and no further information was made available by police. control of a piece of land for a period of 10 years, and it’s open and visible to the public, the court can rule that the property is his, regardless of whose name is on the title.