Lethbridge airport staff join anti-trafficking initiative
By Lethbridge Herald on August 7, 2025.
Alexandra Noad
Lethbridge Herald
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Lethbridge Airport is taking measures to combat human trafficking by joining the notinmycity initiative.
This initiative founded by country singer Paul Brandt in 2017 provides training for employees and the symbol of a yellow rose will soon be found in both the airport and the website to help give victims hope and spread awareness of human trafficking.
Cameron Prince, manager of the Lethbridge Airport, says while Lethbridge’s airport is very small and the likelihood of traffickers using it is smaller than ones in larger cities, but there is potential and he believes being trained to recognize and handle human trafficking.
“Because we’re smaller there’s potential traffickers may choose a smaller airport to move through because it’s less likely to be identified.”
The training available through notinmycity.ca only takes about 30 minutes to complete and Prince says it was very helpful at pointing out red flags people may not otherwise think of, but also educates how to handle the situation for the safety of everyone involved.
“The key part is to not intervene in a way in a way that’s going to make it worse, so that’s actually the most critical piece is not causing more harm to the victim by intervening and potentially making the person who is responsible for the trafficking become aggressive.”
More information on notinmycity can be found on their website notinmycity.ca.
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i have long, long wondered how there is nothing much of any substance being done to combat human trafficking. while it is a world issue, one would think that at least most of the wealthy nations would have gotten down to fighting this war. heck, they have been so keen at the war on drugs, where the very many were actually willing participants of drug choice – exercising their right to choose. odd that they do not buckle down to fight a war in which unwilling people are abused, exploited and even killed.
in the case of human trafficking, the very many are enslaved and abused, against their will; and, very many are under the age of majority. and, yet, so very little is ever done to combat this scourge.
i guess it comes down to what makes money for the usual cast of the sleazy, corrupt power mongers. so much focus on weapons, which checks all the money making and power tripping boxes. lots of power and control and dirty money to be made enforcing unjust drug laws, despite how those laws have endangered and actually ruined the lives of many choosing to use substances that have been outlawed.
in the light of that, and now seeing that there is a likelihood there are a number of the most powerful, wealthy, and famous folk associated with underage forced labour and forced sexual predatory actions, it is doubtful we will ever see a true war on human trafficking. if we ever see the likes of things such as the epstein files, we can expect a lot of redactions. there is nothing transparent about what we accept for govt.