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Nenshi nominated as candidate for Edmonton-Strathcona
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 24th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is hoping to soon have a riding to call his new political home. Nenshi, elected leader of the party last year, was named this week as the party’s candidate for when a byelection is called for the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona. The seat was held by former NDP leader ... Read More »
7 responsesProvince putting more funding into the arts
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 24th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta government has increased grant funding for the province’s artists. The funding was announced in Calgary Thursday at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium by Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women Tanya Fir. The government is increasing its funding to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts by $4.5 million annually for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Research projects benefiting public safety and policing
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 24th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs featured Kirsten Fantazir, president’s applied research chair at Lethbridge Polytechnic in a talk on “how can we make a difference in our community with evidence based public safety projects?” During her presentation Thursday, Fantazir talked about the various research projects taking place at Lethbridge Polytechnic and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irrigation conference readies farmers for upcoming season
By Lethbridge Herald on January 23rd, 2025
Kristine Jean – SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS – ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com Hundreds of participants gathered at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre on Thursday for the 2025 Irrigated Crop Production Update, hosted by Lethbridge Polytechnic in partnership with industry, farmers, academic partners and government representatives from across western Canada. The one-day conference featured several presentations and keynote speakers that spanned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PUBlic Professor Series to take on politics at session next week
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 23rd, 2025
Governments are often issuing policy changes, and while sometimes the public resonates with it, other times, such as Alberta’s Coal Industry Modernization Initiative, the public does not resonate with the policy. On Jan. 30, Lars Hallstrom, a political science professor at the University of Lethbridge and director of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EV sales could see caution flag with pause on rebate program
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 23rd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A survey of Alberta electric vehicle owners shows 87 per cent are likely to replace their present model with another one. Alberta respondents were included in an online survey of 16,041 Canadian EV owners by the Canadian Automobile Association and PlugShare Research last October. But EV sales could hit a roadblock with the ... Read More »
3 responses‘Breakfast with the Nation’ offers connections to reconciliation
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 23rd, 2025
A Catholic church in Calgary recently hosted an event called ‘Breakfast with the Nation’ as a way to build connections with the Indigenous people. St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church held the event this past Sunday, where residential school survivors were able to share their experiences to not only members of the faith, but also to ... Read More »
1 responseU of L career fair points the way to work after studies
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 23rd, 2025
The University of Lethbridge hosted their career and student service fair on Wednesday to help students find a job and understand services available for them while completing their studies. The university has been hosting a career fair for 37 years, with one happening in September and the other in January to accommodate the recruitment cycles ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BookStop brings a little of the library to city’s northside
By Lethbridge Herald on January 22nd, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Public Library has partnered up with the City of Lethbridge to create a temporary pop-up library to serve residents on the northside of the city as a pilot project to potentially expand their services to what they found to be an underserved community. The pop-up library referred to ... Read More »
1 responseCity council approves London Road apartment projects
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 22nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council voted on Tuesday to approve several projects that were the subject of public hearings on Dec. 10. Two of those projects which call for the construction of a pair of 39-unit apartment complexes on 13 St. S. were the focus of considerable opposition from a neighbouring grocery store and other ... Read More »
11 responsesCity council sticking with Standing Policy Committees
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 22nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council on Tuesday voted to reject a motion arising from Acting Mayor Jeff Carlson on Dec. 10 that council disband all the Standing Policy Committees with work done by those bodies to come directly to council. Six members of council voted against the motion with only three including Carlson, mayor Blaine Hyggen ... Read More »
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