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Provincial budget doesn’t invest enough in public service: AUPE
By Lethbridge Herald on February 29th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees is not impressed with the provincial budget unveiled Thursday. The union says the budget makes life worse for Albertans and the public services in the province. More than 82,000 AUPE members will enter collective bargaining in 2024, the majority of whom work for the ... Read More »
5 responsesAg-Expo showcases latest farming technology
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 29th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Ag-Expo 2024 offers farmers an opportunity to explore the latest technology from drones remotely operated to autonomous machinery and everything in between. Territory manager for Western Canada with Front Link, Mark Weber spoke to said this week they wanted to showcase their “Farm Droid.” “The farm droid is the world’s first autonomous seeder ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinook football player enters not guilty pleas
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 29th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Another member of the Chinook High School football team who is accused of assaulting a fellow student, has entered pleas to several criminal charges. During a brief hearing Wednesday in Lethbridge youth court, Lethbridge lawyer Justin Dean pleaded not guilty on behalf of the boy to charges of sexual assault with a weapon, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irrigation technology changing with the times
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 29th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com “Drought, “water conservation” – three words that Albertans are hearing more after a hot dry summer in 2023 and a winter of relatively low moisture. And with the farming season soon to ramp up, those three words will be even more emphasized as communities across the province contend with their impacts. Irrigators use ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pink Shirt Day encourages inclusion and respect
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 29th, 2024
A wave of children wearing pink shirts could be seen at Our Lady of the Assumption School on Wednesday afternoon as a reminder of the importance of kindness and encouragement against bullying. Pink Shirt Day was inspired by an incident in an eastern Canada school were a male student wearing a pink shirt was singled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Farmer uses machinery emissions to help crops grow
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 29th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta farmer has found a way to use his machinery’s emissions to help his crops grow instead of using fertilizer and took the opportunity to share his invention with others at Ag-Expo. Gary Lewis with Bio-Agtive Emissions Farming spoke to the Herald Wednesday about his invention. He has been studying plant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province lifts pause on renewable energy projects
By Lethbridge Herald on February 28th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The provincial government has lifted its pause on the final approval of renewable energy projects effective today. Any projects moving forward will be undertaken with agricultural lands being a priority, Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday. Smith and Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf, the Minister of Affordability and Utilities, made the ... Read More »
6 responsesU of L educating students about violence prevention
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 28th, 2024
University of Lethbridge is focuses a week on sexual and gender-based violence prevention to educate students about consent. Until Friday, the University of Lethbridge is staging its week of sexual and gender-based violence prevention by offering several interactive activities with the purpose to engage students to an open communication on the topic of sexual consent. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man banned from riding transit buses
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 28th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man has been banned from riding city transit buses for a year while he’s on probation for committing numerous offences last year and 2022. At about 10:30 a.m. on June 5, 2023 Richard Paul Paniec entered a bus but told the driver he didn’t have any money. The 70-year-old man refused ... Read More »
4 responsesAdults put their spelling to the test
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on February 28th, 2024
Six adult contestants put their spelling skills to the test in front of judges during the inaugural Buzzwords spelling bee on Saturday afternoon. “We have our kids spelling bee every year, so we thought why not give the adults a chance to show their stuff,” said Jonathan Jarvie, an adult services librarian at the Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council nixes first reading on land use bylaw amendments
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 28th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday voted 6-2 to refer first reading of proposed Phase 1 amendments to Land Use Bylaw 6300 to administration for incorporation into the new proposed land use bylaw. After a lengthy debate Tuesday afternoon, council decided that more debate and discussion is needed on the proposed changes regarding social ... Read More »
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