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Residents urged to get planting trees
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 3rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge is encouraging residents to plant as many trees as possible in their yard to help them reach their goal of planting 1,000 trees in 2023. The City recently announced its 1,000 trees in 2023 initiative to increase Lethbridge’s tree canopy and to inspire and empower residents to plant and ... Read More »
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By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 3rd, 2023
The Canadian Institute for Health Information has released a report exploring some of the impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the health care system. The report also outlines four priorities the provincial/territorial governments and the Government of Canada have agreed to focus on to improve Canadian health care. The report, which was released Tuesday, ... Read More »
1 responseOnline platforms blocking Canadian news content from view
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 3rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has begun blocking Canadians from seeing online news content from Canadian publications. Google will be following suit as the online giants respond to a federal law that requires online platforms to negotiate deals with Canadian news organizations to access their content. Such restrictions mean readers of the ... Read More »
3 responsesLocal company turning agricultural waste into fuel
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 3rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A local company with its headquarters in Calgary is helping reduce carbon dioxide emissions by converting agricultural waste and inedible animal fats into fuel. Canary Biofuels, a first-of-its-kind facility, was founded in March 2021 thanks to $4.7 million funding received from the Alberta government from the TIER fund through Emissions Reduction Alberta. CEO ... Read More »
1 responseBlairmore Bandstand to be designated Provincial Historic Resource
By Lethbridge Herald on August 3rd, 2023
A plaque designating the Blairmore Bandstand as a Provincial Historic Resource will be unveiled on Sunday, August 6th, 2023, at 1 p.m. in Gazebo Park (13019-20th Ave) in downtown Blairmore. The designation will be part of the 18th annual Crowsnest Pass Doors Open and Heritage Festival, Platform guests will include John Barlow, MP for Foothills, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier gives directives to improve mental health and addictions services
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 3rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Premier Danielle Smith has issued another letter to one of her ministers with requests to address issues in the province. This time Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Dan Williams is the focus of Smith’s directives. On Wednesday in a letter to Williams, the premier outlined her expectation for implementing what the UCP ... Read More »
1 responseInflation putting more pressure on local food banks
By Lethbridge Herald on August 3rd, 2023
Steffanie Costigan – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With the ongoing inflation crisis and food prices rapidly increasing, more people in southern Alberta are struggling to afford groceries. And the Lethbridge Food Bank is seeing a rapid increase in patrons. Executive director Mac Nichol said this week that the inflation crisis is pushing more individuals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man taken into custody in southside standoff
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 2nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A quiet southside street east of Lakeview School on Tuesday became the scene of tension as police dealt with a man barricaded inside a basement suite of a rental home. The home’s elderly landlord had evicted the man several days ago and was threatened with a gun on Tuesday by his tenant, he ... Read More »
1 responseBarons marks 45 years since release of Superman
By Erika Mathieu SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on August 2nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDssnews@sunnysouthnews.com The Village of Barons is celebrating 45 years since the release of the 1978 blockbuster hit, Superman. Various locations in southern Alberta, including the Barons school, transformed into Smallville for several weeks during the summer of 1977. Because of the number of local extras, and the sheer scope and budget of the film ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University and college host Indigenous students youth initiative
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 2nd, 2023
The Indigenous youth initiative program kicked off in Lethbridge this week as the University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge College host the Outland Youth Employment (OYEP) program for the first time. The university and college have long endeavoured to provide access to post-secondary education for Indigenous learners. Deserae Yellow Horn, the education navigator at U of ... Read More »
1 responseControversial speaker suing U of L for cancelling event
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 2nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A court action has been filed against the University of Lethbridge, challenging a decision to cancel an event in which former Mount Royal University professor Frances Widdowson was invited to speak earlier this year. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced Tuesday that a court action was filed against the university on July ... Read More »
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