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Educating yourself key to understanding local food resiliency
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 21st, 2022
The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) has examined the benefits of relationships between sustainability and how our food resiliency can be beneficial to both ourselves, our environment, and the local economy. On Thursday SACPA hosted Mandy Sandbach, president of the Lethbridge Sustainable Living Association, to lead the discussion. “Part of the beginning step, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City to update Heritage Management Plan
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 21st, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Cultural and Social Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council is recommending that council proceed with an updated Heritage Management Plan. Senior community planner Ross Kilgour on Thursday made a presentation to the SPC about two options it could consider. The recommended option was to proceed with a draft updated HMP to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Slope rescue training lifts learning for firefighters
By Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Firefighter Conference took place in Lethbridge Thursday with various fire departments in attendance divided into two training sessions. “There’s two different training sessions going on today, there is the slope rescue training and then there’s LPG Firefighting for Fire-Petroleum-Gas firefighting, and it’s happening at the Fire Station ... Read More »
3 responsesTrouble looming for city water security
By Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
KEVIN VAN TIGHEM If you are worried about Lethbridge’s water security, you probably should be. Trouble looms on the western horizon. People will recall the huge uproar about the provincial government’s surprise decision a couple years ago to revoke Peter Lougheed’s long-standing Alberta Coal Policy and open up the foothills and mountains to coal strip ... Read More »
3 responsesStatus quo recommended for grants toward affordable and social housing
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council in its role as the Economic Standing Policy Committee went with the status quo on a matter involving grants to affordable and social housing providers. The committee on Wednesday morning voted 7-2 in favour of recommending to the City that it only consider offering capital grants to such providers. Councillors ... Read More »
2 responsesInfighting between tourism groups detrimental to Lethbridge, SPC hears
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Two organizations involved in promoting Lethbridge as a tourism destination have agreed to mediation to settle their differences after a tense meeting in council chambers on Wednesday. Tourism Lethbridge and the Lethbridge Lodging Association will be provided with up to $10,000 of City funds from council contingencies to address problems the two organizations ... Read More »
3 responsesLittle Library pops up in Gyro Park
By Cal Breaid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 20th, 2022
The Lethbridge Little Library program is a book exchange that is made up of small self-serve stations where kids and grown-ups can take or leave a book. Sarah Head, manager of branch services for the Lethbridge Public Library (LPL), runs the program and was at a recent Gyro Park ribbon-cutting to celebrate the opening of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hand feeding birds can have negative consequences for both birds and people, nature centre warns
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 20th, 2022
The City of Lethbridge is issuing a warning about interacting with wildlife. The Helen Schuler Nature Centre has received an increase in reports from the community about people feeding wild birds by hand in Lethbridge’s parks, and they also noted staff have witnessed an increase in social media posts featuring people hand feeding wildlife. “What ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kindergarten contest winner named ‘Fire Chief for a Day’
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 20th, 2022
Students at Agnes Davidson Elementary School had a surprise visit from Chief Fire Marshall Heath Wright and Fire Prevention Officer Neil Jesse on Wednesday as they proceeded to Mme Mooney’s Kindergarten class to surprise student Sofia Woons with her prize of being awarded Fire Chief for a Day. Donning the mini firefighter outfit they brought ... Read More »
2 responsesProvince reopens CRLs for municipalities
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Communities can apply once again for provincial funding under a revamped Community Revitalization Levy. Andrew Malcolm, urban revitalization manager for the City of Lethbridge, submitted a report on the CRL Wednesday to city council acting in its role as the Economic Standing Policy Committee. In his report, Malcolm asked the SPC to recommend ... Read More »
1 responseCredit card scam to obtain property results in six month sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on October 20th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An employee of Prairie Sky RV in Coaldale suspected something was a little fishy when Gerald David Thurber arrived on July 29, 2020 to pick up $11,000 worth of equipment that had been previously ordered over the phone by Darren Young. After Thurber picked up the equipment and drove away, the suspicious employee followed ... Read More »
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