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YWCA set to celebrate women of distinction
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The YWCA Lethbridge and District is celebrating women in the community who have made exemplary achievements in their fields through Women of Distinction Awards tonight at the Coast Hotel. YWCA Lethbridge and District CEO, Jill Young said it is incredibly exciting but also incredibly humbling to be able to deliver awards to so ... Read More »
1 responseEmployers being urged to support equity on International Women’s Day
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Organon Canada, a global women’s health company, is inviting Canadian employers to embrace equity and adopt gender-specific initiatives to help women achieve equity in every aspect of life. Organon Canada is shining a light on the importance of supporting women’s equity, while highlighting the cost of not investing in their health, by giving ... Read More »
3 responsesU of L to sign Buffalo Treaty
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 8th, 2023
The University of Lethbridge will be making history today as it signs a Buffalo Treaty, declaring its agreement and cooperation to the renewal and restoration of prairie ecosystems and the culture on those lands. At 11:30 a.m. in the Science Commons Atrium, the University will become the first post-secondary institution to sign the treaty as ... Read More »
3 responsesCouncil rejects outreach funding for Streets Alive
By Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday defeated by a 6-3 motion a request by administration to provide up to $215,460 per year of federal Reaching Home funding to Streets Alive Mission to operate outreach programming. The vote came after a lengthy debate and numerous questions from councillors about the proposal. In ... Read More »
11 responsesProvincial trespassing bill treading on dangerous ground
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2023
Editor: Re: Alberta government introducing bill to bar federal employees from trespassing on private property. As a senior civil servant, I was rightly constrained from publicly expressing political views and I remained a-political while conducting my duties. However, as a now retired government employee I am free to publicly express my views. Notwithstanding, I generally ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minister highlights southern Alberta budget investments
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2023
Alberta’s Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen hosted an event in the city at Economic Development Lethbridge to highlight investments in southern Alberta for the transportation and economic corridors budget in 2023. Dreeshen was joined by MLAs Nathan Neudorf, Grant Hunter and Economic Development Lethbridge CEO Trevor Lewington. Dreeshen shared some highlights of ... Read More »
1 responseCity council to consider changes to election requirements
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council today will consider a recommendation from the Governance Standing Policy Committee to increase the deposit and signature requirements for candidates running in Lethbridge municipal elections. The recommendation, to be submitted today by Belinda Crowson, chair of the Governance SPC, calls for council to make changes to Bylaw 5803, the election ... Read More »
2 responsesTerm limits, end of stipends proposed for council members serving on boards
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council today will consider an official business motion by councillor John Middleton-Hope regarding term limitations for council memberships on its boards, commissions or committees. The motion also calls on administration to make amendments to Bylaw 6125 – known as the Code of Conduct bylaw – to preclude council members from receiving ... Read More »
3 responsesU of L celebrates start of Indigenous Awareness Week
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 7th, 2023
The University of Lethbridge held an opening ceremony Monday morning to kick off its Indigenous Awareness Week. The university will be hosting a week of educational seminars on campus promoting the history and culture of the Indigenous community. The university is committed to creating a welcoming environment, using the week to highlight its unique relationship ... Read More »
1 responseSentencing on assault charges adjourned
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who admits he stabbed a couple of people during a drunken dispute at a nightclub a year ago, will not be sentenced until later this spring. John Nickolas Gondurak-Courtoreille pleaded guilty last week in Lethbridge provincial court to charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon, but sentencing was ... Read More »
1 responseJune sentencing set on drug charges
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man caught with drugs and thousands of dollars in cash won’t learn how much time he’ll spend in jail until he returns to court in three months. Levi Duncan Reiter is scheduled to be sentenced on June 1, on two charges and drug possession for the purpose of trafficking and one ... Read More »
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