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Lethbridge Starbucks employees seeking to unionize
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Starbucks employees at several locations are seeking to unionize with the United Steelworkers union (USW), looking for better working conditions. The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, which goes by United Steelworkers or USW, has filed an application with the Alberta Labour Relations ... Read More »
1 responseHeritage festival set to celebrate Asian culture in Lethbridge
By Nicholas Allen - for the Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2022
The Southern Alberta Ethnic Association (SAEA) is hosting the Asian Heritage Festival in Lethbridge on Saturday. For the past two years SAEA has not been able to host this event in-person and has celebrated online according to Executive Director at SAEA Jackie French. “I’ve been here just over two years and we haven’t been able ... Read More »
1 responseNew report explores governance options for Alberta municipalities
By Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2022
Local government in Alberta cannot be run with a one-size-fits-all approach according to a new report from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.  Communities must decide on the governance model that best suits their needs, according to the report. It claims several factors need to be considered when determining which municipal governance arrangement ... Read More »
1 responseProvince working to ease pressure on EMS resources
By Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2022
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Minister of Health Jason Copping spoke to the media Thursday about what the province is doing to help decrease the EMS response times and to ease the pressure on EMS and other resources. Minister Copping thanked all paramedics and EMS workers across the province for their dedication, compassion and commitment ... Read More »
4 responsesASET helping newcomers get on fast-track to work
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com For many fleeing the war in Ukraine and coming to Alberta with engineering technology backgrounds, the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET) has options many are unaware of. ASET has a competency-based assessment program that allows newcomers and established residents to get fast-tracked into work. It is the first ... Read More »
1 responseHerald publisher taking new post with the City
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Brian Hancock saw the Lethbridge Herald endure dark times when the COVID-19 pandemic hit advertising revenues two years ago. Now the paper’s publisher is seeing the newspaper emerge from those gloomy times into a brighter future as he says goodbye. Hancock, who spent a total of 28 years at the paper during two ... Read More »
1 responseNDP asking gov’t for accountability on healthcare crisis
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com NDP Health Critic David Shepherd and NDP Finance Critic Shannon Phillips are demanding a series of steps to improve accountability and transparency from the UCP on the growing crisis in healthcare. “Health minister Jason Copping provides a weekly briefing about COVID- 19 where he takes very few questions from the media and continually ... Read More »
1 responseMan sentenced for obstruction
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Using a child to shield himself from police has earned a Lethbridge man a short stint behind bars. Andrew Mills was sentenced to 45 days in jail after he pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of. Mills was one of several people who were causing a loud disturbance at ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian Red Cross prepared to respond to disaster
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2022
The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs hosted the Canadian Red Cross during their meeting on Thursday. Canadian Red Cross’ provincial manager for the emergency management team, Mark Holzer, gave an overview of the organization and current responses. CRC offers emergency management, which is one of the organization’s biggest programs due the significant volunteer population. ... Read More »
1 responseLocal students generating mirth for Leth SD Voices
By Nicholas Allen - for the Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2022
The Lethbridge School District will be hosting a comedy and speaking event on June 16 featuring four different schools. There are five high schools in the Lethbridge School District but according to Samuel Ojo, the English Language Arts Teacher at Winston Churchill High School, only four will be participating in the Leth SD Voices event. ... Read More »
1 responseForum aims to make Lethbridge the healthiest city in Canada
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Healthy Lethbridge is offering Lethbridge citizens a chance to voice their input on how to make Lethbridge a healthy city to live in, thrive, and age well this week as it wraps a three day forum. By hosting a free virtual forum with speakers that share perspectives from a global, provincial and municipal ... Read More »
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