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Lethbridge city council eliminating Municipal Planning Commission
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council is eliminating the Municipal Planning Commission. Council voted 7-2 in favour of a motion with Mayor Blaine Hyggen and councillor Ryan Parker voting against it. Acting mayor Belinda Crowson told council eliminating the MPC is a streamlining process for applicants and the community. She said virtually every decision made by ... Read More »
2 responsesMan sentenced for attempting to disarm an officer
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 24-year-old former Edmonton man tried to disarm a police officer of his pepper spray during a fight in Lethbridge a year ago. Police had responded to a call involving a firearm, and when they arrived at the scene Braudy Solano took off running. An officer chased the suspect and caught him, but ... Read More »
2 responsesNeighbourhood dispute leads to hefty fine for assault
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A woman who was assaulted after she complained about a neighbour’s behaviour has netted her assailant a hefty fine and a criminal record. Thomas David McIntyre, 45, was fined $1,150 after he pleaded guilty this week in Lethbridge provincial court to two charges of assault and one charge of failing to comply with ... Read More »
2 responsesHeritage 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 responseLethbridge 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 responseGovernance SPC split on ward system
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council in its entirety will be examining the concept of an electoral ward commission after its Governance Standing Policy Committee on Thursday failed to reach consensus on approving a motion to recommend a commission be approved. A split 2-2 vote on the motion recommending council proceed with the analysis, engagement, recommendation and ... 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 »
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