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New report confirms doctor shortage remains critical
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta has lost 188 registered doctors in the last three months and Lethbridge is down 13 in that same time period, according to a new report. And NDP MLA for Lethbridge West Shannon Phillips is not impressed. “This is unacceptable,” Phillips said Friday in a Zoom meeting in which she attacked the provincial ... Read More »
2 responsesProject Sunflower assisting refugees fleeing Ukraine
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com From a rally held at Lethbridge City Hall in February to stand in solidarity with Ukraine, Project Sunflower emerged to continue helping those trying to come to Canada to escape war. Rally organizer and Project Sunflower participant, Mykhailo Pereverza has been able to take time off from work to help as many people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteers scour coulees for trash on Earth Day
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
The annual Coulee Clean-Up project kicked off on Friday, which also was Earth Day, in parks all over the city. The conservation project began in Lethbridge in 2008 and encourages people of all abilities to gather at the coulees city-wide to clean up garbage and help make the river valley a cleaner place. “This is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freedom Convoy post-mortem examined through libertarian lens
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com An online presentation provided by the University of Lethbridge Retired Academic Staff Association offered an insight into what Libertarianism is and how it has emerged recently in Canada. Sociologist Trevor Harrison presented Cry Freedom: The Rise of Libertarian Ideology where he discussed its recent emergence in Canada as witnessed by the Freedom Convoy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta farmers on the fence about carbon credits
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The School of Public Policy of the University of Calgary has released a report on why Alberta farmers are reluctant to use carbon credits that can potentially help lower emissions. Report authors Nimanthika Lokuge and Sven Anders provide a comprehensive review highlighting the gaps in existing knowledge related to agricultural carbon credits and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patio season success promotes downtown businesses
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com When the weather co-operates, Lethbridge residents will soon be able to enjoy a meal and drink on patios – with or without lanterns – thanks to the continuation of a City of Lethbridge program. And maybe Kim Mitchell’s classic ode to summertime may serenade people as they enjoy the ambience of outdoors downtown ... Read More »
2 responsesHuman trafficking a growing problem in Alberta
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Human trafficking won’t end until everyone works together to solve the problem, the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs was told on Thursday. “We’re not going to defeat this crime, we’re not going to overcome this crime unless we work together,” said Jessica Brandon, director of programs for the Action Coalition on Human ... Read More »
1 responseCat found at Pavan Park named for rescuers
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A new resident of the Last Chance Cat Ranch has been named after her rescuers who took her in for the night after finding her at Pavan Park. Twin brothers Austin and Taylan Francis were walking around Pavan Park earlier this month and heard what Austin described as a young cat, crying in ... Read More »
1 responseGalt Museum clarifies motivation for free Indigenous admission
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Galt Museum and Archives is clarifying the reasons behind free admission for those who identify as Indigenous and why they decided not to ask for proof. “This policy related to free admissions for those of indigenous descent has been something that as an organization we’ve been talking about for the last number ... Read More »
9 responsesProfane outburst in court after hearing postponed
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man will remain in custody for at least a couple more days following his profanity-laced tirade in court Thursday. Stephen Rene Geworsky, who appeared in court by CCTV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, said he hoped to have a bail hearing and get released Thursday so he could go to the ... Read More »
1 responseWoman to serve jail sentence for fraud and stolen property
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old woman who defrauded a man with dementia out of $600, and was caught several months later driving a stolen vehicle, was sentenced to 25 days in jail. Jeanine Joy Blood was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, where she appeared by CCTV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre and pleaded guilty to charges of possession ... Read More »
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