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Chamber CEO says post-secondary cuts impact Lethbridge economy
By Herald on May 27th, 2021
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald The business of education has a huge impact on the provincial and city economy and the cut culture needs to end, the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) was told Thursday in its weekly online YouTube session. Cyndi Vos, CEO of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce, addressed the financial ... Read More »
2 responsesSymphony helping mentor young band musicians
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2021
The pandemic has had an impact on everyone, but for arts and musical organizations, it has been particularly devastating since the beginning. This has impacted more than just professionals. Performances by school bands have been put on hold as well. At some points of the pandemic, even practices were put on hold. Everyone has had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee discusses cat bylaw
By Tim Kalinowski on May 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Community Safety Standing Policy Committee of city council held a wide ranging discussion during Wednesday’s meeting on what it would take to bring in a cat bylaw in Lethbridge which might limit the number of cats a homeowner could possess to something in the neighbourhood of six felines in total. The discussion ... Read More »
3 responsesIndigenous Recovery Coach Program welcomes new director
By Tim Kalinowski on May 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Aapai’tsi’taappii’saam Indigenous Recovery Coach Program recently welcomed Germain Wells as its new program director, and she is looking forward to getting on with the work of helping Indigenous people in the region recover from addiction through ongoing peer support and traditional healing practices. “We are a peer supported, community based and culturally ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wheat stripe rust ‘one of the most destructive foliar diseases’ says research scientist
By Al Beeber on May 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com It’s a problem that can affect 88 per cent of the world’s wheat varieties and causes $1 billion US damage annually. And wheat stripe rust is here in Alberta. The infection has become problematic in Canada since around 2000 but farmers can reduce its impact, research scientist Reem Aboukhaddour told the In the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council committee rejects harm reduction resolution
By Tim Kalinowski on May 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Community Safety Standing Policy Committee of city council unanimously rejected a proposed resolution from Moms Stop The Harm for the City of Lethbridge to support the declaration of a national state of public health emergency over the opioid overdose crisis, to advocate for the decriminalization of narcotics for personal use, and to ... Read More »
2 responsesPalliser facing $1.5 million deficit in 2021-22 budget
By Al Beeber on May 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Palliser School Division is facing a deficit of about $1.5 million after its board of trustees passed a motion to accept the 2021-22 budget. The board will be asking permission from Education Minister Adriana LaGrange to use some reserve funds to balance the budget. In a press release, the school division said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor says vaccinations key to easing restrictions
By Herald on May 26th, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald With the light appearing at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, Lethbridge mayor Chris Spearman stressed getting vaccinated as the key to making sure Albertans get there. As the province announced its Alberta’s Open for Summer Plan Wednesday – easing restrictions in three stages as vaccination targets are reached and hospitalizations ... Read More »
1 responseHighway 3 twinning association encouraged by Piikani study
By Tim Kalinowski on May 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Highway 3 Twinning Development Association president Bill Chapman says the potential for a full Highway 3 twinning is coming into clearer view thanks to a recent provincial government announcement it would be funding a Piikani Nation Functional Study of the stretch of highway which runs through the First Nation’s lands. “In terms of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man guilty of extortion awaits sentencing
By Delon Shurtz on May 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge man who has been waiting since last November to be sentenced onĂ‚Â charges of extortion and being unlawfully in a house to commit extortion, will likely have to wait a little longer. Oluwaseye Morawo was scheduled to be sentenced next month, but during a hearing Monday in Lethbridge provincial court, Lethbridge ... Read More »
2 responsesRCMP investigating suspicious death in Fort Macleod
By Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2021
The RCMP’s Major Crime Unit and Fort Macleod RCMP are investigating the suspicious death of an adult male. Fort Macleod RCMP responded in the early morning hours of Monday to a report of an injured male at a residence in Fort Macleod. Police located a male with injuries and attempted life saving measures until emergency ... Read More »
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