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NDP decry Indigenous child welfare stats
Critics are calling for the Alberta government to decolonize the child welfare system after data from April 1 to June 30 shows 7 of 8 deaths of children in welfare systems were Indigenous. Provincial data shows that children died while receiving child intervention services showing a rising number from previous years. In 2020 to 2021, ... Read More »
Willow Creek council speaks out against federal green ag plan
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The council of the Municipal District of Willow Creek is speaking out against the federal government’s new green agricultural plan. In a press release, council says the plan will create financial hardship for farmers, diminish the country’s food security and increase the food for Canadian consumers while having a negative impact on food ... Read More »
Family Centre offers Art in the Garden
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Family Centre West is offering children and their caregivers a chance to create art while enjoying the outdoors through their program Art in the Garden. Family Centre executive director, Maral Kiani-Tari said this program offers children a way to harness executive functioning skills and a chance to take advantage of their west side ... Read More »
FRIDAY, August 12, 2022
BEVANS, Justin CROOKS, Charles Hew Dalrymple DYCK, Johanna "Jo" EAGLE PLUME, Jagger Kenny HEALY, Justin Lee HOPKINS, Todd HOWE, Ray Lester JENSEN, Roy LAMANÉ, Huguette Jeanne ROGERS, Lily ... Read More »
Report provides insight into city homeless issues
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A report provided by City of Lethbridge administration for council says inadequate housing supports and emergency shelters are exacerbating the situation of homeless camps in urban centres across North America. The report, presented to council at a special meeting on Tuesday, says the city needs to create both short-and long-term solutions ... Read More »
Post office break-in nets $500 fine
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com When police responded to a 911 call that someone had broken into the post office downtown, they didn’t know the caller was reporting himself. Salar Khan smashed a window and entered the post office on July 15, then called 911 and told police what he had done. When police arrived Khan was just exiting the building, ... Read More »
Val Matteotti Italian Open returns to benefit CRHA
Golfers teed off at Lethbridge Country Club Wednesday for the Val Matteotti Italian Open celebrating the event’s 25th year and return after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Partnering with the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation the event raises funds from the community donating all proceeds back to the hospital. “This year 100 per ... Read More »
Skyline Clean Energy buys Lethbridge Biogas plant
Skyline Clean Energy Fund has bought the Lethbridge Biogas plant through the purchase of 100 per cent of the units in Lethbridge Biogas Limited Partnership and the shares in Lethbridge Biogas General Partner Incorporated. The facility is expected to convert 120,000 tonnes of organic waste into renewable natural gas, annually generating revenue primarily through the ... Read More »
Not much to show for constant roster changes in Edmonton
The Edmonton Elks opened the season at B.C. Place with a 59-15 loss to the Lions. Last Friday they dropped their 8th game of the 2022 campaign, also in Vancouver, 46-14. Yes, B.C. quarterback Nathan Rourke was sensational but the Elks have also managed to lose four times between the maulings on the West Coast. ... Read More »
Coutts protester expected to set trial date
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta woman facing several charges in relation to the protest and blockade near the Coutts border earlier this year, is expected to schedule a trial date when she returns to court next week. Joanne Person, who appeared in Lethbridge provincial court Wednesday, is set to have a pre-trial conference today on a single ... Read More »
New university research focused on wastewater treatment
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com University of Lethbridge researchers are seeking a better understanding of the way wetlands work to help treat wastewater, by studying the Frank Lake wetland and its watershed near High River, Alta. Frank Lake is a restored wetland six kilometres east of High River, managed by Ducks Unlimited Canada, and it is listed as ... Read More »
