Southern Alberta News
City seeking volunteers for Emergency Social Services team
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge is inviting residents to join the Emergency Social Services (ESS) team to support their community during large-scale emergencies and disasters. Jamie Anderson, Emergency Planning Administrator with the City of Lethbridge told reporters Tuesday morning that the City takes emergency planning and preparedness seriously and has a number of plans ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province wants Ottawa to get tough on drug crime
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta government wants Ottawa to get tougher on drug crime. Premier Danielle Smith and Mickey Amery, the Alberta Minister of Justice and Attorney General, want the federal government to completely scrap Bill C-5 and reintroduce minimum jail sentences for offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The purpose of the bill, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Integrity commissioner motion ruled out of order
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 12th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Mayor Blaine Hyggen on Tuesday ruled an official business motion regarding a proposed integrity commissioner be included in a council code of conduct bylaw was out of order because the matter had been dealt with previously. A challenge by Acting Mayor Jeff Carlson failed by one vote to get the mayor’s ruling overturned. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Twine recycling collection pays big for local 4-H club
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 12th, 2025
A local 4-H club won $3,000 for collecting twine from local farms to be recycled. Northern Lethbridge 4-H Beef Club won the first of four cash prizes of equal amount as part of the Alberta Ag-Plastic Recycle it! Program which is in partnership between Alberta Plastics Recycling Group (APRG) and Cleanfarms. Treena Van Hierden, leader ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province funding efforts to prevent gender-based violence
By Sam Leishman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 12th, 2025
The Alberta government is investing $15.7-million to support its on-going efforts to prevent gender-based violence. This money is part of a four-year $54-million bilateral agreement that Alberta signed with the federal government back in 2023 aimed at developing a provincial strategy that will address critical gaps in gender-based violence supports. Tanya Fir, Minister of Arts, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe opposed to new coal mines in Crowsnest Pass
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 12th, 2025
Alexandra Noad LETHBRIDGE HERALD Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Blood Tribe Chief and Council have announced they have taken a stance against any new coal mines in the Crowsnest Pass region. In a community update letter Chief and Council say both the ending of the 1976 Coal Policy and the Dec. 20 announcement of the Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recovery centre the ‘missing piece’ for those with eating disorders
By Sam Leishman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 11th, 2025
Young Albertans struggling with eating disorders have a new safe haven where they can receive the specialized treatment they deserve. The Edgewood Health Network (EHN), which manages Canada’s largest network of public and private mental health treatment facilities, opened the EHN Sandstone Recovery Centre in Calgary last year. The first of its kind project was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council to discuss possible integrity commissioner
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 11th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council will address the subject of an integrity commissioner when they meet today. The City’s Code of Conduct Bylaw 6125 requires that council review that bylaw during each term “upon relevant legislative amendments or  when appropriate,” says a report to council. Two versions of amending Bylaws 6454 are being considered with one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City seeking resident’s input on Land Use Bylaw renewal project
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 11th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge is inviting residents to make their voices heard in regard to the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) Renewal Project during an open house today at the Galt Museum. Ross Kilgour, project manager and community planner with the City, told reporters Monday afternoon that members of the community are welcomed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local athletes have been skipping their way to the World Jump Rope Championships
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 11th, 2025
Skipping is often thought of as a children’s activity, but two university students are hoping to make leaps and bounds in the sport as they prepare to show off their agility at the World Jump Rope Championships in Japan this summer. Deanna Fisher and Samuel Kliever, who are both attending the University of Lethbridge, will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith says she knew of no wrongdoings; critics keep pressure on seeing multiple investigations occur
By Anna Smith SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 11th, 2025
Premier Danielle Smith has responded to the allegations surrounding AHS procurement and contracting processes, though Alberta’s NDP and AUPE question if actions taken will be enough. In a statement on Saturday, Smith said she had “read various media stories containing allegations regarding the procurement and contracting processes of AHS. They are troubling allegations and they ... Read More »
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