Southern Alberta News
Participation in AER decisions not guaranteed
By Al Beeber on June 16th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Public participation in decision-making by the Alberta Energy Regulator is not guranteed, an online session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs was told Thursday. Guest speaker was Shaun Fluker, an associated professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. According to a SACPA brief, “his research includes examining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Métis flag represents unique history and identity
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on June 15th, 2021
The Métis flag was raised Monday morning at City Hall ahead of Indigenous Awareness Week happening June 21-25. Mayor Spearman, members of city council and Métis council members gathered outside of city hall for a short ceremony to raise the Métis flag. Members of the community also turned out for the event while adhering to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Piikani Society rallies in protest over coal mining
By Dale Woodard on June 15th, 2021
A convoy of cars hit Highway 3 over the weekend to protest coal exploration and the Grassy Mountain Coal Mining project. Hosted by the Piikani Mountain Child Valley Society — who have spent the past five months raising awareness about concerns over the impacts of coal mining on the environment in Piikani ancestral lands — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Youth Advisory Council looking for new members
By Al Beeber on June 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Youth Advisory Council is looking for a few good people. The municipally-funded group will be soon seeking new committee members to fill positions that will become vacant in December. Four positions will be open when those terms end. A fifth, for the University of Lethbridge Student ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe doctor says comprehensive strategy required for addiction crisis
By Tim Kalinowski on June 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed Dr. Esther Tailfeathers, Â Senior Medical Director, Provincial Indigenous Wellness Core, at Alberta Health Services, to a special session of its YouTube livestream speaker series on Monday. Tailfeathers spoke about the importance of a comprehensive strategy to address the opioid and addiction crisis on the Blood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced for highway chase
By Delon Shurtz on June 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 43-year-old man who smashed a car window with a machete then chased the driver and passenger from Coaldale to Lethbridge has been sentenced to eight months in jail. Daniel Edward Collier was sentenced Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to charges of assault with a weapon, dangerous driving and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Film festival a way to continue storytelling
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on June 12th, 2021
The Lethbridge Living Film Festival is underway. The online festival follows up the city magazine of the same name, which recently ceased publication due to the pandemic. Lethbridge Living owner Dana Inkster says she was not done telling stories and with a background in filmmaking decided to explore other options. “A film festival seemed like ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blood Tribe Department of Health responds to allegations
By Tim Kalinowski on June 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Blood Tribe Department of Health is addressing criticisms made by community members at a rally in Standoff held earlier this week over its handling of the opioid crisis, and is denying specific allegations of drug dealing going on at Bringing the Spirit Home Detox Centre. “The Blood Tribe Department of Health has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McCain donating 300,000 meals to Second Harvest
By Tim Kalinowski on June 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com In an effort to meet its goal of having zero per cent of its raw or processed products ending up in landfills, and to help achieve its corporate target to donate 17,000,000 meals throughout North America by 2022, McCain Food Canada recently announced it will be donating the equivalent of 300,000 meals to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads guilty in 2019 referee assault
By Delon Shurtz on June 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Coalhurst man admits his anger clouded his judgment when he assaulted a referee during a hockey tournament in Lethbridge in September 2019. “I let my anger get away from me,” Todd William Cross Child admitted Friday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he attended by telephone and pleaded guilty to one count of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local gallery manager running for Lethbridge city council
By Al Beeber on June 12th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He came to attend university but has made Lethbridge his home and now Darcy Logan is running for city council. Logan, curator and gallery services manager at CASA, will be focusing on four key issues during his campaign. Being an individual who both works and lives downtown and one who has served in ... Read More »
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