Southern Alberta News
Family living with diabetes reaching out with encouragement
By Dale Woodard on May 28th, 2021
A family with two children diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes is reaching out to other families to let them know they’re not alone. For Melissa and Kyle Zimmermann – whose sons Carter, 12 and Tucker, 11 – both live with Type 1 diabetes, the message is life can go on normally. “If you get a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police launch initiatives toward accountability, social responsiveness
By Tim Kalinowski on May 28th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service has launched various initiatives to make the service more accountable and more responsive to the diverse social needs of the community. During Wednesday’s Lethbridge Police Commission meeting, the LPS brought commissioners up to date on some of those initiatives. Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh informed commissioners one small, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads guilty in relation to 2020 beating death
By Delon Shurtz on May 28th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Mark Joel Moore faced many challenges and difficulties in his life, but he liked people, often befriended them, and would give the shirt off his back to someone in need. He would even allow his friends to party in his apartment on 4 Avenue South, but it was during one of those parties ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commision asks LPS to examine concerns over ‘Wanted Wednesday’ posts
By Tim Kalinowski on May 28th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Commission is instructing the Lethbridge Police Service to examine the concerns of citizens after a petition to ban ‘Wanted Wednesday’ posts signed by 545 petitioners was formally presented to commissioners during this week’s public meeting. Chief of Police Shahin Mehdizadeh addressed the petition, and acknowledged the concerns expressed by those ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Online session explores strategies to combat ‘sextortion’
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman For the Lethbridge Herald on May 28th, 2021
Chinook Sexual Assault Centre offered a Lunch and Learn session on Wednesday to provide information about sextortion obtained from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. According to the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP), sextortion is blackmail, and is defined as when an individual threatens to send a sexual image or video of you to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous 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 German 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!Symphony 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 »
Be the first to comment!Palliser 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!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 »
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