Southern Alberta News
Locals tapped to guide creation of continuing care agency
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 31st, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge cardiologist and medical director of Chinook Cardiology is being tasked by the provincial government to lead a committee overseeing the establishment of a provincial agency for continuing care. Dr. Sayeh Zielke will chair the committee to establish Assisted Living Alberta. The launch of the new agency was announced in Calgary on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province vows to grow Heritage Trust Fund
By Lethbridge Herald on January 30th, 2025
The Heritage Trust fund will grow by at least a factor of ten within the next 25 years, according to an announcement by the Alberta government Wednesday. “Our goal is to have at least $250 billion in the bank by 2050,” said Premier Danielle Smith in a news conference. “That’s the minimum required by the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP takes flight at the border in new helicopter
By Southern Alberta Newspapers on January 30th, 2025
The RCMP says a recently acquired Black Hawk helicopter is in service patrolling Alberta’s international boundary with Montana, and could be seen by southeast Alberta residents on patrols. Another of two military-style helicopters, acquired earlier this month by the federal agency to ramp up border security as trade tensions mount between Ottawa and Washington, was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Water for Food voices concerns over coal mining’s impact on ag sector
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 30th, 2025
Southern Alberta is known for its vast farmland, which contributes billions of dollars to the economy and Chris Spearman fears the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Mine will negatively impact the agri-food sector and southern Alberta. Spearman, former Lethbridge mayor and a spokesman for the group Water For Food, says he was alarmed at the Dec. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Historic newspaper archive now online
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 30th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village and the University of Lethbridge Digitization Team have partnered, to make more than 120 years of Pincher Creek history available in an accessible digitized collection of the Pincher Creek Echo newspaper. This collection spans from Apr. 15, 1900, to December 31, 2023, and is accessible in the Library’s Digitized Collections platform. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local businesses face perfect storm, says Chamber head
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 30th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce wants to see an environment created  where businesses and their employees can thrive. For businesses to survive and thrive, regulations need to be  streamlined and roadblocks removed, the audience at Lethbridge East  MLA Nathan Neudorf’s fireside chat heard on Tuesday from Chamber  president Cyndi Crane. Crane also addressed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local man joins Ag Hall of Fame
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 30th, 2025
A Lethbridge man was honoured for his work in advancing the provinces agriculture and food industry. Blair Roth is one of three inductees to the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin, on Wednesday. The Agriculture Hall of Fame is the Department of Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation’s oldest and most prestigious ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regulating coal will be a challenge, says Neudorf
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 30th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The potential impact of American tariffs, the state of Alberta’s electricity system and other topics were discussed on Tuesday by MLA for Lethbridge East  and Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan Neudorf in a  fireside chat hosted by the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. The event at the Sandman Inn on Mayor Magrath Drive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Middleton-Hope looking forward following byelection
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He didn’t win, but John Middleton-Hope made clear to his team of volunteers that they won his admiration during the Lethbridge West by-election campaign in December. The UCP candidate lost to the NDP’s Rob Miyashiro in the race to fill the vacancy left when long-time MLA Shannon Phillips resigned on July 1. Standing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge police and EMS teaming up for high-risk response
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Police Service and Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services have partnered as part of a new initiative that will help save lives during high-risk incidents where every second counts. Gerald Grobmeier, LPS Deputy Chief, says the addition of Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) will see seven advanced care paramedics, with specialized training and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province puts money toward finishing groundwater study
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta government on Tuesday announced it is investing close to  $4 million to help study and map groundwater in southern Alberta. The Alberta Geological Survey will be getting a total of $3.8 million  to finish a three-year study which will map the quality, quantity and  location of groundwater in southern Alberta. The ... Read More »
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