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Local initiative gets high marks from former B.C. premier |
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Written by Sherri Gallant Lethbridge Herald
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 |
Former B.C. Premier Mike Harcourt, now a guru for community sustainability, told delegates in Lethbridge Thursday that the city and region are on the right track with their vision and plans.
Harcourt was a keyote speaker at the SouthGrowN Sustainability Conference, organized by the SouthGrow Regional Initiative, an economic development alliance driven by a partnership of 27 municipalities that are home to 140,000, all told.
“I’ve been listening to how you’ve been putting together this initiative and it’s very, very impressive,” Harcourt said. “I’m pumped, and I continue to be pumped.”
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Delay in teen killer’s case |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
The sentencing of an 18-year-old Fort Macleod teen who killed his mother last year has been adjourned again.
The matter was adjourned Wednesday in Lethbridge youth court to allow time for the Crown and the boy's lawyer, Steve Virk of Calgary, to review two psychological assessments that should have been received by Feb. 24, but had only arrived that morning.
“I’m not very happy with that, quite frankly,” Crown prosecutor Eric Brooks said.
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Police lay charges in string of sleeping seniors being robbed |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
Two people have been charged in connection with a recent string of break-ins at local seniors’ lodges.
On Feb. 12 at about 1:45 a.m., video surveillance captured a man and a woman prying open the doors of Blue Sky Manor in the 1400 block of 18 Avenue North. Once inside, the pair entered a suite and stole a wallet and cash from the sleeping occupant.
Two nights later, the same pair returned and stole a flat-screen TV from a common area, according to Lethbridge regional police.
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Aboriginal nursing program hinges on Thursday’s budget |
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Written by Dave Mabell Lethbridge Herald
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
Political scientists, economists — and taxpayers — are anxious to see which way Canada’s government is heading, when the federal budget is tabled today.
Lethbridge health science students and professors will be listening closely as well. They’re hoping for financial support to extend a highly successful nursing program that’s shared by Lethbridge College and the University of Lethbridge.
The Support Program for Aboriginal Nursing Students has boosted the number of First Nations participants more than five-fold over its first three years, officials report. But its $1-million start-up grant runs out March 31, and health sciences instructors don’t know if Health Canada plans to continue backing the Lethbridge initiative.
“It’s been such a fantastic success,” says Chris Hosgood, dean of health sciences at the U of L. “We’re really hopeful we’ll have an opportunity to apply for new funding.”
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Rescue volunteers welcome protection |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier, Lethbridge Herald
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
Although getting sued isn’t necessarily foremost on the minds of search and rescue volunteers, they’re pleased just the same that the Alberta government is moving to provide them with blanket liability protection.
Last week, the Alberta Emergency Management Agency announced the introduction of Bill 6, which would provide search and rescue groups in the province with liability protection when they carry out their duties in good faith.
“It’s obviously a good thing. It’s been needed in the search and rescue community for years and years,” said Janet Jones, president of the Pincher Creek Search and Rescue Society.
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