Council approves three-year funding for reconciliation initiatives
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Should authorities crack down on churches that break public health orders for capacity, social distancing and masks?
Yes
City council approved $435,000 over three years to help fund initiatives arising from the Reconciliation Lethbridge Advisory Committee’s local calls-to-action emanating from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Women and Girls report during Tuesday’s council meeting.
Council was supposed to have heard a presentation from the group during the Sept. 28 Community Issues Committee meeting of city council where they would have formally made a request for funding prior to November’s budget discussions.
City to provide rent relief funding
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Yes
By Tim Kalinowski on December 15, 2020.
Herald photo by Ian Martens
City council voted to provide up to $500,000 in additional one-time funding drawn from City reserves to help those struggling to pay their rent in the community in 2021. @IMartensHerald
City council voted 6-3 to provide up to $500,000 in additional one-time funding drawn from City reserves to help those struggling to pay their rent in the community in 2021. Deputy Mayor Ron Miyashiro proposed providing the $500,000 in one-time assistance to top up the City’s current commitment of $252,000 per year for the Housing Rent Supplement Program.