Council addressing mining, masking and EMS dispatch
Poll
Yes
Chris Speaman – Mayor of Lethbridge
Our local and regional economy depends on clean water. At its most recent meeting, Lethbridge City Council voted unanimously to have its voice be heard in regards to any current and future coal mining projects on the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies.
Lethbridge is downstream and gets its water from the Oldman River, so any proposed projects have the potential of affecting the water in the entire Oldman Watershed. Lethbridge’s and southern Alberta’s economy and jobs may be impacted long-term if water quality issues affect the quality of our irrigation water and the reputation of our agri-food processing hubs may be damaged for years. This is about both quality and quantity of water.
Parent groups have issues with boundary changes
Poll
Yes
By Tim Kalinowski on January 26, 2021.
Herald photo by Ian Martens
Students, staff and parents make their way in front of the entrance to École Nicholas Sheran Monday at the end of the school day. @IMartensHerald
Some parent groups are saying proposed boundary changes in the Lethbridge School Division are rushed, lack good planning, and will have substantially cut parents out of the consultation process if passed by the school board on Feb.23.
“I think it’s because they knew it would be an unpopular decision,” says Nichole Eva, who is representing a group of parents of French immersion students from Nicholas Sheran School who would be displaced by the proposed boundary changes. “They kind of put it back on us: ‘What else should we do?’ I don’t know. Maybe they should have planned this better and not move back again after just four years.”