Community Issues:
Alberta Forever Canada petition gathering signatures in Lethbridge Monday A provincial initiative aimed at triggering a referendum to confirm Alberta’s place as part of Canada comes to Lethbridge on Monday. (Lethbridge News Now)
Doctors voice concerns about vaccine rollout Lethbridge doctors are concerned about the provincial government’s new rollout of Covid and influenza vaccines which goes against public advice to make vaccines easily available to all. (Lethbridge Herald)
Miyashiro questions Neudorf’s boundary change proposal Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf thinks Lethbridge’s electoral boundaries should be split into four and merged with large sections of the adjacent rural ridings, which would reduce Lethbridge’s voice in the Legislature. (Lethbridge Herald)
City-wide drive runs dry: Lethbridge’s food banks need your water donations With temperatures on the rise in August, Lethbridge’s food banks are asking for donations of water. (CTV)
Environment:
Lowering selenium standards is denying science The federal government is looking at raising the guidelines for selenium concentrations in our water, disregarding the health guidelines for safe limits. (Lethbridge Herald)
‘Utilizing Blackfoot ecological knowledge’: Blood Tribe receives federal funding for wildfire research The Blood Tribe’s Fire Guardianship program will receive funding to support traditional ecological land management. (CTV)
Three-month Verdant Quest cleanup campaign wraps up, is hailed a success The Helen Schuler Nature Centre wrapped up its first Verdant Quest this month. More than 450 bags of garbage and 1,200 cigarette butts were gathered by volunteers as part of the Quest. (CTV)
