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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
How did the rally go troutman? Decent turnout?
Was planning on heading down but had to deal with an unexpected family issue
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I’m told over 100? Someone told us there were more than expected and more than two (?) times as before.
Other news from last week:
Lethbridge City Council continues stance on protection of clean water
https://www.lethbridge.ca/news/posts...m_medium=email
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City Council has consistently taken a stance against coal mines, acknowledging how important the agriculture and agri-food sectors are to the economies of the city and region, says Councillor Belinda Crowson, whose Official Business Motion was carried on Tuesday.
Even though Council has passed several motions on the matter, based on the many inquiries recently received she saw it as an opportunity to reaffirm council’s stance publicly once again.
“Lethbridge and surrounding communities are downstream from the proposed mining site and these proposed projects have the potential of affecting the water in the entire Oldman Watershed,” says Crowson. “There is, at present, little scientific information on how to address selenium at the water treatment level.
Major irrigation systems in southern Alberta obtain their water from the Oldman Watershed 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.”
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