City of Lethbridge Kicked off the environment week

June 1st to 7th is Canadian Environment Week, and Environment Lethbridge is kicking it off with something called The Living Cities Project. The project involves planting a new droughtresilient garden on the north side of Tartan Park in West Lethbridge. Kathleen Sheppard, Executive Director with Environment Lethbridge explains what types of plants are in the garden.

Sheppard says, Environment Lethbridge partnered with Fleetwood Bawden and Winston Churchill school to add native plants in the frame of the Environment week. Also, as part of Environment Week, the city is inviting residents to come out for an evening of tree-planting this Tuesday at 6pm in Redwood Park and on Wednesday at 6pm at Lakeview Park. 

Heidi Echavarria

Heidi was born in Bogota, Colombia and lived there until she was 18, then she moved to Caracas, Venezuela where she finished her bachelor's degree in journalism. Since 2010 she covered political issues related to the government of former president Hugo Chávez and his political opponents, management, death and transition to a new government. Likewise, Heidi did research, wrote chronicles, reports and news in the social, community, and cultural areas. In 2019, Heidi, along with her husband and three children, moved to Aurora, Ontario where she worked at Teen Challenge Canada. In September 2023, she moved to Lethbridge, Alberta. Heidi also has a diploma in Addictions and Community Health. In 2024, she joined at Bridge City News team as a Video Journalist to produce a wide range of stories including those which are faith based glorifying Jesus Christ.

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