More and more Albertans are feeling the pinch in their wallets due to inflation. But those living on a fixed income may be feeling it even more particularly since the province stopped adjusting compensation according to the cost of living. NDP Finance Critic, Shannon Phillips and Marie Renaud, MLA for St. Albert, were in Lethbridge […]Read More
Is Alberta’s health care crisis growing? According to the province’s opposition NDP, it is. Health Critic David Shepherd and Finance Critic Shannon Phillips quoted Health Minister Jason Copping saying that Alberta’s health care system is operating ‘near normal’. However they argue that this is not really the case. Bridge City News reached out to the […]Read More
Following the release of the new draft curriculum for students in Kindergarten to Grade 6, the education critic for Alberta’s official opposition says the draft is sorely lacking. Sarah Hoffman says the curriculum will not be successful in the end and the UCP government is setting kids up to fail. “I think that it’s been […]Read More
The Alberta NDP announced that former Lethbridge City Councillor Rob Miyashiro will be their candidate for Lethbridge East when the next provincial election takes place in 2023. Miyashiro beat out three other candidates including former MLA Maria Fitzpatrick. He says his platform will be focused on people, not things. Miyashiro will be going up against […]Read More
Another person has thrown their hat into the ring for the NDP Lethbridge-East nomination. Amanda Jensen has announced her intent to seek the nomination for the 2023 provincial election. Jensen is currently the executive director of Volunteer Lethbridge. She will square off against former MLA Maria Fitzpatrick and city councillor Rob Miyashiro. Jensen says […]Read More
Former Lethbridge MLA Maria Fitzpatrick has announced her intent to seek the Alberta NDP nomination for Lethbridge-East. Fitzpatrick was first elected as the NDP MLA for Lethbridge-East in 2015 until she was defeated by the UCP’s Nathan Neudorf in 2019. Fitzpatrick says the UCP and Neudorf have not stepped up during the pandemic which […]Read More
Alberta NDP Finance Critic and Lethbridge-West MLA, Shannon Phillips met with the media today demanding for a stronger COVID-19 response from the UCP for all of us here in southern Alberta. The NDP is demanding the government to do more to help take the pressure off our hospitals as hospitalization increases and elective surgeries are […]Read More
Following the earlier announcement from the UCP regarding new COVID-19 restrictions and masking, Opposition NDP Leader, Rachel Notley, says she’s extremely disappointed by the announcement to put more restrictions on Albertans. She says the new restrictions are unfair for the 70 per cent of Albertans who have chosen to receive the vaccine. Notley has […]Read More
A two-term Lethbridge city councillor is jumping into provincial politics. Rob Miyashiro announced he is seeking the Alberta NDP’s nomination for Lethbridge-East and competition for the UCP’s Nathan Neudorf. Miyashiro has been the executive director of the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization since 2013. Miyashiro says it was clear to him that Rachel Notley has […]Read More
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