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Residents trash curbside recycling


Curbside recycling? Forget it, Lethbridge residents reply. A new study shows nearly 77 per cent reject a proposed


“green bin” pick-up for organic waste, while 53 per cent don’t want “blue bins” collected either. Instead, more than two-thirds of those who responded


said Lethbridge should leave the present recycling system alone. The Citizen Society Research ab study also showed


southside and northside residents less interested in curbside programs than the city’s westside citizens. Randomly selected Lethbridge residents from all parts of the city were contacted earlier this month, as debate on recycling proposals continued at city hall. “I think city council heard from the seniors, among


others, as this debate went on,” says political science instructor Faron Ellis, who founded the research lab at Lethbridge College. “There’s a clear generational difference.” Though they were initially interested, he suggests,


Lethbridge residents changed their minds once they realized what it would cost. The study shows seniors, lower-income residents —


and even a majority of people who would vote Green federally — selected the “status quo” alternative. Mayor Chris Spearman, elected in 2013 on promises to


introduce curbside service, says the survey “underlines the continuing need for community education.”


Childhood support lacking Alberta children are developmentally behind


youngsters across the rest of Canada, when they’re starting kindergarten. And boys and girls in Lethbridge are scoring lower than the rest of Alberta. That’s one reason it’s vital to follow up on a province-


wide study on early childhood development. But instead, a Lethbridge audience learned Thursday, the Conservative


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government has refused further funding for the project. And it’s announced no action on any of the study’s six


recommendations, two speakers told participants at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. Meanwhile, the government has reduced its budget allocation for early childhood education.


“We have the information now, and we have to do


something about it,” said LaVonne Rideout, one of the southern Albertans involved in the Early Childhood Instrument study. The five-year survey, using assessment tools recognized around the world, covered non- aboriginal communities right across the province.


Children’s development was gauged on a list of criteria:


physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and thinking skills, communication skills and general knowledge.


Within the city, LaVonne pointed out, the study found


“significant differences” in youngsters’ development, between one part of Lethbridge and another.


Lethbridge continues to report the highest level of child


poverty in Alberta, and Rideout said the children’s levels of development here largely reflected their area’s socio- economic realities.


Alzheimer’s research highlighted An inside look into Alzheimer’s disease and research


being conducted around dementia was the focus of a


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presentation Wednesday night at the Lethbridge Senior Citizen Organization. David Westaway, board president of Alzheimer Society


of Alberta and Northwest Territories (ASANT), was on hand to provide insight for participants into why they conduct research, what is currently being researched in Alberta and how it relates on an international scale. ASANT has funded six rounds of research over the past


few years that concern different aspects of Alzheimer’s disease, said Westaway. Competitions are mounted from universities, projects are judged, and ASANT decides which are to be funded. “They cover some different topics,” said Westaway. “If it


looks like it will go all the way, ASANT helps get them rolling, so they can get the word out and find additional funding partners to try to take their research nationally or internationally, and ultimately to use it at the bedside.” Some of the topics include one researcher from Calgary


who is working on an Alzheimer disease blood test, research into how bad molecules on cells interact with brain cells, and the role of genetics. “The bigger picture is we try to fund research that will


open up multiple possibilities, we don’t put it all into one predetermined focus.” Guest speaker Robert Sutherland, professor and chair of


the department of neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, also spoke about his projects. He’s working with cognition and basic elements of how the brain works to formulate thoughts and how parts of the system can go wrong.


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