Category YQL News

What is natural infrastructure, and how can it benefit communities? Read
the first blog in our new series to find out!

Submission for input to the Alberta online engagement on water availability Aquatic ecosystems include rivers, stream, lakes, ponds and wetlands as well as the riparian areas on their periphery. These landscape features capture, store, release and convey the water that falls as snow and rain. They are critical for sustaining life in a watershed and […]

Letter to Minister Joseph Schow, Minister of Tourism and Sport The notion that the designation of currently protected provincial parks, provincial recreation areas, wilderness areas, ecological reserves, natural areas or heritage rangelands may be rescinded on the recommendation of the Minister of Tourism and Sport to make way for an all-season resort contradicts the preamble […]

The League of YQL Neighbourhoods is excited to invite you to an evening of connection, conversation, and community insights at our Annual General Meeting. Date: Monday, February 24, 2025Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PMLocation: Theoretically Brewing Co. (1263 2 Ave...
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A historic donation has been made to OWC and the province’s WPACs.

Welcome to Jana MacKenzie—OWC’s new Fund Development Manager!

The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) has been a leading voice for a healthy and environmentally sustainable community in Lethbridge and region since 1984. SAGE was an active participant in the public consultations that eventuated the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP). The SSRP articulated strategic directions for policy action that included the management […]

OWC has been busy this fall. We did more CABIN biomonitoring than in
previous years, brought a lot of students into the field, and worked hard
on several restoration projects. Read up on our staff’s personal highlights
and lessons as well!

WasteLess.ca recently hosted a film titled Plastic People on the topic of microplastics. Microplastics are defined as pieces of plastic smaller than 5 mm. Microplastics much smaller than this, however, are being found in, well, everything. Imagine dividing the edge of a dime into 1000 slices – that is a micrometer. Invisible to the eye, […]

Letter to the University of Lethbridge The University of Lethbridge Business Corporation (ULBC) is in the process of conducting a market analysis that will guide the South Campus Development of approximately 100 acres owned by the University (1). Part of the area proposed for housing development has been identified in the City of Lethbridge Environment […]