Author Archives: David Opinko
Free parking days in downtown Lethbridge starts Mar. 26
Drivers will be able to park for free in the downtown Lethbridge core on certain days. The Downtown Lethbridge Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) says the first free parking day of 2025 will be March ...
Mar 23, 2025
Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that th...
Mar 22, 2025
Lethbridge City Hall to light up for World Tuberculosis Day
The City of Lethbridge will join 50 other Canadian monuments in dozens of communities in showing its support for World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. City Hall will be illuminated red on the evening of Monday...
Mar 22, 2025
Three new parliamentary secretaries named by Premier Smith
Three Alberta MLAs have been given some new responsibilities by Premier Danielle Smith. Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright has been named Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health (South) while Gra...
Mar 20, 2025
Steven Foord named executive director of Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge
A familiar face to the local arts scene, Steven Foord will help to further support artists and an organization that works with them. The Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge (AAC) has appointed Foord as ...
Mar 20, 2025
Federal government commits $187M to rebuild critical infrastructure in Jasper
More financial support is on the way for fire-ravaged Jasper, Alta., as the federal government has announced $187 million in new funding for the town's rebuild. It is the largest funding package to be...
Mar 20, 2025
Premier Danielle Smith meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney
Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting today for the first time since he was sworn into office last week. The visit comes a day after Smith's United Conservative Party gover...
Mar 20, 2025
PM Mark Carney expected to call federal election on Sunday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a federal election on Sunday for a vote as early as April 28. Sources would not confirm the specific date of the vote, but federal campaigns mus...
Mar 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members o...
Mar 19, 2025
One person dead following collision south of Lethbridge
The RCMP is continuing to investigate a fatal collision in southern Alberta. It occurred just after 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the intersection of Highways 4 and 845. A spokesperson wit...
Mar 19, 2025