Author Archives: Justin Goulet
Spies welcomed energy industry info about alleged threats, documents show
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service routinely welcomed reports from the energy industry about perceived threats, and kept such information in its files in case it might prove useful later, newly disclosed d...
Jul 08, 2019
June unemployment rate down from May’s numbers in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 2,200 jobs in June compared with the addition of 27,700 jobs in May of 2019. The unemployment rate across Canada rose to 5.5 per cent compared with...
Jul 05, 2019
Blood Tribe to get $150M settlement in historic claim over Crown mismanagement of the reserve cattle
CALGARY -- Residents of Canada's largest reserve are to receive $150 million by the end of summer to settle a historic claim that the federal government devastated the Blood Tribe's cattle industry mo...
Jul 05, 2019 Blood Tribe graphics
Buildings, coastlines, northerners: Report identifies top Canadian climate risks
New research for the federal Treasury Board has concluded that buildings, coastlines and northern communities face the biggest risks from climate change in Canada. In a report released Thursday, the C...
Jul 04, 2019
Lethbridge Hurricanes announce 2019/2020 regular season schedule
LETHBRIDGE, AB - This year, the Hurricanes will play 68 regular season games, half of which will be at home.It starts with the home opener against the Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday, September 20th.The...
Jun 26, 2019 Lethbridge Hurricanes logo. (Supplied by Lethbridge Hurricanes)
'Clients fall off:' Calgary program helps recently released prisoners with hep C
CALGARY - Imagine adjusting to life after serving prison time, then add mental- health struggles, addiction or homelessness. Now, throw in hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that can cause serious liver...
Jun 25, 2019
Hurricanes’ home opener set for September 20
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The WHL has announced the 2019-2020 season home openers for teams across the league Monday morning.The Lethbridge Hurricanes' Dairy Queen home opener is scheduled for Friday, Septembe...
Jun 24, 2019 The Lethbridge Hurricanes will play Medicine Hat in their home opener September 20, 2019 (Photo courtesy the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Twitter @WHLHurricanes)
David Saint-Jacques faces long recovery after return to Earth, doctor says
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will return to Earth on Monday following a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Raffi Kuyumjian, the doctor for the Canadian Spac...
Jun 23, 2019
Lethbridge teen reflects on Miss Alberta World title, prepares for Miss World Canada pageant
LETHBRIDGE, AB - For Ashton Wesley, it was all about believing in herself. The 19-year-old Lethbridge native, then 18, was crowned Miss Alberta World in February. The Calgary event was the first pagea...
Jun 23, 2019 Lethbridge's Ashton Wesley is headed to the Miss World Canada event in Toronto July 21-27 (Photo credit: La Di Da Lane Photography)
Dylan Cozens drafted seventh overall by Buffalo Sabres at NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Dylan Cozens was selected seventh overall by the Buffalo Sabres at the NHL draft on Friday, making him the first-ever Yukon product to be picked in the opening round. The six-foot-three ce...
Jun 22, 2019 Dylan Cozens at the draft