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Lethbridge City Council set to review operating budget next week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - You will be able to watch city councillors debate the 2021-2022 Operating Budget."As Finance Committee, we have some very difficult decisions to make," says Councillor Rob Miyashiro, ...
Nov 20, 2020
Feds need better data on COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: Miller
OTTAWA - A rapid rise in the number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities on reserve - especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan - likely does not tell the full story due to lack of data,...
Nov 20, 2020
Nova Scotia closes two schools, to limit gatherings in Halifax to stop COVID spread
HALIFAX - Most of Halifax will be subject to tightened COVID-19 restrictions and two schools that reported cases will be temporarily closed as health officials try to head off community spread of the ...
Nov 20, 2020
COVID outbreak declared at Fleetwood-Bawden Elementary School
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Another school in Lethbridge has an outbreak of COVID-19.On Friday, November 20, the Lethbridge School Division was informed by Alberta Health Services (AHS) that two positive cases h...
Nov 20, 2020
Ticats linebacker Lawrence says most CFL quarterbacks are quiet on the field
Bo Levi Mitchell has a future in the media once his career is over. On Thursday during a Grey Cup Unite videoconference call with Saskatchewan quarterback Cody Fajardo and Hamilton linebacker Simoni L...
Nov 20, 2020
Senators sign second-round pick Egor Sokolov to entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Egor Sokolov to a three-year, entry-level contract. Ottawa selected Sokolov in the second round, 61st overall, at the 2020 NHL draft. The 20-year-old f...
Nov 20, 2020
Quebec's anti-corruption police arrest two suspects in alleged school board fraud
MONTREAL - Quebec's anti-corruption police force says it has arrested two people in connection with an alleged fraud scheme at a major Montreal-area English-language school board. Police said today in...
Nov 20, 2020
New continuing care centre coming for Lethbridge seniors
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge will be getting a new continuing care centre that will be home to up to 102 people.Construction is underway on St. Anne's Haven, the $26-million Covenant Care project.The pr...
Nov 20, 2020
Funding for Alberta School Councils' Association cut by 75% mid-school year
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four months into the school year, the Alberta School Councils' Association (ASCA) is losing nearly $500,000 in annual grants.A letter dated November 12 from Education Minister Adriana...
Nov 20, 2020
We the nomads: Toronto Raptors far from first Canadian team to seek temporary home
As the Toronto Raptors move to Tampa, Fla., to start the NBA season, they can look to some other Canadian teams for tips on life in a temporary locale. Border restrictions forced four other Canadian c...
Nov 20, 2020