Alberta

Over half a million dollars will fund local charitable work

LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta has announced $573,594 will go to support 54 projects and initiatives around the region.These grants are going towards chari...

Dec 07, 2020

Province to eliminate license plate expiry stickers in 2021

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "Nobody's going to be forced to change their plates. If you have your plate, you can keep your plate. When these reflective plates become available next year, it's not going to cost a...

Dec 07, 2020

Alberta sees 1,836 new COVID cases, 19 deaths Sunday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Sunday's report on COVID-19, covering the statistics from the past 24 hours. 1,836 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to...

Dec 06, 2020

Record 1,879 COVID cases in Alberta Saturday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Saturday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,879 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 66...

Dec 05, 2020

Province extends tourism levy abatement period

Tourism levy amounts collected by hotels and other lodging providers in Alberta will stay with them a little longer.The province announced Friday that operators can keep the levy collected until the e...

Dec 05, 2020

Alberta reportedly on pace to retire coal power by 2023

An environmental think-tank says Alberta will meet its goal to eliminate coal-fired electricity production years earlier than expected thanks to recent conversion announcements by utility companies.Th...

Dec 05, 2020

Provincial COVID positivity rate a "grim milestone" as 1,828 cases confirmed

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Friday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,828 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 64,8...

Dec 04, 2020

Medicine Hat MLA Barnes proposes, wants to lead ministry of autonomy

MEDICINE HAT, AB. -- Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes is petitioning the province to create a new ministry and wants to lead it himself.Barnes has sent a letter to Jason Kenney asking for the prem...

Dec 04, 2020

New daily heat records set in Alberta over last two days

LETHBRIDGE, AB- Across the province, new temperature records were broken over the last two days thanks to a warm air mass.According to Environment Canada, the following records were broken.Wednesday, ...

Dec 04, 2020

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment rate up at 9.6 percent in November

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest unemployment numbers have been released.For the month of November, Alberta's jobless rate was 11.1 percent. That's up slightly from October's 10.7 percent.For the first tim...

Dec 04, 2020