Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta's quarantine pilot project for international travellers now underway
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Those entering the province through one of two ports of entry will be able to reach their destination much sooner thanks to a new quarantine pilot project.The provincial and federal g...
Nov 02, 2020
Parks Canada is considering a captive caribou breeding program, though experts warn the plan is risky
EDMONTON - Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up female caribou from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding program to replenish others.The move is being made as a last-ditch ...
Nov 02, 2020
Piikani Nation enters work partnership with operating engineers union
BROCKET, AB - A partnership has been formed between the Piikani Nation and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 955.In a release, it was stated that the agreement is based around a tra...
Nov 02, 2020
Tatsikiisaapo’p Middle School temporarily closed for a week due to positive COVID case
STANDOFF, AB - A Blood Reserve middle school will be shut down this upcoming week due to a case of COVID-19. The Kainai Board of Education (KBE) says Tatsikiisaapo'p Middle School will be closed this ...
Nov 01, 2020
Blood Tribe Police locate truck of missing man, along with “unidentifiable human remains”
STANDOFF, AB - Blood Tribe Police have confirmed that they have located the truck of a missing man. In a release, the police stated that they have found the truck of missing person Jason Many Fingers,...
Oct 31, 2020
Exploring Lethbridge and southern Alberta’s spooky past
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Halloween is the one holiday of the year that puts ghosts and ghouls and fun haunts in focus. The city of Lethbridge and southern Alberta is not short on spooky stories. Belinda Crows...
Oct 31, 2020
Record 622 new COVID cases confirmed in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Friday's report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past 24 hours.622 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 27,6...
Oct 30, 2020
Alberta Ag research takes a closer look at industrial hemp
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It's a project that continues to build on earlier research and it involves a centuries old product - hemp. Farming Smarter Research Coordinator, Mike Gretzinger, calls the 3-year pr...
Oct 30, 2020
Provincial partnership to create 3,800 paid internships in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Post-secondary students in the province will soon have more opportunities to gain real-world experience and actually get paid for it.The Government of Alberta has partnered with Mitac...
Oct 30, 2020
AHS reports second COVID death in Lethbridge this week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Update: AHS has confirmed to LNN that the COVID-19 death in Lethbridge reported today was for a man from the south side in his 40's.Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's rep...
Oct 29, 2020