Category Archives: Post to Social
Red Deer city council to push government through AUMA for provincial needle debris strategy
Red Deer -- Many residents of Lethbridge may view the local long-running issue of needle debris as exclusive to their community. However, that is not the case.Another provincial city has reached the f...
May 28, 2019 Needle debris issue
Roosters found abandoned in Alexander Wilderness Park
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It may be one of the more unusual finds for Lethbridge Animal Services. According to a social media post from the organization, officers were called out to Alexander Wilderness Park i...
May 28, 2019 Roosters in a box - Photo Courtesy: Lethbridge Animal Services
Woman accused of identity fraud pleads guilty to 14 charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 29-year-old Lethbridge woman facing dozens of fraud and possession of stolen property charges pleaded guilty to 14 charges in Lethbridge Provincial Court Tuesday. The day was set as...
May 28, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Lethbridge MP Harder sponsors e-petition calling for mandatory seatbelts on school buses
OTTAWA, ON - Lethbridge MP Rachael Harder has partnered with a father from British Columbia to sponsor an official House of Commons petition in support of mandatory seatbelts on school buses. Gary Lil...
May 28, 2019 Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press
U of L names Faculty of Health Sciences professor a Board of Governors Teaching Chair
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge has appointed one of its professors as a Board of Governors Teaching Chair.Dr. Olu Awosoga is an associate professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and...
May 28, 2019 Dr. Olu Awosoga (Photo courtesy University of Lethbridge)
Medicine Hat looking to host 2022 Special Olympic Canada Summer Games
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The 2022 Special Olympic Canada Summer Games could be coming to Medicine Hat.On Monday June 3, city council will decide whether to submit a $300,000 bid to host the event.An enthusi...
May 28, 2019 Photo credit: Scott Roblin
Canada to align itself 'very much' with Americans on ratifying new NAFTA: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining mum on the ratification timeline for the new North American free-trade agreement but he says Canada will be aligning itself "very much" with the pac...
May 28, 2019
Weather still concern for Alberta firefighters but crews keeping flames at bay
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Warmer temperatures, gusty winds and no rain continued to cause unpredictable conditions for firefighters in northern Alberta on Monday, but officials said measures to keep flames ...
May 28, 2019
Woman dies after being trapped in charitable donation bin
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Police say a 39-year-old woman has died after being trapped in the opening of a charitable donation bin in the city.Police received a call at approximately 3:30 a.m. on...
May 27, 2019 Charles Lefebvre/Scott Roblin with files from The Canadian Press
Council votes to begin process of demolishing old YMCA building
LETHBRIDGE, AB - First it was the YMCA itself heading off to the west side of Lethbridge, and now the building that housed the Y for many years is set to be decommissioned and demolished. City Council...
May 27, 2019 The old YMCA building now gated off