Category Archives: Post to Social
April Irving released from custody
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 59-year-old woman facing 14 charges including cruelty to animals and causing or permitting them to be in distress, has been released from jail on a $1,000 no-cash surety.April Dawn ...
May 10, 2019 April Dawn Irving
Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society receiving $350,000 in federal funding to strengthen economic security and prosperity of Indigenous women
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The federal government has announced new funding in Southern Alberta that's designed to make sure Indigenous women continue to hold important places as leaders in their families and c...
May 10, 2019 Photo Credit: Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society
Unemployment numbers up in Lethbridge area
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest employment numbers are starting to roll in from Statistics Canada. In the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area, the unemployment rate rose to 6.4 per cent from 6.1 per cent in Marc...
May 10, 2019
Local high school students get crash course in police work at Youth Police Academy
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The 5th Annual Youth Police Academy on Thursday, May 9, gave 20 area high school students who expressed an interest in policing and applied to take part in the program an up-close loo...
May 09, 2019
Four people facing drug charges from Lethbridge Police following search warrant
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged four people following a short-term investigation into drug activity at a south side home. Members of the Downtown Policing Unit received multiple tips a...
May 09, 2019 Photo Credit: LPS
Pediatric society calls for access to free contraceptives for everyone under 25
OTTAWA, ON -- The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that everyone under 25 should get confidential access to free birth control. In a position statement released Thursday, the society says a...
May 09, 2019 The Canadian Press
Local man and woman charged with drug trafficking offences for the second time in two weeks
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged 39-year-old Larry Healy Jr. and 19-year-old Shaquerri Hailey Clark Young Pine, both from Lethbridge, for the second time in two weeks with drug traffick...
May 09, 2019 LPS
Over $275,000 in Community Foundations grants awarded to charitable organizations throughout Southwestern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta has awarded 37 grants worth over $275,000 to projects throughout the region. These grants are a result of this year's f...
May 09, 2019 Photo Credit: Community Foundation
Kashechewan First Nation gets agreement from feds, Ontario to relocate
OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation has an agreement with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move the reserve annually threatened by flood waters. Kashechewan First Nat...
May 09, 2019
Innovative Lethbridge College program receives final approval
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College has announced that a new program has received official, final approval from the government. The Architectural Animation Technology program was announced last month ...
May 09, 2019