Category Archives: Post to Social

Police presence to remain near Coutts
Coutts, AB -- RCMP officers will stay in the Coutts area following the blockade disbandment at the border crossing. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki says it is necessary to make sure protester...
Feb 16, 2022

Province introduces two new rural immigration streams
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Government is taking steps to ensure skilled labourers from abroad can join rural communities.Premier Jason Kenney announced the launch of the Rural Renewal Stream and the...
Feb 16, 2022

Alberta Beef Producers prepare for March AGM
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) wrapped up their Producer Zone Meetings last week and are preparing for the 46 Annual General meeting the first week of March. ABP General Manager Brad ...
Feb 16, 2022

Two premiers, 16 governors call for reinstatement of border exemptions for truck drivers
EDMONTON, AB - Provincial and state government leaders are calling on their respective federal governments to reinstate exemptions for international truck drivers.Addressed to Prime Minister Justin Tr...
Feb 16, 2022

Lethbridge council cancels 2022 municipal census
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The 2022 municipal census has been cancelled by Lethbridge City Council.Lethbridge's Governance Standing Policy Committee (SPC) recommended that council cancel the 2022 municipal cens...
Feb 16, 2022

Grocery bills climb as food inflation rate hits 6.5 per cent in January
OTTAWA - Canada's food inflation rate has hit 6.5 per cent, the biggest year-over-year jump in grocery bills in more than a decade.Statistics Canada says the increase in food prices in January outpace...
Feb 16, 2022

Cardston RCMP investigating impaired driving death
CARDSTON COUNTY, AB - A Southern Alberta woman has been charged following a fatal collision.At approximately 6:15 pm on Monday, February 14, Cardston RCMP responded to a serious single-vehicle collisi...
Feb 16, 2022

Lethbridge's COVID-19 immunization clinic to temporarily change locations
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge's COVID-19 immunization clinic is moving. The facility has been set up at Lethbridge and District Exhibition and will move to the Melcor Centre in downtown Lethbridge next ...
Feb 16, 2022

Lloyd Brierley named Lethbridge’s new City Manager
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge has a new City Manager.Lloyd Brierley has been named the replacement for the outgoing Craig Dalton. The City of Lethbridge says Brierley has signed a five-year contract aft...
Feb 16, 2022

Memorial hockey game raises over $15k for local and national causes
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Eagles hockey team was able to honour the memory of a former player. One year ago, the team - which competes in the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League - said that play...
Feb 16, 2022 Team photo of the Lethbridge Eagles. (Photo courtesy Erin O'Toole)