Category Archives: Post to Social
Share of Canadians in rural areas shrinks for ninth consecutive census, StatCan says
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the share of Canadians living in rural areas has declined for the ninth census in a row, dropping from 18.7 per cent in 2016 to 17.8 per cent in 2021. The agency sa...
Feb 09, 2022
Radio-a-thon raising funds to address priority needs at Chinook Regional Hospital
LETHBRIDGE, AB - This Thursday marks the 12th annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-a-thon.The annual event raises funds for the Chinook Regional Hospital (CRH) Foundation.From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Febr...
Feb 09, 2022
'The big picture': Alberta border protesters planning to stay for the long haul
COUTTS, Alta. - Alberta's vaccine passport is gone but protesters are promising to hunker down for the long term on the highway leading to the province's main U.S. border crossing. Any thought that th...
Feb 09, 2022
1,667 new COVID cases in Alberta Tuesday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Tuesday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,667 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 5...
Feb 08, 2022
Alberta's acting Justice Minister says Coutts blockade has crossed the line
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Acting Justice Minister and Solicitor Sonya Savage and RCMP Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki held a press conference addressing the blockade near the Coutts border crossing. "We ...
Feb 08, 2022
Alberta begins lifting COVID restrictions
EDMONTON, AB -- Premier Jason Kenney says the government will immediately start phasing out COVID-19 health restrictions.He calls it a prudent plan to get Albertans' lives back to normal as COVID-19 h...
Feb 08, 2022
Alberta investing Millions for employment support
The government of Alberta is investing $6.5 Million to provide career and employment services to underserved Albertans. 41 grants were awarded as part of Alberta's Recovery Plan to help underemployed ...
Feb 08, 2022
Contract negotiations continue at the U of L
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Negotiations are continuing at the University of Lethbridge today. The talks resumed after the U of L Board of Governors withdrew its application to the Alberta Labour Relations Boa...
Feb 08, 2022
Farm groups want Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act amended
OTTAWA, ONT. -- Farm organizations urged all parliamentarians to support a bill which includes a carbon tax exemption for grain drying.Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb introduced Bill C-234, an act to amend th...
Feb 08, 2022
Lethbridge College teams with Building Women's Futures for new opportunity
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Women's Building Futures organization and Vestas are partnering with Lethbridge College bringing 'Vestas Wind Turbine Technician Readiness' program later this year.The program will ...
Feb 08, 2022