Category Archives: Post to Social
Feedback needed for made in Alberta engagement
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It's an area where Alberta has not kept pace with other provinces and Alberta agriculture is taking steps to rectify the situation. Most provinces, except Alberta, have voluntary fo...
Feb 09, 2022
Blood Tribe to keep COVID restrictions despite provincial easing
STANDOFF, AB - Members of the Blood Tribe are advised that they will still be subject to a variety of public health measures.On Tuesday, Premier Jason Kenney announced a plan to lift most COVID-19 res...
Feb 09, 2022
Updated census counts for Southern Alberta, Lethbridge population reaches 98,406
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The first batch of data from the 2021 federal census is in.Stats Canada has released numbers on population counts, the number of dwellings, and some economic indicators.Nation-wide, t...
Feb 09, 2022
Twinning association announces new priority areas for Highway 3 work
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Highway 3 Twinning Development Association (H3TDA) has announced its newest priorities.The H3TDA has been advocating for the twinning of Highway 3 for over two decades. In 2021, t...
Feb 09, 2022
Alberta government seeking compensation from U.S. over cancelled Keystone XL pipeline
CALGARY - Alberta is seeking compensation from the U.S. government in the wake of President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline's permit.The provincial government says it has filed a ...
Feb 09, 2022
Kenney apologizes for making analogy between COVID-19 and AIDS
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has apologized for comparing the stigma of being unvaccinated for COVID-19 to the plight of HIV-AIDS patients in the 1980s.In a post on Twitter, Kenney calls it...
Feb 09, 2022
Despite COVID-19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9M
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the national population almost hit 37 million last year as it grew at the fastest rate among G7 nations.The agency says Canada's population was just over 36.9 milli...
Feb 09, 2022
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