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AHS extends COVID vaccination deadline for health workers by one month

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Healthcare workers in the province now have until the end of November to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Originally, Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced in late August that all AH...

Oct 22, 2021

Earthquake near Rocky Mountain House upgraded to Magnitude 5.0

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, AB - An earthquake that occurred at 9:23 p.m. on Wednesday in Central Alberta has been upgraded from Magnitude 4.1 to 5.0.Andrew Schaeffer, a research scientist with Geological S...

Oct 22, 2021

Lethbridge Airport searching for Indigenous artists to design local artwork

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Airport, through the City of Lethbridge is looking for an indigenous artist to design a Land Acknowledgement and Territory Welcome art installation for the Lethbridge A...

Oct 22, 2021

Canada considers what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses

OTTAWA, ON - Canada must decide what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses now that officials have confirmed they won't be needed to vaccinate children. Roughly 6.6-million doses have b...

Olivia Thorington Oct 22, 2021

Lethbridge councillor-elect John Middleton-Hope excited for future in the city

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A former Lethbridge Police chief will be joining Lethbridge City council for the next four years.In the unofficial results from Monday's municipal election, John Middleton-Hope receiv...

Oct 22, 2021

Five people charged as LPS seizes weapons, drugs and stolen property

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Two women and three men were arrested as a result of a search warrant at a home in the 400-block of 12-B street north on Wednesday, (Oct 20). Public complaints about possible illega...

Oct 21, 2021

Man charged by LPS in relation to identity theft

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a man with multiple offences relating to identity theft.Wesley Charles Johnson, 35, of Lethbridge, was charged following an investigation revealed that ...

Oct 21, 2021

COVID vaccines safe for pregnant women, AHS confirms 770 new cases

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.Since yesterday's update, 770 cases were confirmed across the province...

Oct 21, 2021

Belinda Crowson "absolutely honoured" to be re-elected to Lethbridge City Council

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Belinda Crowson is set to serve her second term on city council.In Monday's municipal elections, the unofficial results show that Crowson received the second-most votes at 10,738, or ...

Oct 21, 2021

Survey finds cover cropping is increasing across the prairies

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It was originally difficult for prairie farmers to get enough information but, it's now known that on-farm cover cropping is well established on the prairies.Cover crops help preven...

Oct 21, 2021