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Oil price spike won't increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's energy minister says the current spike in oil prices isn't enough reason to require the industry to spend more on cleaning up the tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas we...
Oct 08, 2021
898 Albertans died from drug overdoses in first seven months of 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's opioid crisis continues to wage on.The provincial government has updated the Alberta Substance Use Surveillance Report, which keeps track of information related to illicit d...
Oct 08, 2021
Shelby Macleod vying for a seat on City Council
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Shelby Macleod is making another stab at capturing a seat on City Council, after an initial run in 2017. She attributes her love for this community as the reason for wanting to cont...
Oct 08, 2021
Spiking gasoline prices adding more fuel to inflationary pressures
CALGARY - Canadian businesses struggling to recover from the pandemic are facing another headwind in the form of record-high gasoline prices.The average weighted national retail price for regular gaso...
Oct 08, 2021
Hurricanes trade Sadhra-Kang to Swift Current for conditional pick in 2023 draft
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Kayden Sadhra-Kang has been traded by the Lethbridge Hurricanes.The 2003-born defenseman was selected 195th overall (ninth round) in the 2018 WHL Draft. He's been moved to the Swift C...
Oct 08, 2021
RCMP union will support Mounties who shun COVID-19 vaccination despite federal order
OTTAWA, ON - The union representing RCMP officers says it will support members' choice "to be vaccinated or not" against COVID-19 following a federal order that Mounties be immunized. The government a...
Oct 08, 2021
Second intake still open for Re-Imagine Downtown Activation grants in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Local business, entrepreneurs, organizations and community-minded individuals can apply for the second intake stream of the Re-Imagine Downtown Activation Grant.A project spearheaded ...
Oct 08, 2021
RCMP seeking assistance in 2018 Piikani Nation homicide
PIIKANI NATION, AB - Alberta Mounties are asking the public for help in a homicide investigation. On October 12, 2018, shortly after 6 p.m., the Piikani Nation RCMP responded to a report of a sudden d...
Oct 08, 2021
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat’s unemployment rate jumps to 5.7 per cent in September
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region saw a small jump in its unemployment rate last month.In September, the rate was at 5.7 per cent, up from 4.9 per cent in August. Nonetheles...
Oct 08, 2021
Canada adds 157,000 jobs in September, returning to pre-pandemic levels
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the economy added 157,000 jobs in September, bringing employment back to pre-pandemic levels for the first time.The unemployment rate fell to 6.9 per cent, down fro...
Oct 08, 2021