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1,651 new COVID cases in Alberta, active infections down slightly

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,651 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 28...

Sep 24, 2021

Special council meeting called to send complaint about ambulance dispatch consolidation

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members of Lethbridge City Council have one last chance to do something about 911 EMS dispatch services being consolidated.Mayor Chris Spearman has called for a Special Meeting of Cou...

Sep 24, 2021

Reports of teens being sextorted up 62% in Canada

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Cybertip.ca is reporting a harrowing trend in youths being targeted online.They say there has been a 62 per cent increase of teens being sextorted over the past six months, with boys ...

Sep 24, 2021

Alberta Beef Producers accepting delegate nominations

CALGARY, AB. -- Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) delegate nominations are now open, with three two-year term positions available in all five zones. Becoming an ABP delegate is one of many ways you can bec...

Sep 24, 2021

Meat packers call for changes to foreign worker cap to address labour shortage crisis

CALGARY, AB. -- Canadian meat packers say they are dealing with a labour shortage crisis and must be allowed to bring in more temporary foreign workers.The Canadian Meat Council says there are more th...

Sep 24, 2021

Taber RCMP's phone number was used to scam people, detachment warns

TABER, AB - Members of the public are being advised of fraudulent callers claiming to with law enforcement agencies.Taber RCMP have been notified that the detachment's phone number was "spoofed" and u...

Sep 24, 2021

Brooks-Med Hat MLA under fire from her own constituency board

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Michaela Glasgo is facing some jarring criticism from her own constituency board today.Local UCP association president Jeremiah Benoit says Glasgo has refuse...

Sep 24, 2021

Lethbridge Police recover stolen vehicles valued at $250K

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have recovered six stolen vehicles with a total value of $250,000.Officers found two men in a stolen car on September 21 in the 1700 block of Mayor Magrath Drive Sou...

Sep 24, 2021

Alberta doctors call for more drug-use sites to reduce strain on acute care resources

EDMONTON, AB. -- A group of Edmonton physicians says the Alberta government's overhaul of harm reduction supports for people who use drugs is needlessly straining acute care resources as COVID-19 dema...

Sep 24, 2021

LPS is seeking witnesses in motor vehicle collision from Monday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are seeking the public's assistance in the ongoing investigation into an injury motor vehicle collision on September 20, 2021.A 27-year-old man from Lethbridge was a...

Sep 24, 2021