Category Archives: Post to Social
Ranching group drops ‘Cattlemen’ name to be more gender-inclusive
CALGARY, AB - The group representing Canadian ranchers has changed its name to be more gender-inclusive.The Canadian Cattlemen's Association, an industry organization representing more than 60,000 ran...
Jul 12, 2022
Missing boy from Red Earth Cree Nation found deceased
PRINCE ALBERT, SK - A five-year-old boy who had been missing for nearly three months has been found deceased.That's according to Chief Fabian Head of Red Earth Cree Nation [in Saskatchewan]."It is wit...
Jul 12, 2022
Feds announce program to fight opioid poisoning in Edmonton
EDMONTON, AB - The federal government will spend more than $1 million to fight opioid poisoning in Edmonton.Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions and Edmonton MP and Tourism Minist...
Jul 12, 2022
Some Albertans will soon need a referral from doctor for PCR testing, province says
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government says it is changing how it tests people for COVID-19.Starting next week, Albertans who need a PCR test to inform their medical treatment must have a referral from...
Jul 12, 2022
Police asking for help to locate unique items stolen from west Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are asking for the public's help to locate some distinctive items stolen during a break and enter on the west side.Police say the break-in occurred at a residence on...
Jul 12, 2022
Via Rail strike averted with last-minute deal with Unifor
Officials with Via Rail and Unifor Council 4000 and Local 100 have announced a tentative deal has been struck just ahead of a deadline that would have seen some 2,400 workers walk off the job.A late-n...
Jul 12, 2022
NASA's new telescope shows star death, dancing galaxies
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - NASA on Tuesday unveiled a new batch of images from its new powerful space telescope, including a foamy blue and orange shot of a dying star. The first image from the $10 billion...
Jul 12, 2022 FILE - This 2015 artist's rendering provided by Northrop Grumman via NASA shows the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer back so far that scientists will get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with sharper focus. (Northrop Grumman/NASA via AP, File)
Conference Board cuts economic growth forecast for 2022 and 2023
OTTAWA, ON - The Conference Board of Canada is cutting its estimate for economic growth for this year and next as central banks around the world hike interest rates in an effort to deal with soaring i...
Jul 12, 2022
Three Lethbridge Hurricanes attending NHL Training Camps
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A trio of Lethbridge Hurricanes players have been invited to attend National Hockey League (NHL) Training Camps this week.21-year-old Justin Hall and 19-year-old Ty Nash will both att...
Jul 12, 2022
Wheat Growers speak out against potential changes to pesticide act
PRINCE ALBERT, SK - Changes in how the federal government may review pesticides aren't sitting well with the Western Canadian Wheat Growers.The group recently announced it made a submission to the Pes...
Jul 12, 2022