Category Archives: Post to Social

Scam alert: Pay to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services is warning of a new COVID-19-related scam.They have received several reports of people being called by someone who claims to be with AHS.The person on the rece...
Feb 04, 2021

Beef industry to use QR codes to share information with consumers
MELFORT, Sask. - Canada Beef is working to get QR codes on packages of beef in grocery stores.QR codes are those black squares on a white grid that can be quickly scanned on smartphones.Canada Beef Pr...
Feb 04, 2021

Resident hospitalized in north Lethbridge house fire
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Seven units were called out to a residential fire Wednesday night.Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to a home on the 1400 block of 11 Ave North at approximately 9:00 pm...
Feb 04, 2021

Asif Mir found guilty of smuggling 50 kg of meth at Coutts
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Calgary man has been found guilty in what was, at the time, the largest seizure of meth at the Coutts border crossing.Asif Mir, 41, was charged in July 2019 with one count each of p...
Feb 04, 2021

NHL revises virus protocols with 40 players on COVID-19 list
The NHL has followed the NBA in revising its virus protocols early in the season as a response to COVID-19 problems cropping up around the league. Glass panels have been removed from behind benches fo...
Feb 04, 2021

Every vaccine maker was asked to make their doses in Canada and all said no: Anand
OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they co...
Feb 04, 2021

Applications now open for new business relief in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - New businesses and unregistered sole proprietors in Alberta can now apply for the provincial government's relaunch grant.Last month, expansions was announced for the Small and Medium ...
Feb 04, 2021

One case of COVID confirmed at Catholic Central High School
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division has confirmed a case of COVID-19 at one of its schools.One infection has been reported at Catholic Central High School in Lethbridge.The divis...
Feb 04, 2021

UCP co-founder urges Alberta premier to ‘fire yourself’ from intergovernmental post
EDMONTON, AB. - Premier Jason Kenney is getting some unsolicited advice from the co-founder of the United Conservative Party: fire yourself as the intergovernmental affairs minister.Brian Jean says Ke...
Feb 03, 2021

Two Southern Alberta MLA’s concerned about residents being detained at airports
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- There have already been several stories about Albertans being detained at the Calgary airport. It is done for health reasons, in an attempt to contain possible COVID cases, or those...
Feb 03, 2021