Category Archives: Post to Social
Americans more stressed over COVID-19 pandemic than Canadians: study
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There have been many negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in both Canada and the United States, but the way residents in each country feel is quite different.A new survey from th...
Nov 02, 2020
Alberta's quarantine pilot project for international travellers now underway
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Those entering the province through one of two ports of entry will be able to reach their destination much sooner thanks to a new quarantine pilot project.The provincial and federal g...
Nov 02, 2020
Parks Canada is considering a captive caribou breeding program, though experts warn the plan is risky
EDMONTON - Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up female caribou from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding program to replenish others.The move is being made as a last-ditch ...
Nov 02, 2020
Local speed skating club receives $15,000 in COVID-19 relief funding
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Speed Skating Association has received some relief to weather the COVID-19 storm.In September, Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities announced an $8 million sport relief fu...
Nov 02, 2020
COVID outbreak declared within Lethbridge College’s Powerline Technician program
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Lethbridge College.The outbreak is within the college's Powerline Technician program, with the school saying as of Sunday, a total of seven ca...
Nov 02, 2020
'It means a lot': Planning underway for permanent Humboldt Broncos crash memorial
TISDALE, Sask. - The makeshift memorial of hockey sticks, jerseys, flowers and crosses is weathered and worn by time. The only thing vivid are the memories and the pain. It was April 2018 when the dri...
Nov 01, 2020
Blood Tribe Police locate truck of missing man, along with “unidentifiable human remains”
STANDOFF, AB - Blood Tribe Police have confirmed that they have located the truck of a missing man. In a release, the police stated that they have found the truck of missing person Jason Many Fingers,...
Oct 31, 2020
Alberta Ag research takes a closer look at industrial hemp
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It's a project that continues to build on earlier research and it involves a centuries old product - hemp. Farming Smarter Research Coordinator, Mike Gretzinger, calls the 3-year pr...
Oct 30, 2020
Provincial partnership to create 3,800 paid internships in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Post-secondary students in the province will soon have more opportunities to gain real-world experience and actually get paid for it.The Government of Alberta has partnered with Mitac...
Oct 30, 2020
Lethbridge has Canada's highest Crime Severity Index
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Statistics Canada has given Lethbridge an unfortunate distinction - having the highest Crime Severity Index (CSI) in the country.It measures both the volume and seriousness of crimes ...
Oct 30, 2020