Category Archives: Post to Social
Chief Paramedic says 911 EMS consolidation won't hurt response times
EDMONTON, AB- In a letter written by Alberta's Chief Paramedic Darren Sandbeck, he says consolidation of the EMS dispatch service will not cost responders time.The decision was made recently to centra...
Sep 30, 2020
Warrants issued for two Lethbridge suspects following Southern Alberta "rural crime spree"
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Two Southern Albertans have been apprehended and warrants are out for two others after a series of crimes were allegedly committed.ALERT says they are still looking for a pair of su...
Sep 30, 2020
Health Canada green-lights rapid COVID-19 test
OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light to a rapid test for COVID-19.The department posted news of the approval of the Abbott Diagnostics ID Now test this afternoon, a day after the governmen...
Sep 30, 2020
Alberta top court rejects appeal of man who killed Calgary Stampeders football player
CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld the conviction of a man who killed a Calgary Stampeders football player outside a Calgary nightclub in 2016.Three Court of Appeal justices unanimously dismisse...
Sep 30, 2020
$25,000 raised for Lethbridge food banks
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Two local food banks hosted the FEED Lethbridge fundraiser.The Interfaith Food Bank and the Lethbridge Food Bank held there first annual city-wide dinner party on September 25, and it ...
Sep 30, 2020
Online picnic shelter booking service to open Thursday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - You will soon be able to reserve a public picnic shelter for the 2021 season.The City of Lethbridge's online booking service will open at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 1.All reserva...
Sep 30, 2020
Increasing job mobility could grow Alberta's economy by $2.8-billion: report
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Changing provinces takes a lot of work, but a new study by the C.D. Howe Institute claims that making migration easier could give Alberta's economy a major boost.They say Alberta shou...
Sep 30, 2020
Lethbridge and Cardston men among 26 charged with child pornography offences
CARDSTON, AB - A Lethbridge man and Cardston man are among 26 people charged in connection with exploiting children sexually online. Between June 20 and September 17, ALERT's Internet Child Exploitati...
Sep 30, 2020
Debate Takeaways: An acrid tone from the opening minute
WASHINGTON - After more than a year of circling each other, Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday night in Ohio. The 74-year-old preside...
Sep 30, 2020
COVID-19 cases rising in Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Indigenous communities have been facing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases during the last few weeks. Miller says 673 COVID-19 cases have been re...
Sep 30, 2020