Category Archives: Post to Social
Alberta RCMP issue over 2,500 traffic tickets and more than 400 warnings over Labour Day weekend
EDMONTON, AB - It was a busy weekend on the roads for Alberta law enforcement.Over the Labour Day long weekend, provincial RCMP issued a total of 2,592 traffic tickets and 412 warnings. That's only fo...
Sep 09, 2020
Learn the lessons of history, don't 'cancel' them, new Tory leader O'Toole says
OTTAWA - New Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says tearing down statues of the country's founders dooms Canada to forget the lessons of history.He made the remarks as he addressed his party's caucus a...
Sep 09, 2020
Court appearance for man accused of killing Alberta doctor at walk-in clinic
RED DEER, Alta. - A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta is scheduled to appear in court today, September 9.Deng Mabiour is charged with first-degree murder in...
Sep 09, 2020
More than 600 COVID cases in Alberta over the long weekend
EDMONTON, AB- On Tuesday (Sept 8) afternoon, Alberta Health Services released the report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers for the long weekend, which included Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. C...
Sep 08, 2020
Not quite blackleg or sclerotinia? Could be verticillium
WINNIPEG, MAN. -- Verticillium stripe, a stem disease, is showing up in more canola fields in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and harvest is a good time to look for it. The fungal pathogen Vertici...
Sep 08, 2020
Coalhurst train derailment under investigation
COALHURST, AB - A weekend train derailment in southern Alberta is currently under investigation.The incident happened at around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5. A CP train derailed in the Kipp rail yar...
Sep 08, 2020
Positive COVID-19 case confirmed at Raymond High School
RAYMOND, AB - Classes are continuing following the diagnosis of a positive COVID-19 case at Raymond High School.Westwind School Division superintendent Darren Mazutinec told Lethbridge News Now that h...
Sep 08, 2020
Fort Whoop-Up opening on weekends in September
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Fort Whoop-Up's interpretive season this year was so popular with visitors that it has been extended to include weekends through the month of September."With COVID-19, we were unsure h...
Sep 08, 2020
Coaldale welcomes new director of recreation and community services
COALDALE, AB - The Town of Coaldale has its first full-time director of recreation and community services since 2013.Russ Tanner is slated to start in the position on September 14.The town said that f...
Sep 08, 2020
Liberals extend commercial rent-relief program for last time
OTTAWA - The federal government is extending its commercial rent-relief program one last time. The Liberals say the program that aims to help small businesses with their rent or lease costs will be ex...
Sep 08, 2020