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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...

Olivia Thorington Sep 08, 2020

U of L women’s soccer program suspended due to break in sport cohort protocols

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The women's soccer program at the University of Lethbridge has been suspended.This comes after it was found that the program was breaking sport cohort protocols, according to a statem...

Sep 08, 2020

Alberta doctors want safer workplace after killing of physician in Red Deer clinic

CALGARY - A central Alberta doctor says some clinics have stopped allowing patients to carry bags and backpacks since a family doctor was killed on the job last month.Dr. Walter Reynolds, a 45-year-ol...

Sep 07, 2020

Tam urges caution as daily cases of COVID-19 rise 25 per cent in last week

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health doctor says a slow but steady increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a cause for concern.Dr. Theresa Tam says today the average daily n...

Sep 07, 2020

Flying the southern Alberta sky on a paramotor

COALDALE, AB - If it's a calm evening in southern Alberta, you might spot Nico Ringelberg flying above Coaldale and the surrounding area.Ringelberg is a paramotorist.Paramotoring, or powered paraglidi...

Sep 07, 2020

Lethbridge artist's work on display at Helen Schuler Nature Centre

LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Helen Schuler Nature Centre has announced the Community Art Gallery is now showcasing the work of local Lethbridge artist Colin Starkevich.A number of recent pieces by Colin Starke...

Sep 06, 2020

Terry Fox Run going digital for 40th anniversary, you can take part anywhere

LETHBRIDGE, AB - There is a new way to take part in this year's Terry Fox Run and to raise money for cancer research.Co-Chair of the Lethbridge Terry Fox Run Lorien Johansen says, due to COVID-19 limi...

Sep 06, 2020

Grass fires, combine fire, semi tip-over, train derailment – busy day for fire departments

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It was a busy day for fire and emergency crews around southern Alberta on Saturday.It began around 10:30 in the morning, on University Drive, when a vehicle struck the back end of t...

Sep 05, 2020