Category Archives: Post to Social
Police investigating assault in West Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB- At approximately 11 pm on July 19th, Lethbridge Police were called to the Chinook Regional Hospital on a report of a serious assault.Hospital staff told police that a male victim had b...
Jul 20, 2020
Parents to receive cost of living boost through Canada Child Benefit
OTTAWA, ONT - The Government of Canada is increasing the maximum amounts of money parents can qualify for in the Canada Child Benefit program.Starting today, payments will rise to "keep pace with the ...
Jul 20, 2020
Citizens raise concerns over proposed new ‘Civic Square’ in Coaldale
COALDALE, AB - A group of concerned citizens in Coaldale are seeking more transparency and communication from the town's council and administration.Jason Beekman, a member of Citizens for a Better Coa...
Jul 20, 2020
Anxiety high as Canadian schools prepare for students from COVID-ravaged U.S.
WASHINGTON - Canada's universities are bracing for an influx of students next month from the United States, where the worsening COVID-19 pandemic is setting fresh records every day for new infections ...
Jul 20, 2020
Canadians now in Paris to view black boxes of Ukraine plane shot down by Iran
OTTAWA - Canadian investigators are in Paris today to take part in the long-awaited downloading of data from the flight recorders of the Ukrainian passenger jet shot down by Iran in January. Canada's ...
Jul 20, 2020
Commons to sit as Liberals seek to extend wage subsidy, make disability payment
OTTAWA - The House of Commons meets today as the Liberals seek to pass a bill to extend their wage-subsidy program, send a special payment to people with disabilities and extend some legal deadlines f...
Jul 20, 2020
Authorities look for cause of deadly glacier bus crash in Alberta Rockies
COLUMBIA ICEFIELD, AB. - A lone RCMP truck with its lights flashing guarded the entrance to the road on Sunday where a snow coach crash killed at least three people and left 14 others badly hurt.The v...
Jul 20, 2020
1974-75 Lethbridge Native Sons among 2020 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees
CANMORE, AB. -- A Lethbridge team figured prominently in the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame 2020 Induction Class.The 1975 Canada Winter Games and Alberta Junior B provincial champions, the Lethbridge Nat...
Jul 20, 2020
AHS warns of ‘bad batch’ opioids circulating in South-west region
STANDOFF, AB. -- An increase in EMS responses and deaths related to opioid poisonings in Lethbridge, Cardston and on the Blood Reserve, has prompted Alberta Health Services to issue a Community Awaren...
Jul 19, 2020
Military issues new orders in effort to crackdown on ‘hateful conduct’
OTTAWA, ONT. - The Canadian Armed Forces has issued new orders to military personnel as senior commanders seek to address allegations of having been soft on hate in the ranks.The orders aim to take a ...
Jul 19, 2020