Category Archives: Post to Social
The Daily with LNN – May 20, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere - now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Soundcloud.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of th...
May 20, 2020
Alberta beef plant returning to two shifts per day after COVID-19 outbreak
BROOKS, AB. -- The JBS meat-processing plant in Brooks, Alta. plans to return to two work shifts per day for the first time in a month.The company reduced operations at the plant to one daily shift of...
May 20, 2020
Canada Post lost $153-million in 2019
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it lost $153 million before tax last year as intense e-commerce competition slowed growth at its parcels business and an ongoing shift toward online communication prompted ma...
May 20, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases anywhere in South Zone Wednesday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has posted perhaps its slowest day for COVID-19 infections since the virus entered the province.Across Alberta, only 19 new cases were confirmed Wednesday, b...
May 20, 2020
Farmers to benefit from changes to Canada Emergency Business Account
OTTAWA, ON. -- Tuesday's announcement of expansion of the eligibility to the Canada Emergency Business Account is a big deal for farmers across the country. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, h...
May 20, 2020
Annual inflation rate turned negative in April
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate turned negative in April as the economy came to a standstill in the first full month of the pandemic.The agency reports the consumer price ind...
May 20, 2020
Canadians encouraged to wear non-medical face masks in public
OTTAWA, ON. -- Canada's public health experts are now fully recommending that Canadians wear non-medical face masks in public when they aren't sure they will be able to keep their distance from other ...
May 20, 2020
CFL could resume play in September, changes announced to Grey Cup games
TORONTO, ONT - The Canadian Football League (CFL) has announced its plans for this year.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league has suspended play since March. Now, Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says t...
May 20, 2020
Alberta strengthening safety measures for travelling
EDMONTON, AB- Alberta Government officials have announced that as part of the province's relaunch strategy, safety measures are going to be strictly enforced for travellers.Anyone arriving at the Calg...
May 20, 2020
Lethbridge College creating new agricultural research centre
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College has received one of its most significant applied research grants ever - one that will help the local agricultural sector for years to come.Through a $1.75-million r...
May 20, 2020