Category Archives: Post to Social
COVID measures cut world greenhouse gas emissions by nearly a fifth: study
A study says measures taken to fight the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in greenhouse gas emissions going down worldwide by 17 per cent.Most of the reductions came from decreased transportation needs...
May 19, 2020
Province reportedly denying funding for financially-strapped HALO Air Ambulance
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The partnership between Cypress County and HALO Air Ambulance has been one of the strongest in southeast Alberta over the last decade.So much so, that Cypress County chose to emblaz...
May 19, 2020
Alberta announces financial support for hotel & lodging operators
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta looks to keep the hospitality sector alive.Providers of hotels and other lodging facilities will be able to keep tourism levy amounts collected between March 1...
May 19, 2020
Applications open for two Community Foundation COVID-19 grant programs
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta has announced the opening of applications for two COVID-19 grant programs.The Emergency Community Support Fund and the ...
May 19, 2020
Lethbridge’s Farmers’ Market set to open Saturday, May 23
LETHBRIDGE, AB - In less than one week, people in the Lethbridge area will be able to attend the region's largest farmers' market.Exhibition Park says they are able to get the event up and running due...
May 19, 2020
Monday’s COVID-19 up date shows two added cases for Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Updated numbers from Alberta Health service for Monday, May 18, show the COVID-19 numbers have risen by just 39 cases. That puts the province's total cases at 6,683, with 1,036 case...
May 18, 2020
Team member killed in Snowbirds crash remembered as proud native of Halifax
HALIFAX - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces killed in the crash of a Snowbirds aerobatic team jet is being remembered as a proud native of Halifax. Capt. Jenn Casey, a public affairs officer, died...
May 18, 2020
One dead and pilot injured in Canadian Forces Snowbird crash
KAMLOOPS, B.C.: -- A Canadian Forces Snowbird jet crashed into a residential area in Kamloops on Sunday, May 17. The jet had just taken off from the Kamloops airport around 11:40 am.One member of the ...
May 18, 2020
Kindness Rock Project spreading joy in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Notice any painted rocks lately?Lethbridge Family Services (LFS) and its DaCapo Disability Services department have taken on the Kindness Rock Project initiative. It sees plain rocks ...
May 18, 2020
Blood Tribe confirms 12 COVID-19 cases on Blood Reserve
STANDOFF, AB. -- Very early Sunday (May 17) morning, the Blood Tribe received confirmation of new COVID-19 cases on the reserve, taking the total to ten. However, later in the morning, two more cases ...
May 17, 2020