Category Archives: Post to Social
City and local union hosting Day of Mourning ceremony Thursday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is recognizing the National Day of Mourning.Each year on April 28, people across the country and the world take time to remember workers who have been killed, i...
Apr 28, 2022
COVID creeping back up in Alberta as all reported metrics rising
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19. The numbers reported in this update reflect data from April 19-25, 2022.In that time, 6,592 cases were confirmed across...
Apr 27, 2022
Legislation introduced to improve affordability of electricity for Albertans
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has introduced a bill focused on modernizing the province's electricity system to improve affordability for Albertans.Bill 22, known as the Electricity Statute...
Apr 27, 2022
Southern Alberta woman to face trial this fall for allegedly trying to mail pets
VULCAN, AB - Trial dates have been set for a woman charged with causing an animal to be in distress.Jill Heather Marshall, 56, was arrested in June 2019. She is from the Village of Milo in Vulcan Coun...
Apr 27, 2022
Census: Canada is aging, breakdown of Southern Alberta communities
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Newly released data from the 2021 census shows that Canada is aging.Statistics Canada reports that 21.8% of the working population are baby boomers, aged 55-64.They say this has and w...
Apr 27, 2022
Phase one of Lethbridge's curbside organics collection begins
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Approximately 1,900 homes in Lethbridge are now equipped with green bins.The City of Lethbridge has launched phase one of its organics collection program with areas in Varsity Village...
Apr 27, 2022
Lethbridge College program offers high school students a chance to explore college course options
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new initiative at Lethbridge College is giving high school students the chance to explore potential career and post-secondary pathways. Exploratory programming allows Grades 10 and ...
Apr 27, 2022
Galt Museum and Archives honoured with Blackfoot name
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Galt Museum and Archives in Lethbridge has received a Blackfoot name.Following an important journey with Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) Elders Bruce Wolf Child (Makoyiippookaa, Wolf Child...
Apr 27, 2022
City Council provides first quarterly report on Gateway to Opportunity Action Plan
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has voted to accept the first quarterly report for the City's Gateway to Opportunity 2022 Action Plan. Council voted unanimously to accept the report at its me...
Apr 27, 2022
Canada sanctions more than 200 Russians in eastern Ukraine where war escalates
OTTAWA, ON - Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 200 people who are loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Global Affairs Canada says the new measures targ...
Apr 27, 2022