Category Archives: Post to Social
LPS charge woman in connection with assault and robbery
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a 34-year-old woman in connection with an incident where a senior citizen was attacked and robbed in his garage. According to police, they responded to ...
Jun 12, 2019
Dealing with drought, before it hits
CALGARY -- With many parts of western Canada drier than normal, farmers and ranchers are either thinking about or already dealing with drought conditions. Average precipitation - Agriculture CanadaJan...
Jun 12, 2019 Accumulated Precipitation from Agriculture Canada
Big land claim battle in federal court won by the Blood Tribe
BLOOD RESERVE, AB - A long time has passed since it was initially filed, but on Wednesday, June 12, Justice Zinn of the Federal Court of Canada ruled in favour of the Blood Tribe in their land claim a...
Jun 12, 2019
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney seeks alliance with Quebec's Francois Legault
MONTREAL, QC - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he and Quebec Premier Francois Legault are natural allies in the fight to defend provincial autonomy in the face of federal interventions. He made the ...
Jun 12, 2019
Alberta eyes legislation if necessary to override public sector wage talks
EDMONTON -- Alberta's finance minister says the government will pass legislation if necessary to override collective bargaining agreements with unions and delay contractually mandated wage talks. The ...
Jun 12, 2019 Alberta Legislature - LethbridgeNesNOW.com
Canadian Taxpayers Federation stops in Lethbridge to talk pipeline deficit
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation's cross-country pipeline tour stopped in Lethbridge on Wednesday, June 12, to show how much money taxpayers are losing because Canadian oil is sold f...
Jun 12, 2019 The setup at Noble Diesel for Wednesday's press event
Liberals set to unveil social-finance strategy, including $755M in new fund
OTTAWA - The federal government is to unveil its promised strategy today, planning to use hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to finance new, experimental ways to deliver social service...
Jun 12, 2019
Medical examiner tells Alberta trial lack of oxygen didn’t cause toddler’s death
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The medical examiner who did an autopsy on a 19-month-old boy says there was no suggestion a lack of oxygen had anything to do with the child's death.David and Collet Stephan are on t...
Jun 11, 2019 David Stephan
Lethbridge woman convicted of killing her mother in 2016 granted full parole
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge woman convicted of stabbing her mother as she slept, has been granted full parole just eight months after she was granted day parole.31-year-old Jessica Leann Praill admi...
Jun 11, 2019 Praill Crime Scene, 2016
Langevin named assistant coach for men’s rugby sevens FISU team
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Pronghorn women's rugby head coach Neil Langevin will get another opportunity to represent Canada, being named an assistant coach for the Canadian men's rugby sevens FISU Summer Unive...
Jun 11, 2019 Neil Langevin (Photo Credit: U of L Pronghorns)