Category Archives: Post to Social
Alberta promises to fund fall school enrolment growth
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is fully funding new students going into grade school classrooms this fall.Finance Minister Travis Toews made the announcement today in response to Opposition questi...
Jun 10, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LethbridgeNewsNOW
Robert John Sheppard attempted murder trial continues as LPS officers testify
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four spent shell casings were found at a home on Heritage Boulevard on the evening of April 15, 2018. It was the same night, 49-year-old Erica Grintals testified on May 24, that Rober...
Jun 10, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Dangerous Offender hearing set for serial sexual offender Trevor Pritchard
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two sets of dates have been set aside in February and March 2020 to determine whether sexual offender Trevor Pritchard meets the definition of either a long-term or dangerous offender...
Jun 10, 2019 Trevor Pritchard
Medical examiner tells couple’s trial that child died of bacterial meningitis
LETHBRIDGE -- A medical examiner who did the autopsy on a 19-month-old toddler whose parents are on trial in his death clashed with the boy's father in court Monday.David and Collet Stephan are charge...
Jun 10, 2019 David and Collet Stephan - LethbridgeNewsNOW
Marc Rathwell named new Chief of Fire and Emergency Services
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge has announced that after an extensive search, Deputy Fire Chief Marc Rathwell has been selected as the next Chief of Fire and Emergency Services. Rathwell's car...
Jun 10, 2019 Marc Rathwell
Residents issued new environmental challenge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - On the heels of Environment Week, local group Environment Lethbridge has put out the Intensive Green Challenge. It builds off the group's annual Green Challenge, where residents have ...
Jun 10, 2019 An information session on the challenge is set for Wednesday at Theoretically Brewing (Photo courtesy Environment Lethbridge)
Facebook launches political ad tool, but still allows some controversial content
OTTAWA - Anyone who wants to buy political ads on Facebook in the lead-up to the federal election will have to be approved by the company, but non-advertising that simply blurs lines -like a recent do...
Jun 10, 2019
Southwest Alberta ranch signs Nature Conservancy of Canada agreement
CALGARY -- On World Environment Day, June 5) the owners of Hansen Ranch, just east of Waterton Lakes National Park, made a commitment with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to conserve its land a...
Jun 09, 2019 Hansen Ranch -Nature Conservancy of Canada -Photo credit Brent Calver
Noble Central School entry wins Palliser Biker Build-Off
NOBLEFORD - Four Noble Central School students have made history, as the final team to have their names inscribed on the Palliser Regional Schools Biker Build-Off Challenge trophy.The challenge, in it...
Jun 09, 2019 Palliser Regional Schools Biker Build-Off Challenge winners from Noble Central School, (L to R) Jamin Liriano, Nathan Harrington, Ethan Feenstra and Tyson Van Der Wielen.
OAS looks to investigate Canada as result of “Genocide” term used in MMIWG inquiry report
OTTAWA - The world has a lesson to learn from Canada in the release of findings from a federally funded commission on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sai...
Jun 09, 2019 MMIWG gathering -- The Canadian Press