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It’s tough to predict the weather, and depending on who you ask, you’ll get a different answer. Some trust old-fashioned methods, such as those used by the Farmers Almanac to predict the weather, but it seems modern farmers are basing their farming decisions more on the marketplace and technology to stay competitive and make a living.

A group of five visitors from Scotland arrived in Lethbridge this week, and while they’ve been enjoying the sights like any other tourists, they’re also getting a closer look at how this community works.

When you go to buy a car, some of the things you want to know are how good the gas mileage is with the cost of fuel, how well it handles, and the safety features included if you ever get into an accident.

The flu makes its rounds every year, causing people to miss work or school, and instead spend their time with runny noses, body aches, and other symptoms. These same people also use Google to find remedies to their illness, and Google is now using that data to track flu activity. Google’s goal is to give [...]

With more people, especially the younger crowd, turning to the internet for most of their education and information needs, some may wonder if choosing to listen online is hurting local radio.

It seems local stations providing online audio streams isn’t hurting local listenership at all, in fact, it’s helped boost it to unprecedented levels.

Those looking to wish someone or a business a Happy Easter can send baby chicks to warm the hearts and put a smile on the faces of others, in an exchange for a donation.

One of Lethbridge’s longest running businesses, de Jourdan’s Photographic, is moving out of its historic location after nearly nine decades to the newly renovated former Paramount Theatres building.

(I actually did this story in September, but completely forgot to post it to this blog) At the end of the final round, the crowd was yelling, and demanding that their favorite wrestler, Zero or Adrian Walls, make the finishing blow to win the coveted belt. The room was abuzz with emotion and tension, and [...]

Students are using USB thumbdrives to carry a lot of their work between school and home, but those handy devices might accidentally carry a virus that could infect another computer if the user isn’t careful.

(this article is in it’s full entirety. The newspaper version was edited down for space considerations) The replacement for WebCT will arrive in the next year. The college is looking at a couple of different possibilities, the most likely candidate being a system called “Angel”.The other two possibilities are “Moodle” and “Blackboard”. Lethbridge College and [...]