Category Archives: Alberta

5.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Peace Region Thursday morning
Earthquakes Canada is reporting a seismic event occurred in northern Alberta at approximately 8:41 a.m., on Thursday, February 20, 2025.The earthquake shook at a magnitude of 5.2, stemming 63km NE of ...
Feb 20, 2025

Rideau Hall Foundation challenging local youth to "turn ideas into impact"
The Ingenious Challenge is tasking Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta youth, with turning their "ideas into real-world opportunities."Over a quarter of a million dollars in prizes will be given away t...
Feb 20, 2025

Submissions open for RCMP's Name the Puppy Contest
The RCMP is pleased to announce the return of its annual "Name the Puppy Contest," for the German shepherd puppies born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail. Each year, PDSTC...
Feb 19, 2025

Premier Smith, Minister LaGrange stand by denials of wrongdoing in AHS corruption case
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is removing her government's deputy health minister but bucking calls for a public inquiry into allegations of government interference in lucrative medical contracts. Sm...
Feb 19, 2025

Supreme Court dismisses appeal for Alberta man convicted in Métis hunter killings
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has dismissed the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of manslaughter for aiding his son in the killings of two Mtis hunters. Roger and Anthony Bilodeau confronted Maurice C...
Feb 19, 2025

Students' Association for Red Deer Polytechnic joins call to province for increased funding
Post-secondary students across Alberta have made a collective call to the Government of Alberta to increase base funding, including the Students' Association of Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), whose insti...
Feb 18, 2025

Alberta to host three major international sport events and two national championships
Alberta's government announced that the province is hosting three major international sport events and two national championships over the next two months.-READ: Applications open for Major Sport Even...
Feb 18, 2025

Newborn bitten by dog in Alberta home dies in hospital: RCMP
ENTWISTLE, Alta. - RCMP say a two-week-old who was bitten by a dog at a home west of Edmonton has died in hospital. The baby was airlifted to the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton after the att...
Feb 17, 2025

Alberta accelerating 11 new schools across province with $8.6B funding
Alberta's government has sped up 11 previously announced school projects in the Calgary Metropolitan Region and Edmonton from the design stage to full construction funding. - READ: Alberta premier cal...
Feb 15, 2025
60th anniversary for the Canadian flag on February 15
The Canadian flag is making a milestone this year.This Flag Day, February 15, will mark 60 years since the Maple Leaf flag first flew on Parliament Hill.According to the federal government's website, ...
Feb 15, 2025