Alberta

Medals and Decorations: How a veteran can be honoured for their sacrifice

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Medals are earned through accomplishments, time or bestowed upon by other countries for a soldier's deeds. That's according to retired Warrant Officer Glenn Miller.Miller, who works w...

Nov 06, 2019 The Memorial Cross featuring the royal cypher of King George the Fifth (Photo courtesy Glenn Miller)

Province plans to partner with the private sector in upcoming school projects

EDMONTON -- Alberta is back in the business of partnering with the private sector to build schools.Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda says five of 25 new school projects being built over the next fi...

Nov 05, 2019 P-3 graphic

Province announces Mental Health and Addictions Panel

EDMONTON - The province has announced the members of its Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Council.Jason Luan, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, made the announcement Monday morn...

Nov 05, 2019 Drug paraphernalia -- RDNewsNOW

Canadian pork, beef exports to China to resume after a four-month suspension

OTTAWA - Beef producers are ecstatic. Effective Tuesday (Nov 5), Canadian meat export certificates to China resumed.Export certificates for Canadian meat were halted on June 25th, due to the discovery...

Nov 05, 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)

POWs: Inside Lethbridge and southern Alberta’s Prisoner of War camps

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Not too many people may know this, but many years ago, Lethbridge and southern Alberta was host to prisoner of war (POW) camps. Glenn Miller, a retired Warrant Officer who works with ...

Olivia Thorington Nov 05, 2019 A ship in a bottle made by a POW who was held in Lethbridge (Photo courtesy Glenn Miller)

Elizabeth May resigns as Green party leader

OTTAWA -- Elizabeth May says she is no longer the leader of the federal Green party. May told a news conference today on Parliament Hill that she's stepping down as leader effective immediately, and a...

Nov 04, 2019 Elizabeth May -- The Canadian Press

Alberta nurses file bargaining complaint over proposed 3% wage cut

EDMONTON - The union for Alberta nurses has filed a complaint with the provincial labour relations board over a proposed 3% wage cut.The United Nurses of Alberta says the directive from the government...

Nov 02, 2019 United Nurses of Alberta logo

Province to double funding for drug treatment courts

EDMONTON - The UCP is doubling its funding for drug treatment courts so as to expand the alternative justice program across the province.Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer says the government is putting...

Nov 02, 2019 Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, and Jason Luan, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, with organizational partners, participants and graduates of Alberta’s drug treatment courts, announced $20 million more to expand drug treatment courts

Alberta easing curtailment limits as long as operators ship more crude by rail

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government will work with oil companies on a program that will allow them to produce more - as long as they agree to ship more of their crude by rail.Industry approached the go...

Oct 31, 2019 Oil transport cars -- The Canadian Press

Encana moves headquarters from Calgary to U.S., changes name to Ovintiv

CALGARY -- Encana Corp., one of Canada's oldest and largest energy companies, is moving its corporate headquarters from Calgary to the United States to bolster its access to deep-pocketed investors.Th...

Oct 31, 2019 Encana logo