Category Archives: Alberta
Red Arrow celebrating 40 years of service
CALGARY, AB - This summer, Red Arrow will mark its 40th anniversary. So, what exactly is Red Arrow? "Red Arrow is sort of a business-class, inter-city motor coach," said John Stepovy, Director of Sale...
May 31, 2019 Red Arrow has been serving passengers for 40 years (Lethbridge News Now)
Fear and apprehension grips northern Alberta residents as Wildfires grow
GRANDE PRAIRIE -- The Vice Chair of the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement says homes in her community are burning and she feels like they're the forgotten people once again. Lori Wanuch says she has bee...
May 30, 2019 Photo Credit: Facebook/Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement
AGLC plans to grant five cannabis retail licenses each week from now on
MEDICINE HAT -- The freeze on cannabis retail licenses has been lifted in Alberta.Alberta Gaming Liquor Cannabis (AGLC) has decided there's enough producers to sustain more cannabis retail stores."We'...
May 30, 2019 Cannabis shop
Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, as federal tax looms
EDMONTON -- Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one. The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home he...
May 30, 2019 Premier Jason Kenny - The Canadian Press
Red Deer city council to push government through AUMA for provincial needle debris strategy
Red Deer -- Many residents of Lethbridge may view the local long-running issue of needle debris as exclusive to their community. However, that is not the case.Another provincial city has reached the f...
May 28, 2019 Needle debris issue
Woman dies after being trapped in charitable donation bin
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Police say a 39-year-old woman has died after being trapped in the opening of a charitable donation bin in the city.Police received a call at approximately 3:30 a.m. on...
May 27, 2019 Charles Lefebvre/Scott Roblin with files from The Canadian Press
Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to run as independents in fall election campaign
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott say they will run as independents in the next federal election.They made separate but co-ordinated announcements in the...
May 27, 2019 Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould - The Canadian Press
Wind Expected to Fuel Wildfire near High Level
GRANDE PRAIRIE -- Sunday could be a critical day in efforts to battle the massive wildfire south of High Level.The fire, which has now grown in size to 1,050 square kms, is still 3km southwest of the ...
May 26, 2019 Photo courtesy Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
High Level mayor urges fast financial aid to wildfire evacuees
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - The mayor of a northwestern Alberta town is urging the province to get financial aid flowing quickly to evacuees, as firefighters prepare for shifting winds that could push a power...
May 25, 2019 High Level Fire - The Canadian Press
Court says B.C. can't restrict oil shipments in key case for Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal says the province cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expans...
May 24, 2019 The Canadian Press