Category Archives: Alberta

Judge rules Alberta Party leader can run in next election
EDMONTON, AB – Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel is again free to run as a candidate in the province’s spring election. Elections Alberta notified Mandel a month ago that he was banned f...
Mar 05, 2019

Jane Philpott joins Wilson-Raybould in resigning from cabinet over SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA — Treasury Board president Jane Philpott has resigned from the federal cabinet, saying she’s lost confidence in the way the Trudeau government has dealt with the SNC-Lavalin affair....
Mar 04, 2019

Earthquake shakes Red Deer region
RED DEER — Local residents were shaken out of bed Monday morning by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake. Earthquakes Canada recorded the earthquake at 5:55 a.m. The location was 19 kilometres west of Red...
Mar 04, 2019

Work week starts with a shake; small earthquake rattles central Alberta
SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. - Natural Resources Canada says there has been a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in central Alberta. The federal department’s website says the quake occurred around 5:55 a.m. local t...
Mar 04, 2019

Redcliff Arena closed after vehicle creates opening in side of the building
REDCLIFF — The Redcliff Arena has been shut down following an incident early Sunday morning. RCMP, EMS and Firefighters were called to the arena around 7:45 a.m., after a vehicle made its way th...
Mar 03, 2019

Alienated: Alberta project seeks to find common language on climate change
EDMONTON - Mentioning climate change can kill a conversation. But a new Alberta project is using the topic to start one - and is showing people from geologists to farmers to environmentalists that the...
Mar 03, 2019

Enbridge:Line 3 replacement likely won't be in service until second half of 2020
CALGARY — A pipeline that Alberta has been counting on to ease the bottleneck in moving its crude oil to foreign markets won’t be in service for at least another year, according to its own...
Mar 02, 2019

Jason Kenney says party will cut corporate taxes
CALGARY – Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says tax changes under the NDP government have been a disaster and he’s hinting that his party would immediately cut corporate taxes if ele...
Mar 02, 2019

Collet Stephan cross examines doctor during couple's case management hearing in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE – It was not something Collet Stephan was prepared for or anticipated doing – cross-examining the child-abuse pediatrician who questioned her on March 15, 2012, the day before h...
Mar 01, 2019

Province increases oil production limits for April
EDMONTON - The province says they will be increasing oil production in April. The announcement, which came in a news release from the province late Thursday afternoon, says Alberta will increase the p...
Mar 01, 2019