Category Archives: Alberta

Deadline approaching for Alberta Order of Excellence nominations
ALBERTA - The window to submit your nominations for the province's highest award is closing soon. The Alberta Order of Excellence recognizes people of Alberta that have made an "outstanding provincial...
Feb 11, 2019

Alberta Party leader deemed ineligible to run by Elections Alberta
EDMONTON — The leader of the Alberta Party and five other party candidates for the upcoming provincial election have been deemed ineligible to run by Elections Alberta. In a statement, Mandel sa...
Feb 10, 2019

American man arrested in connection with Taber bomb threats
TABER – A man from Illinois has been arrested in connection with at least five bomb threats in the Town of Taber late last week. The Horizon School Division confirmed the threats were aimed at L...
Feb 10, 2019

PSAC provides outlook into oil and gas for 2019
GRANDE PRAIRIE — Companies and workers in the oil and gas industry in the Peace Country had a chance to hear from the Petroleum Services Association of Canada on Friday morning in Grande Prairie...
Feb 09, 2019

Alberta strikes working group to make recommendations to ban conversion therapy
EDMONTON — The Alberta government has created a working group to determine the most effective way to ban conversion therapy. Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says the practice is both damaging and ...
Feb 09, 2019

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat shuttle could be ready by the spring, says Town of Coaldale
COALDALE, AB - It will be a lot easier for car-less residents to get between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat come this spring. Coaldale's Manager of Economic and Community Development, Cameron Mills, said...
Feb 07, 2019

Human Rights Commission dismisses complaint against Town of Claresholm
CLARESHOLM — Claresholm Town Council is breathing a sigh of relief after receiving a letter from the Alberta Human Rights Commission in January. It came a little more than a year after a former ...
Feb 07, 2019

Main line through Field, B.C. reopened following fatal derailment
FIELD, BC – Canadian Pacific Railway says it has reopened the main line through Field, B.C., where 99 grain cars and two locomotives jumped the tracks in a deadly derailment on Monday. Three Cal...
Feb 07, 2019

Frigid weekend temperatures resulted in increased service calls for the AMA
EDMONTON, AB – The Alberta Motor Association (AMA) says it has received a record number of calls for service since temperatures in the province plunged on the weekend. It says it has received mo...
Feb 06, 2019

TSB says train started 'rolling on its own' before fatal B.C. derailment
FIELD, BC – The Transportation Safety Board says a preliminary investigation into a fatal train derailment on the Alberta-BC boundary is indicating a loss of control. Investigator James Carmicha...
Feb 06, 2019