Category Archives: Alberta

PICTURE BUTTE - After a string of rural crime in Alberta last year, RCMP Sergeant Tom Howell with the Picture Butte RCMP decided to hold a meeting on Monday, May 7 to see if there was interest in form...

VANCOUVER – A national harm reduction advocate says a person’s chances of surviving an overdose may depend on where they live in Canada. Jordan Westfall of the Canadian Association of Peop...

LETHBRIDGE - A provincial election may still be a few months off. But Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips says the campaign is already underway. In a year-end conversation with LethbridgeNewsNOW, the...

OTTAWA - A new report on the country’s highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a “double-pane glass ceiling” at the top of Canada’s corporate ladde...

OTTAWA — The new year brings with it tax changes at the federal level that will affect just about every Canadian, as well as small businesses. One of the first changes workers will see is an inc...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - A photo of a girl in Cypress County whose father passed away fighting a fire in 2017 is receiving year-end attention from The Canadian Press. A photo snapped by Fred Chartrand on Se...

LETHBRIDGE — Weather across Alberta on Saturday, December 29, 2018 provided a variety of photos — none of them attractive. Central and northern areas of the province were under a Snowfall ...

LETHBRIDGE — Weather extremes are causing different issues across the province. In the south-west, the Pincher Creek fire department is dealing with two large grass fires. One of the fires is al...

CRANBROOK, B.C. — Backcountry enthusiasts are being warned of tricky conditions in the backcountry this weekend. Avalanche Canada reports the danger rating in alpine areas of the South Rockies n...

OTTAWA - Albertan Sarah McIver has been released from custody in China, Global Affairs Canada says. McIver had been detained over a work-permit issue related to her teaching job. The department didn&#...