Category Archives: Alberta

WATCH: M.D. of Taber Regional Fire Service gets into the holiday spirit with YouTube dance video
LETHBRIDGE – If you’re trying to get into the holiday spirit (and maybe have a have a few laughs), the M.D. of Taber Fire Service can help with that. Over the course of just a few days, th...
Dec 20, 2018

Smoky skies, countrywide heat wave lead Environment Canada's Top 10 weather list
TORONTO — David Phillips, Environment Canada’s senior climatologist, has been compiling Top 10 lists for 23 years and he says the weather is not as cut and dried as it used to be. Here are...
Dec 20, 2018

Nanton man's daring Christmas cards lead to his soulmate
NANTON - Editor’s note: Warning to our readers – links at the bottom of this story include ‘risque’ photos. You've seen Christmas cards before, but you may not have seen anythi...
Dec 19, 2018

Province announces new wind energy projects for Southern Alberta
EDMONTON — Five wind energy projects have been selected for Southern Alberta and made possible through the latest phase of the Alberta government's Renewable Electricity Program. Three of the pr...
Dec 17, 2018

Stricter drunk driving laws take effect across Canada on Tuesday
Ottawa – New rules that increase penalties for drunk driving and expand police powers to demand breath samples take effect across Canada on Tuesday, with some predicting the law will face a seri...
Dec 17, 2018

Canadian Transportation Agency proposes passenger compensation regulations
OTTAWA - Air passengers who are bumped from overbooked flights or forced to sit through long delays could receive up to $2,400 in compensation - cash or something more than a pile of coffee coupons - ...
Dec 17, 2018

Provincial government trying to make condos a better place to live
CALGARY - The provincial government has introduced new rules designed to increase transparency and improve condominium governance in Alberta. Industry experts were on hand on Friday, Dec. 14, as Servi...
Dec 17, 2018

1,500 people rally in Grande Prairie in support of oil and gas industry
GRANDE PRAIRIE – It was an eventful day at Muskoseepi Park Sunday, Dec. 16 as crowds of people began to show up around noon for the Support Oil and Gas Rally. The local group who planned the ral...
Dec 17, 2018

Revived Cuban Lunch bars meet with huge demand, wrapper supply snafus
CAMROSE - A peanut-and-chocolate candy popular decades ago has been flying off shelves since an Alberta couple revived it earlier this year. The Cuban Lunch bar disappeared in 1991 when the Paulins fa...
Dec 16, 2018

New home for Calgary Flames estimated to cost up to $600 million
CALGARY - An event centre in Calgary that would also be the new home of the NHL’s Flames is estimated to cost between $550 million and $600 million. A city council event centre committee was pre...
Dec 15, 2018