Category Archives: Alberta

ALERT makes $1 million drug seizure in Edmonton
EDMONTON — The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team has charged three people are more than $1 million worth of drugs were seized in Edmonton. The organized crime team seized 8.7 kilograms of co...
Dec 12, 2018

Alberta expanding services provided by midwives
EDMONTON — Alberta Health is expanding the services midwives will be able to provide. At a news conference on Wednesday (Dec 12), Health Minister Sarah Hoffman announced midwives who complete ad...
Dec 12, 2018

'Part of the solution:' Alberta seeks proposals to build new refinery
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is seeking expressions of interest in building a new refinery. Notley says a new refinery makes sense for Alberta where oil is being sold at ...
Dec 11, 2018

Province announces funding to support Indigenous tourism
EDMONTON — The provincial government has announced a new grant to fund support for Indigenous tourism in Alberta. The province announce funding of $575,000 over three years to allow the start-up...
Dec 11, 2018

Province creates natural gas investment committee
EDMONTON — The provincial government is creating a new investment team centred around the natural gas industry. In a release sent out on Monday, the government announced the formation of a Lique...
Dec 10, 2018

RCMP ready for new impaired driving laws
EDMONTON — ore changes are coming to Canada's impaired driving laws this month that aim to better deter and detect drug and alcohol-impaired driving. On December 18, Part 2 of Canada's new impai...
Dec 10, 2018

Livingstone-Macleod UCP nomination won by Roger Reid
CALGARY — After two days of voting, Roger Reid was selected from among three candidates (Thomas Schneider and Nathan Neudorf were the other two), to represent the Livingstone-Macleod riding unde...
Dec 09, 2018

UPDATE: Missing teen from Fort Macleod found safe
UPDATE: RCMP have confirmed Gerad Vanee was located and is safe. FORT MACLEOD — The public’s help is needed to locate a missing 17-year-old boy. Gerad John Vanee was last seen during the n...
Dec 09, 2018

New employment standards for youth aged 12 and under
EDMONTON — There are new employment standards in Alberta for anyone 12 and younger. Changes recently made by the Alberta Government mean that youth in that age range who are working jobs where t...
Dec 09, 2018

Over 1 million Albertans receive flu-vaccination
MEDICINE HAT – Since the 2018-’19 Influenza Program started in October, 1,050,634 Albertans have received their flu-shot. This number has increased 51,792 people from the previous reportin...
Dec 09, 2018