Category Archives: Alberta
'My nightmare began again': Close call as bus carrying Humboldt crash survivor rear-ended
CALGARY - A terrifying ordeal for Humboldt Broncos survivor Ryan Straschnitzki this past week as the bus carrying him home from physiotherapy was rear-ended by a truck. Straschnitzki, 19, was one of 1...
Dec 08, 2018
Alberta hiring more paramedics, buying new ambulances to improve front-line care
EDMONTON — Alberta is hiring more paramedics and deploying more ambulances in an attempt to improve front-line medical care. Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says the province is adding 58 first re...
Dec 07, 2018
New legal support for sexual violence survivors
EDMONTON – Free legal advice is being provided to survivors of sexual violence to help on their path to healing and support greater access to the justice system. The Government of Alberta provid...
Dec 06, 2018
Alberta legislature ends what could be last sitting before spring election
EDMONTON — Alberta politicians have wrapped up what could be the final sitting of the current legislature before a provincial election in the spring. Premier Rachel Notley has committed to holdi...
Dec 06, 2018
New safe withdrawal management site opening on Blood Tribe
BLOOD RESERVE - Blood Tribe paramedics will now be able to give patients who have overdosed the option of going to the new safe withdrawal management site to receive a health assessment, interventions...
Dec 06, 2018
Stephans to seek nearly $4 million in court costs and stay of proceedings
LETHBRIDGE – David and Collet Stephan will not be seeking court ordered legal aid (Rowbotham and Fisher applications) after all, but instead will file an application to recover nearly $1 million...
Dec 06, 2018
Liberals defend new powers to demand roadside breath samples
OTTAWA — Federal ministers are playing down the potential for racial profiling and civil-rights violations as they tout a strict new law intended to curb drunk driving. Mandatory alcohol screeni...
Dec 04, 2018
'Baby, It's Cold Outside' pulled from 'some' Canadian radio stations
TORONTO – “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is getting a chilly response from Canadian radio stations. CBC Radio says it will join at least two other broadcasters in the country, Roger...
Dec 04, 2018
Calgary court hears arguments in GSA challenge
CALGARY – A legal challenge against Alberta’s law around gay-straight alliances went before a three-judge panel in Calgary Monday, Dec. 3. Two dozen faith-based schools are arguing against...
Dec 04, 2018
New drug life-changing for young cancer patient from Claresholm
CLARESHOLM - "It's changed his life, for sure, and ours." A drug approved Nov. 28 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the potential to do for people with certain cancers what it's already don...
Dec 02, 2018