Category Archives: Alberta
Provincial and federal governments helping fill the gaps in rural transport
ALBERTA - With Greyhound bus service coming to an end on Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the province, rural communities throughout Alberta will have options when it comes to rural bus service. More than 82 pe...
Oct 31, 2018
Alberta proposes tougher rules, transparency on health provider misconduct
EDMONTON — New rules introduced in the Alberta legislature could see doctors, along with thousands of other health-care providers, face automatic licence suspensions for sexually abusing patient...
Oct 31, 2018
Kenney turfs UPC member amid report of hateful views
EDMONTON - Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney has turfed a party member who once ran the call centre for his leadership bid amid reports the worker is behind an online store that sells wh...
Oct 30, 2018
Calgary 2026 Winter Games bid on its last legs, council to vote on killing it
CALGARY — A Calgary bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games appears virtually dead. City council will vote Wednesday (Oct 31) on motions to kill the bid and cancel a Nov. 13 plebisc...
Oct 30, 2018
Changes could be coming to post secondary education
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says a new bill would give the province’s advanced education minister the power to regulate tuition. The province says that the act, which was tabled Mond...
Oct 30, 2018
“If you don’t try, you don’t get”- Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman presses for federal and provincial help with the drug crisis
LETHBRIDGE - Mayor Chris Spearman says he received unanimous support Oct.19 from the 22 Alberta mid-sized city mayors for a resolution to send two letters; one to the provincial government, and one to...
Oct 29, 2018
Southwest Alberta wildlife corridor named after former Premier Jim Prentice
COLEMAN — The Government of Alberta has named a wildlife corridor in the Crowsnest Pass in honour of the late former Premier Jim Prentice. Prentice died in a plane crash just outside of Kelowna ...
Oct 26, 2018
Trans Mountain like Monty Python's dead parrot under Trudeau government: Scheer
CALGARY — The federal Opposition leader is suggesting the Liberals have no intention of beginning the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion before next year’s election. Andrew Scheer likens it...
Oct 25, 2018
Alberta brings in new rules for car repairs and purchases
EDMONTON — Alberta will be governed by new industry-wide standards for selling and repairing vehicles as of October 31, 2018. Service Alberta Minister Brian Malkinson says the changes to Automot...
Oct 25, 2018
Calgary to get first shipment of STARS replacement helicopters
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Calgary will be the first STARS Air Ambulance base to receive the new arrivals of the fleet. The first batch of the Airbus H145 helicopter will be delivered to STARS in 2019. It's th...
Oct 25, 2018