Category Archives: Alberta

Back to the future; Alberta ends privatized driver tests in favour of old model
EDMONTON — It`s out with the old and in with new, as Alberta discontinues the 25-year old privatized model for road testing and will administer road exams directly to new drivers. Transportation...
Oct 02, 2018

Government sets aside $39 million for disaster recovery for flooding, wildfires
EDMONTON - The provincial government will be providing funding for communities affected by flooding this spring and fires last fall. More than $39 million dollars will be made available through both t...
Oct 01, 2018

Province gearing up for flu vaccinations
ALBERTA - Flu season is just around the corner, and the province is helping people protect themselves. Free influenza immunization clinics begin Oct. 15. They are available to Albertans six months of ...
Oct 01, 2018

Canada reaches 11th-hour NAFTA deal with U.S. and Mexico - Dairy Industry not impressed
WASHINGTON — A new era in North American free trade dawned in the dead of night Sunday as a 14-month NAFTA modernization effort between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico finally came to fruition with ...
Sep 30, 2018

Fourth edition of Instant Savings program launched by Energy Efficiency Alberta
ALBERTA - For those looking to be more energy efficient, or lower their electric output, it's the time of year again when Albertans can purchase select energy efficient products at participating retai...
Sep 29, 2018

UCP Leader Kenney, Ontario Premier Ford to hold Calgary anti carbon tax rally
CALGARY - Alberta’s United Conservative Party has invited Ontario Premier Doug Ford to Calgary for a “Scrap The Carbon Tax Rally.” The UCP has posted an image on Twitter of its leade...
Sep 28, 2018

Minimum wage hike will not do much to fight poverty says Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER — the Fraser Institute says a study it has done shows a hike in Alberta’s minimum wage won’t do much to reduce poverty. That research found 92 percent of minimum wage earne...
Sep 27, 2018

Notley talks Trans Mountain, MSI & cannabis funding at AUMA conference
RED DEER — Albertans will not tolerate missed deadlines and shifting goal posts, we will not tolerate legal game-playing." Alberta Premier Rachel Notley was emphatic with her message regarding c...
Sep 27, 2018

Lethbridge Police Chief reacts to "law enforcement" comments by UCP Leader Jason Kenney
LETHBRIDGE – On Sept. 14, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney was in Lethbridge, for not only a party fundraiser, but for two-days of training, teambuilding and community outreach even...
Sep 27, 2018

$1 million boost going towards community pool project in Picture Butte
PICTURE BUTTE – The construction of a new pool in the Town of Picture Butte recently received a big boost from a well-known local philanthropist. Cor Van Raay, the owner of Van Raay Paskal Farms...
Sep 26, 2018