Category Archives: Alberta

Alberta projects deficit drop of $1B in first-quarter budget update
EDMONTON — Alberta’s finance minister says the province is on track to reduce its deficit by $1 billion this year. Joe Ceci says more oil revenue and higher than expected returns on income...
Aug 31, 2018

Nearly 370,000 visitors to Waterton Lakes National Park so far in 2018
WATERTON LAKES NP – Even after the Kenow wildfire tore through Waterton Lakes National Park nearly one year ago leaving a scarred landscape, hundreds of thousands of visitors have ventured out t...
Aug 31, 2018

Opposition reaction as Premier Notley pulls Alberta out of federal climate plan after pipeline decision
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says a court decision striking down the approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is a national crisis - and she’s pulling her provin...
Aug 31, 2018

Appeal Court quashes approval of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned Ottawa’s approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. In a unanimous decision by a panel of three judges, the court says ...
Aug 30, 2018

South Alberta Light Horse making a push for 30 new reservists
MEDICINE HAT - The South Alberta Light Horse is on the hunt for those who have a desire to serve their community and country. Part of a national push to increase reserve numbers, the Alberta-based uni...
Aug 30, 2018

Employers didn't protect workers' safety in fatal ammonia leak: WorkSafeBC
RICHMOND, B.C. - A refrigeration company and a municipality have been cited by WorkSafeBC under health and safety regulations after three workers died last year when they were exposed to ammonia at an...
Aug 30, 2018

Bow Island RCMP investigating theft at construction site
BOW ISLAND — RCMP in Bow Island are asking for the public's help to solve a break-in at a construction site in Bow Island. Sometime between Saturday, August 25,, and Monday, August 27, an unknow...
Aug 29, 2018

Dairy looms as 11th hour NAFTA irritant as Trump advisers press for concessions
OTTAWA — Canada’s protected supply-managed dairy industry emerged as a major 11th-hour irritant as the Trudeau government returned Tuesday to what could be the final, pivotal round of talk...
Aug 29, 2018

VIDEO: Lundbreck Falls cliff jumpers caught on video
CROWSNEST PASS – The distance from the top of Lundbreck Falls to the dark water below is 12 metres, or just shy of 40 feet. And there are fences around the top of the falls to prevent people fro...
Aug 28, 2018

New 911 standards designed to better protect Albertans
EDMONTON - The provincial government is putting in place new provincial standards it believes will increase public safety by making 911 service more consistent across the province The standards will a...
Aug 28, 2018