Category Archives: Alberta

UCP retains seats, wins two byelections
RED DEER – The voters of Innisfail - Sylvan Lake have elected UCP candidate Devin Dreeshen as their new MLA. Unofficial results show Dreeshen garnering 8,033 votes in the July 12 byelection, nea...
Jul 13, 2018

Province considering taking road tests back from private sector
EDMONTON – Alberta says it might take driver road tests back from the private sector due to concerns about oversight and high fees compared with the rest of Canada. Service Alberta Minister Bria...
Jul 12, 2018

Citing Humboldt crash: Alberta making driver training for new truckers mandatory
CALGARY — Alberta is making driver training for new commercial truckers mandatory as early as January 2019, citing the recent horrific Humboldt bus crash as the impetus to get it done as soon as...
Jul 10, 2018

Alberta likely to take equity stake in Trans Mountain pipeline: premier
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is likely to end up owning a piece of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Ottawa agreed to buy the Alberta-to-British-Columbia crude conduit this spr...
Jul 09, 2018

Truck driver criminally charged in Broncos bus crash to appear in court Tuesday
MELFORT, Sask. - A truck driver facing criminal charges in a fatal collision involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus is to appear in court for the first time on Tuesday. RCMP say Jaskirat Sidhu, who i...
Jul 09, 2018

Rebuilding the Rocking Heart Ranch
WATERTON - It took 30 years to build and develop the Rocking Heart Ranch. Then, on Sept. 11, 2017, it was reduced to ashes in a matter of minutes. As fire crews battled the Kenow wildfire that devasta...
Jul 09, 2018

RCMP need information on whereabouts of missing woman
CLARESHOLM — The RCMP are asking for help from the public in locating a missing Claresholm woman. Maureen Pearl Broadhead, aged 36, was last seen around 4:30-pm on Saturday, (July 7) at the Clar...
Jul 08, 2018

Memorandum of Understanding signed by Blood Tribe and Federal Government
LETHBRIDGE — In an effort to renew the relationship between the Federal Government and the Blood Tribe and to work towards reconciliation, an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) has been jointly s...
Jul 08, 2018

Free fishing weekend in Alberta for all ages
LETHBRIDGE – Anyone interested in fishing this weekend can do so for free today (July 7) and tomorrow (July 8). It’s Free Fishing Weekend in Alberta, and that means those interested in lea...
Jul 07, 2018

Semi driver facing 29 charges in Broncos bus crash
REGINA, SASK. — Three months to the day after the crash, the driver of a transport truck that collided with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team is facing criminal charges. RCM...
Jul 06, 2018