Category Archives: Alberta

ALBERTA - The province has unveiled a redesigned driver's licence with updated security features. The new card will be phased in as people replace their old licences. The design shows Castle Mountain ...

LETHBRIDGE – Mayor Chris Spearman is taking aim at the criticism he, the city and ARCHES’ Supervised Consumption Site have been receiving over the last several weeks. Speaking from Halifax...

EDMONTON - Critics of a city report in Edmonton that recommends a moratorium on raves are comparing the idea to a well-known 1980s movie where a town bans dancing. The report that’s on the agend...

ALBERTA - Senior citizens in Alberta have a chance to take in the province's heritage and history at no charge over the next week. The government has announced free admission for people aged 65 and ov...

EDMONTON – Alberta is reducing almost all salaries paid to school superintendents after a review determined they’ve been paid too much. The review also found that taxpayer money was coveri...

RED DEER — The number of fentanyl-related deaths in Alberta has gone down for the first time in two years. In the first three months of 2018, Alberta Health reported 158 accidental fentanyl pois...

EDMONTON – The Alberta legislature has passed a bill that bans protesters from standing, demonstrating or taking pictures within at least 50 metres of an abortion clinic. The governing NDP, the ...

LETHBRIDGE – It’s an issue that has sparked vigorous debate for and against the dispensing of free needles and other drug paraphernalia to users of illicit drugs in the city. The never-end...

EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she sees no immediate need to turn off the oil taps to British Columbia now that the federal government is taking over the Trans Mountain pipeline e...

OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and all of Kinder Morgan Canada’s core assets. Finance Minister Bill Morneau says tha...