Category Archives: Alberta

Lethbridge City Council gives the green light for $226,000 ATB public artwork projects
LETHBRIDGE - When Phase Two of the ATB Centre is completed, the public will be able to view two newly commissioned pieces of artwork. The first piece, called "The Ball is in Your Court," by Toronto ar...
Mar 19, 2018

Facebook whistleblower pushed data-mining boundaries in Canada
OTTAWA - A Canadian data expert who set off an international uproar over the alleged leak of private Facebook user data lost his job years ago in the office of former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff,...
Mar 19, 2018

Canadians support stringent restrictions on pot packaging: Health Canada
OTTAWA - Legal marijuana will be sold in plain packages emblazoned with a yellow health warning and a red stop sign stamped with the silhouette of a pot leaf, according to draft regulations released M...
Mar 19, 2018

'Experience is departing:' Alberta prosecutors worried as numbers dwindle
CALGARY - A provincial wage freeze and increased caseloads resulting from a Supreme Court of Canada ruling are making it difficult to recruit new prosecutors to fill Alberta’s dwindling ranks, s...
Mar 18, 2018

Not so fast on 2026, Calgary says Olympic documents posted in error
CALGARY – Calgary walked back a city administration report stating the provincial and federal governments would contribute money to a 2026 Olympic Games bid, saying Saturday that no formal or fi...
Mar 17, 2018

Alberta conservatives seek referendum on future carbon tax hikes
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition United Conservatives say there should be no more carbon tax increase without the consent of voters. Party leader Jason Kenney introduced a private member's ...
Mar 15, 2018

Blood Tribe man charged following fentanyl bust
BLOOD RESERVE - A 39-year-old Blood Tribe man is facing drug charges, following a bust on the Blood Reserve last week. The Blood Tribe Police Service Crime Reduction Unit executed a search warrant in ...
Mar 15, 2018

Legacy of Erle Rivers may still be honoured if high school closes
LETHBRIDGE - The superintendent of the Horizon School Division says the legacy of Erle Rivers could be carried on, even if plans proceed to amalgamate Milk River's two schools. The 2018 Capital Plan a...
Mar 15, 2018

Stephen Hawking, best-known physicist of his time, dead at 76
LONDON - Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died, a family spokesman said early Wednesday. The best-known theoretical phys...
Mar 13, 2018

Alberta politicians vote unanimously to back province in oil pipeline fight
EDMONTON - Alberta politicians have passed a motion to back Premier Rachel Notley’s battle for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, but division remains on how to carry the fight. The United Conserv...
Mar 13, 2018