Category Archives: Alberta

Ten-year-old girl killed in ski accident at Castle
PINCHER CREEK - A 10-year-old girl has been killed while taking part in a school ski trip at Castle Mountain. RCMP said the student at Canyon Elementary School in Pincher Creek was part of a group on ...
Feb 14, 2018

Fans of Edmonton Eskimos asked to scrimmage on name change question
EDMONTON - Thousands of core fans of the Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Eskimos are being asked if they think the team should change its name. The question surrounding the name Eskimo is co...
Feb 14, 2018

Alberta eyes pay grid and ceiling to rein in rising pay for school superintendents
EDMONTON – Alberta’s education minister says salaries for school superintendents are out of line with the rest of the province and need to be reined in. David Eggen says he’s looking...
Feb 13, 2018

Fort Macleod RCMP investigating wire theft from job site
FORT MACLEOD - Fort Macleod RCMP are asking for your help, as they investigate a pair of thefts from a Fortis job site near the community. Police received a report of the theft on Feb. 8, after a Fort...
Feb 13, 2018

Taber consulting with community on fire hall replacement
TABER - Residents have a chance to learn which ten locations the Town of Taber is considering for a new fire hall. An update will be provided at an open house Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the Community Centre ...
Feb 13, 2018
Firefighter injured in blaze that destroyed two mobile homes in Penhold
PENHOLD, AB – Smoke filled the air over the Town of Penhold Monday night as fire that destroyed two mobile homes and injured a firefighter. The blaze in the Penhold Estates trailer park started ...
Feb 13, 2018

RCMP hoping for new information into murder of Adrienne McColl 16-years ago
NANTON – She was last seen alive around Valentine’s Day, 2002. It will be 16 years on Saturday, Feb. 17, that 21-year-old Adrienne McColl’s body was found in a rancher’s field ...
Feb 12, 2018

Bow Island family struggles with Alberta Government to get help with leaking gas
BOW ISLAND – The Timmons family was given some startling news in October. Chantel Timmons was told methane gas had been detected leaking into their home, just outside of Bow Island, from an unkn...
Feb 12, 2018

Alberta Premier Notley unveils high-profile task force to counter B.C. 'attack'
CALGARY – Premier Rachel Notley has unveiled a task force she says will defend Alberta jobs from B.C.’s “unconstitutional attack” on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, but ...
Feb 09, 2018

Former MLA resigned over sexual assault, sexual interference charges
LETHBRIDGE – A judge has lifted a publication preventing media from sharing the nature of criminal charges against former Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Don MacIntyre. MacIntyre resigned suddenly fro...
Feb 09, 2018