Category Archives: Alberta

Alberta politicians back in the house on March 8 for spring sitting - new budget
EDMONTON – The new legislature calendar is out for 2018 and Alberta politicians are to be back in the house for a spring sitting that begins March 8. It will be United Conservative Leader Jason ...
Jan 16, 2018

Alberta, Saskatchewan to meet on licence plate dispute, but can't agree on site
EDMONTON - Alberta and Saskatchewan have a date for a meeting to discuss their trade issues, but Alberta says it will come too late to resolve a standoff over licence plates. Alberta Economic Developm...
Jan 15, 2018

Child and Youth Advocate releases information on Five Years of Investigations
EDMONTON – A new report finds that more than 70 per cent of youths who committed suicide while involved in Alberta’s child intervention system over the past five years were Indigenous. Alb...
Jan 15, 2018

Canadian Finals Rodeo headed to Red Deer
RED DEER – The Canadian Finals Rodeo to take up a new home in Red Deer. The Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce and Westerner Park have scheduled a "major announcement" for Tuesday at 5:30...
Jan 12, 2018

Parks Canada chooses design for new Waterton Lakes visitor centre
WATERTON LAKES NP – The new visitor centre in the centre of Waterton’s Townsite will consist of three craftsman-style, flat roofed, wood and stone buildings. One will be an interpretive ce...
Jan 12, 2018

Influenza cases in Alberta surpass 2016/2017 numbers
LETHBRIDGE – With weeks still to go in the 2017/2018 flu season, the number of reported cases of influenza so far in this province, has surpassed last season’s numbers. According to Albert...
Jan 12, 2018

UCP eyes flat tax, private health delivery in draft policies
EDMONTON – Alberta’s governing NDP says draft policy ideas put forward by the Opposition United Conservative Party are risky and would benefit the wealthy, but the UCP calls that baseless ...
Jan 12, 2018

Pressure grows to expel Calgary university student guilty of sexual interference
CALGARY – The mother of a University of Calgary student convicted of sexual interference says the school has asked him to stay away from campus as an online petition demanding his expulsion grow...
Jan 11, 2018

It's in the feet: how Canada geese stay warm during cold snaps
MEDICINE HAT – With most of Southern Alberta under an extreme cold warning, residents will likely be flocking indoors to stay warm. But a certain group of locals can survive outdoors, and even g...
Jan 11, 2018
Pair convicted in central Alberta triple-murder
RED DEER - Relatives of three members of a central Alberta family who were murdered and their bodies burned lashed out at the two men convicted of first-degree murder in their deaths Wednesday. Jason ...
Jan 11, 2018