Category Archives: Alberta
Massive cannabis production facility coming to Lethbridge's Sherring Industrial Park
LETHBRIDGE – A Calgary based-company is in the early stages of setting up a huge recreational and medicinal marijuana operation in the Sherring Industrial park, that will eventually service the ...
Dec 19, 2017
Province opens consultation on Budget 2018
EDMONTON - The provincial government has started the consultation process for Budget 2018. The government is now accepting written submissions from residents about what they're hoping to see in the bu...
Dec 19, 2017
Alberta government expands $25 a day child care to 78 more centres
CALGARY – The Alberta government has expanded a program for child care that costs parents $25 a day. The Early Learning and Child Care Centres pilot project was announced in April offering the r...
Dec 19, 2017
New winter activities announced at Castle Parks
LETHBRIDGE – For the first time, visitors to the Castle Parks will be able to enjoy a variety of new outdoor activites and courses for free or at a low cost, according to Environment Minister Sh...
Dec 18, 2017
Alberta politician Derek Fildebrandt convicted, fined in hit and run
EDMONTON – An Edmonton traffic court has found an Alberta legislature member guilty in a hit and run with his pickup truck and has ordered him to pay a $402 fine. Derek Fildebrandt, the Independ...
Dec 18, 2017
Nearly $150-million in funding announced by the federal and provincial governments for climate action in Alberta
ALBERTA – The province will be receiving nearly $150 million through the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund for programs the federal government believes will save money and energy, while support...
Dec 17, 2017
Alberta to expand airborne monitoring of oilsands greenhouse gas emissions
EDMONTON - Alberta has begun monitoring oilsands emissions from the sky. The province’s environmental monitoring agency is using airborne sensing equipment to measure the release of greenhouse g...
Dec 15, 2017
Report commissioned after death of Alberta boxer says better rules needed
EDMONTON - A report commissioned by the City of Edmonton following the death of a boxer says some rules designed to protect the health of people who enter the ring were not followed. Tim Hague, a teac...
Dec 15, 2017
'A clear message' UCP Leader Jason Kenney wins Calgary Lougheed byelection
CALGARY – Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Jason Kenney threw down the gauntlet at Premier Rachel Notley late Thursday after an overwhelming byelection victory to earn a seat in the ...
Dec 14, 2017
Alberta challenges 'petty' Saskatchewan licence plate ban under free-trade rules
EDMONTON - Alberta is taking legal action against Saskatchewan’s licence plate ban, calling it a slam-dunk case over a small-minded policy. “This petty and ridiculous restriction has real ...
Dec 14, 2017