Category Archives: Alberta
Record meth haul, along with thousands of fentanyl pills, seized in Calgary
CALGARY – A year-long investigation into a Calgary-based drug-trafficking network has led to one of Alberta’s largest drug seizures. Enough fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine to cover f...
Nov 22, 2017
Coaldale looking for more public input into use of shipping containers
LETHBRIDGE – A public hearing will take place in Coaldale in early December, to get more input into how shipping containers can be used in the town on a temporary, semi- permanent or permanent b...
Nov 22, 2017
CBSA hoping to ease waits for cross-border shoppers
LETHBRIDGE - The lure of the "Black Friday" deals may once again draw some Canadians south this week. In recent years the day after American Thanksgiving has seen retailers pour on the bargains, hopin...
Nov 21, 2017
Nebraska approves TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline in close vote
CALGARY – Nebraska’s Public Service Commission has approved TransCanada’s Keystone XL route in a 3 to 2 vote, clearing the last major regulatory hurdle for the controversial $10 bill...
Nov 20, 2017
Child advocate's report urges more consistency, care to help LGBTQ youth
EDMONTON – A new report says changes need to be made to help LGBTQ youth who are struggling in Alberta’s child-welfare and justice systems. Child and youth advocate Del Graff says LGBTQ yo...
Nov 20, 2017
Ten Thousand Villages to close its doors in Lethbridge and Red Deer
LETHBRIDGE – After more than four decades, the first Ten Thousand Villages store to open in Alberta will close its doors for good in downtown Lethbridge, leaving another empty store front along ...
Nov 20, 2017
Province touts benefits as school nutrition program rolled out provincewide
EDMONTON - A pilot project to incorporate nutrition programs in schools is being rolled out across the province. Highlights from the $3.5 million pilot project that took place during the 2016-17 schoo...
Nov 20, 2017
Alberta Party aiming to be government in 2019
RED DEER – Hundreds of members of the Alberta Party gathered at the Radisson Hotel on 67 Street in Red Deer on Saturday for the party's Annual General Meeting and Constitutional Convention. The ...
Nov 18, 2017
Liberal leader to run against Kenney in Calgary byelection
EDMONTON – Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan says he will seek a seat in the legislature by running in a Dec. 14 byelection in Calgary Lougheed. Khan, who practises law in Calgary, was chosen to...
Nov 17, 2017
Chiefs of Police pen letter to Albertans about cannabis legalization
MEDICINE HAT – The Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police have written a letter to Albertans regarding the legalization of marijuana. The 12 members believe "there is insufficient time for the ...
Nov 17, 2017