Category Archives: Alberta
One in three Canadians already feeling rising interest rates: poll
TORONTO – A new poll suggests one in three Canadians say that they are already feeling the effects of increasing interest rates. The survey done for insolvency firm MNP Ltd. found that percentag...
Oct 23, 2017
Alberta RCMP underscore danger of deteriorated explosives
LETHBRIDGE – While we may have thought it was a situation unique to Southern Alberta, it turns out to be a problem across the province. With every incident, the media issues words of caution fro...
Oct 20, 2017
Electoral Boundaries Commission final report - more urban and fewer rural ridings
EDMONTON – Proposed electoral boundary changes being prepared ahead of Alberta’s next election, may have an impact on voting. The new political map includes more urban ridings and fewer ru...
Oct 20, 2017
Victims removed from Fernie arena; residents remain evacuated
FERNIE, B.C. – All of the victims have been removed from Fernie Memorial Arena after this week's deadly ammonia leak. Two city employees and a contractor were killed Tuesday, Oct. 17 after a lea...
Oct 20, 2017
Town of Coaldale to receive $50,000 in federal infrastructure funding
OTTAWA – The town of Coaldale is among 97-communities across Canada to receive federal funding for infrastructure initiatives. A total of 103 projects have been approved for funding of just over...
Oct 19, 2017
Dairy farm badly damaged during Tuesday's windstorm *CAUTION-GRAPHIC PHOTO*
PARK LAKE –“They were upset…. in shock. The cows that are injured, it’ll take a few days to get their production back.” Park Lake Dairy Farm Manager John Waldner says Tue...
Oct 19, 2017
Fire near Coleman being held; all evacuations lifted
CROWSNEST PASS – Some good news for the residents of Coleman, a community under threat from a wind-fuelled wildfire. The province said Thursday, Oct. 19 that the fire, located between Coleman an...
Oct 19, 2017
Cypress County confirms a firefighter died while battling fire near Hilda
DUNMORE, AB - Cypress County has confirmed a firefighter with the Walsh Fire Service, died while battling the fires near Hilda Tuesday night. A grassfire in Cypress County near township road 180, abou...
Oct 18, 2017
Wind plays havoc with semis on Southern Alberta Highways
LETHBRIDGE – Semi trailer units were no match for the wind Tuesday afternoon. Around 2:00 a semi was blown over on Highway-22 in the Crowsnest Pass. Then, around 4:00, another two semi units suc...
Oct 17, 2017
Evacuation remains for western edge of Coleman - Hwy-3 reopened
CROWSNEST PASS - The western edge of the Town of Coleman was evacuated by Crowsnest Pass RCMP and emergency services on Tuesday afternoon, as a wildfire threatened the community. The fire moved rapidl...
Oct 17, 2017