Category Archives: Alberta

Bird blamed for damage at Pincher Creek electrical substation
CALGARY– Alta Link confirms a significant power outage occured in the Pincher Creek and Fort Macleod areas Friday morning, impacting about 5000 customers. Just before 10:00-am, a bird flew into ...
Jul 07, 2017

Alberta credit rating maintained but DBRS concerned about growing debt
EDMONTON – An agency is maintaining Alberta’s credit rating but says the outlook for the long-term is negative because of the government’s unwillingness to deal with its deficit and ...
Jul 07, 2017

Canola crowned king of crops as planted acres surpasses wheat
LETHBRIDGE – Canadian canola acres have surpassed total planted wheat acres across the country for the first time ever. Statistics Canada figures show Canadian farmers have seeded close to 22.8-...
Jul 06, 2017

Undeclared guns a costly mistake for visitor
CHIEF MOUNTAIN — It’s a reminder that guns are better left at home by visitors to Canada, or declared at the border. A Minnesota man found that out the hard way Monday, July 3 at the Chief...
Jul 06, 2017

Supreme Court upholds procedure for allowing breathalyzer evidence
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada is upholding procedures that permit shortcuts in allowing a motorist’s breathalyzer sample into evidence - even in cases where taking the sample may ha...
Jul 06, 2017

It wasn’t your imagination – it was a quake
LETHBRIDGE – If you're a night owl you may have been awake to feel some heavy shaking around 12:30 Wednesday night. For those who have been through it before there was no mistaking the trembling...
Jul 06, 2017

Alberta premier appoints education minister to lead anti-racism consultation
EDMONTON – Premier Rachel Notley is appointing the province’s education minister to lead a consultation on how to fight racism. In a letter to minister David Eggen, Notley says the governm...
Jul 05, 2017

Drugs seized in traffic stops on Blood Reserve
STAND OFF - Two stops of vehicles suspected in the drug trade have led to multiple arrests on the Blood Reserve. Members of the Blood Tribe Police Service's Crime Reduction and Patrol Services units s...
Jul 05, 2017

Multiple fire bans now in effect
LETHBRIDGE - The City of Lethbridge, and both the MD and Town of Taber have issued fire bans, as temperatures climb across Alberta. For Lethbridge, the ban is on all open fires in the Oldman River val...
Jul 04, 2017

Wind turbine on Piikani First Nation damaged
Piikani First Nation – The Weather Dancer wind turbine on the Piikani First Nation near Pincher Creek has been badly damaged, and RCMP are hoping someone knows who did it. On June 12, a technici...
Jul 03, 2017