Category Archives: Alberta
Nature's Path granola recalled due to potential Listeria contamination
OTTAWA – Nature’s Path Foods Inc. is recalling Nature’s Path brand Coconut * Cashew Butter Crunchy Granola from store shelves due to possible Listeria contamination. The 720-gram pac...
Jun 15, 2017
Notley says no time for oilsands shutdown talk as she pushes pipelines
CALGARY – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday she has very little time for conversations that seek to shut down the oilsands as the provincial government pushes to make sure the Trans M...
Jun 15, 2017
UPDATE: Two people arrested after police pursuit ends near Foremost
FOREMOST – UPDATE: Two people have been arrested, after a two hour police pursuit that began with a traffic stop Wednesday (June 14) afternoon near the Town of Raymond. RCMP Cpl. Curtis Peters s...
Jun 14, 2017
First-ever drone delivery company passes critical flight test in Foremost
FOREMOST – Canada’s first-ever drone delivery company recently passed a critical flight test in our own backyard. The Toronto-based Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (DDC) began it’s logis...
Jun 14, 2017
Amount Canadians owe compared with income ticks lower but still near record high
OTTAWA – The amount Canadians owe compared with their income ticked lower in the first quarter but remained near record levels as mortgage debt continued to climb. Statistics Canada said Wednesd...
Jun 14, 2017
Kate Andrews students raise money for school in Ecuador
COALDALE – For the second time in four years, students at Kate Andrews High School have raised enough funds to build a school for those in need elsewhere around the globe. Jessie Irwin is unders...
Jun 14, 2017
Ontario researchers to study dust for carcinogens after Fort McMurray fire
TORONTO – A group of Ontario researchers is travelling to Fort McMurray, Alta., next month to study dust left in homes from the forest fire that ravaged the city last year. The team’s work...
Jun 14, 2017
Longest serving Chief Justice - and Pincher Creek native, to step down
OTTAWA – She is not only the first woman to hold the top job on the high court of Canada but, is also the country’s longest-serving chief justice. There is also a local connection. Chief J...
Jun 13, 2017
Sears Canada raises doubt about ability to continue
TORONTO – Sears Canada is reviewing its strategic alternatives including the possible sale of the company as it warns there’s “significant doubt” regarding its ability to conti...
Jun 13, 2017
World Wildlife Fund - Pollution and climate change among risks to waterways
OTTAWA – The World Wildlife Fund says Canada can no longer pretend it is a country rich with pristine lakes and rivers. In a new report entitled “Canadian freshwater ecosystems in peril...
Jun 12, 2017