Category Archives: Alberta
Lethbridge police help with Medicine Hat explosives call
MEDICINE HAT – Members of the Lethbridge Police Service were called east on the weekend to deal wtih a potentially explosive situation. According to police in Medicine Hat, a family helping a re...
May 08, 2017
New opioid prescribing guidelines aim to cut use of potent narcotics
TORONTO – Updated opioid-prescribing guidelines released Monday encourage doctors to avoid giving the powerful narcotics as a first-line treatment to patients with chronic, non-cancer pain and i...
May 07, 2017
Palliser School District selects Calgary firm to recruit new Superintendent
LETHBRIDGE – A Calgary firm has been selected to help the Palliser School District search for a new Superintendent after former Superintendent Kevin Gietz’s contract was terminated in late...
May 07, 2017
Pharmacare - a prescription for national drug coverage
LETHBRIDGE – Canada is usually seen as being in the forefront when it comes to many social, education and health related issues. However, there’s one glaring area where our country is lagg...
May 06, 2017
12,000 participants expected for weekend highway clean up
SOUTHERN ALBERTA – RCMP are asking those driving in southern Alberta on Saturday (May 6) to be extra careful as the annual highway clean up gets underway. An estimated 12,000 participants are ex...
May 05, 2017
Political scientist feels unite-the-right doable by 2019
LETHBRIDGE – A well-known political scientist believes Alberta’s right-wing parties can get together in time for the next election. But speaking at SACPA Thursday, May 4 Dr. Duane Bratt of...
May 05, 2017
Two Taber teens killed in collision on rural road
COALDALE – An RCMP traffic reconstruction specialist continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision on Thursday (May 4) afternoon, which claimed the lives of two Taber ...
May 05, 2017
Halfway there - Notley and Alberta NDP hit mid-mark in government term
EDMONTON – Premier Rachel Notley and her NDP hit the halfway point of their term Friday, riding an orange wave of popularity into office to lead Alberta’s sluggish economy toward a green f...
May 04, 2017
A look at the last two years in Alberta with Premier Rachel Notley and the NDP
EDMONTON - It’s been two years since Rachel Notley and the NDP were elected in Alberta and ended more than four decades of government under the Progressive Conservatives. Here is a look at what&...
May 04, 2017
Allen Day Rider convicted of manslaughter in death of common-law spouse
FORT MACLEOD - Nearly two full years after the death of Brittany Medicine Crane, the man who killed her has been convicted of manslaughter. The courtroom erupted in applause from Medicine Crane's fami...
May 03, 2017