Category Archives: Alberta

Premier travelling to Asia to strengthen trade partnerships
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley is headed to China and Japan to strengthen partnerships between the province and the two countries. Notley, along with Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bi...
Apr 17, 2017

"Boarded up and forgotten": Province urged to save Raymond agriculture college buildings
RAYMOND – The former Raymond Care Centre holds an important piece of Alberta’s history, and a group of concerned residents are now trying to protect it from being torn down. Between 1910 a...
Apr 17, 2017

Rachel Notley says Ottawa's timelines on pot are 'challenging'
EDMONTON – Premier Rachel Notley says it will be challenging to legalize marijuana on the timeline Ottawa is proposing. Notley says there is a lot of heavy lifting that will fall to the province...
Apr 13, 2017

Locals nab vehicles in STARS Lottery
CALGARY – A couple of area residents can be found on the list of winners for the 2017 STARS lottery. Unfortunately, most of the new homes went to Calgary and Edmonton ticket holders. The 24th ed...
Apr 13, 2017

Petition prompts province to launch municipal inspection for Village of Warner
WARNER - The Village of Warner is dealing with some controversy, as they prepare to work with inspectors that will be brought in by the province. In September of 2016, the minister of Municipal Affair...
Apr 13, 2017

Alberta spending more to help protect communities from wildfires
FORT MCMURRAY – The Alberta government will spend $45 million over the next three years to help protect communities from wildfires. The funding will be available to municipalities that want to s...
Apr 13, 2017

Charges pending in lengthy property crime investigation
VULCAN – Four Vulcan residents are facing charges after RCMP completed a multi-jurisdiction investigation into a string of property thefts. Earlier in 2017, RCMP across southern Alberta noted a ...
Apr 12, 2017

Police report kitten stolen in Red Deer returned to pet shop
RED DEER – *** Up-Date *** RCMP are happy to announce that Kennedy, the kitten taken from the Red Deer Petland on April 7, has been returned and is now getting needed medical treatment from a ve...
Apr 12, 2017

Alberta privacy chief asks legislature to overhaul province's privacy law
EDMONTON – Alberta’s information commissioner says her office can’t do its job properly unless the government overhauls the province’s privacy law. Jill Clayton says her office...
Apr 11, 2017

Blood Tribe trespass bylaw enforcement pushed back in the face of community questions
BLOOD INDIAN RESERVE – It seems it will be another month before Blood Tribe Chief and Council enforce the Kainai/Blood Tribe trespass bylaw and regulations. On March 22, 2017, Blood Tribe Chief ...
Apr 11, 2017