Category Archives: Alberta

Pincher Creek man facing charges after Friday night frenzy
PINCHER CREEK – A weekend rampage at a Pincher Creek Motel and Municipal District yard, has landed a 22- year old man in a heap of trouble. RCMP say on Friday (March 3rd) around 8:30pm, they rec...
Mar 06, 2017

Fortis Alberta offers cash incentives for communities to take part in Earth Hour March 25th
LETHBRIDGE – Fortis Alberta is once again offering grants to the communities in the province that save the most energy during Earth Hour March 25th. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will each ...
Mar 06, 2017

RCMP confirm missing youth has been located
FORT MACLEOD - RCMP report the search for a missing 14-year old boy has been suspended, as the boy has been located. Creedance Wolftail was reported missing on Friday (March 3). He reportedly went mis...
Mar 05, 2017

Higher than a two story building - Castle Mountain Resort hits cumulative snowfall milestone
LETHBRIDGE – Castle Mountain Resort has become the first in Alberta to hit 700 cm (7 metres) of cumulative snowfall this season, or about 23 feet. The next closest, is Banff’s Sunshine Vil...
Mar 04, 2017

New Legislative session to make life better for families - Throne Speech
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says the first job of the spring session of the legislature will be to cut school fees. Premier Rachel Notley’s government made the announcement Thursday ...
Mar 02, 2017

Criminal charges being stayed due to shortage of Crown Prosecutors
EDMONTON – Alberta Crown prosecutors are warning that more criminal charges will be stayed unless the provincial government hires 50 more lawyers to deal with a growing number of cases. James Pi...
Mar 01, 2017

Province changes Castle Parks Draft Managment Plan after overwhelming feedback
LETHBRIDGE – The push-back from the rallies, the protests and the letter- writing campaigns seems to have worked, at least to a certain extent. In a stunning about-face, Environment Minister Sha...
Mar 01, 2017

STARS Lottery behind in ticket sales, asking for Albertans' help
ALBERTA – The STARS Lottery says its about 20-per cent behind where it should be at this time for ticket sales, and is now asking Albertans to pitch in before its too late. The early bird cutoff...
Mar 01, 2017

Alberta Health Services awaits "second wave" of mumps cases in southern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE – “We are awaiting the second wave of mumps transmission to be occurring in the very near future.” That somewhat ominous prediction comes from Dr. Vivian Suttorp; the Lead...
Mar 01, 2017

Serial bank robber handed 7-year prison sentence
KAMLOOPS – A 29-year old man who robbed a series of banks in Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan — including one in Lethbridge — has been handed a seven year prison sentence. The sentence...
Mar 01, 2017