Category Archives: Alberta

Alberta fires push Canada's insurable damage to record $4.9 billion in 2016
OTTAWA – The Insurance Bureau of Canada says last year set a record for insurable damage - estimated at more than $4.9 billion. The industry group says that’s $1.7 billion higher than the ...
Jan 06, 2017

Agreement reached in dispute between home schooling group and province
GRANDE PRAIRIE – An agreement has been reached in a dispute between the Trinity Christian School Association and the province. The province had pulled funding last fall after questions arose ove...
Jan 05, 2017

Raymond man charged after police pursuit
TABER – A Raymond man is facing charges after a car chase involving Taber Police. Shortly after 5 a.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 5), Bow Island RCMP contacted Taber Police, informing them that a vehicl...
Jan 05, 2017

CFIA says no new bovine TB cases - cheques sent to some ranches under quarantine
OTTAWA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there have been no new cases of bovine tuberculosis found in the past month, but that doesn’t mean the crisis is over. Six cattle in total...
Jan 05, 2017

Wheat growers petition for user fee cuts as Grain Commission sits on $100 Million surplus
SASKATOON – To call a $100 Million surplus ‘massive’ would be an understatement. However, that is how much money the Canadian Grain Commission is sitting on, as it continues to colle...
Jan 04, 2017

Judge to sentence man who killed missing Alberta seniors on Jan. 25
EDMONTON – A judge is to deliver sentencing later this month - anywhere from time served to life in prison - for a man convicted of killing two Alberta seniors who disappeared on a camping trip....
Jan 04, 2017

Pilot facing impaired charges 'the worst I have heard of:' aviation expert
CALGARY - A veteran aviation safety expert says the case of a pilot allegedly passed out drunk in the cockpit shortly before scheduled takeoff from Calgary is the worst he’s heard of. Calgary po...
Jan 03, 2017

Phillips says province 'still standing' on Day 2 of carbon tax
EDMONTON – Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says the province is “still standing” a day after its carbon tax took effect, and Albertans who opposed the levy could start ...
Jan 03, 2017

R.I. Baker students get first-hand taste of politics
COALDALE – Their classroom schedule indicated Social Studies, but Reality 101 may have been more accurate for about 90 Grade 6 students at R.I. Baker Middle School. In an effort to increase the ...
Jan 02, 2017

Farm fuel listed among Carbon Levy exemptions
LETHBRIDGE – The NDP government’s Climate leadership act, and the Carbon Levy that goes with it, officially took effect on Sunday (Jan 1st) meaning consumers must now pay a carbon tax on f...
Jan 02, 2017