Category Archives: Alberta

EDMONTON – Alberta Education Minister Dave Eggen says some of the latest schools to be built in the province came in under budget. And he adds that bids for the next round of construction are co...

OTTAWA – Federal officials say at least 10,000 cattle are going to slaughter as a result of a bovine tuberculosis outbreak in western Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the animals...

LETHBRIDGE – Alberta’s projected deficit has taken $78 million decrease since first quarter, to $10.8 billion, as reported by the government’s 2016-17 second quarter fiscal update, r...

TABER – A successful sugar beet harvest is in the books in southern Alberta. “We are all done harvest, the beets are out of the field and they’re currently being stored at the piling...

PINCHER CREEK – An unusually warm fall in southern Alberta doesn’t seem to have Castle Mountain Resort on high alert quite yet. But record high temperatures through parts of October and No...

CALGARY – Mergers and acquisitions experts predict fewer Canadian oil and gas companies will go bust over the next year, in part because many of the weaker companies have already failed or been ...

MEDICINE HAT – A man wanted in connection to a recent sexual assault is now in custody. According to police, a female cab driver was assaulted and driven to Calgary against her will Thursday, No...

STAND OFF – A new chief and twelve councillors were welcomed into their roles on the Blood Tribe during Friday’s (Nov. 25) swearing-in ceremony. All walked in to the sound of drums and che...

EDMONTON – Alberta is moving to ban door-to-door sales of energy products to protect consumers from high pressure and misleading sales tactics. The ban is to go into effect January 1, 2017, and ...

OTTAWA – The federal government says it will compensate cattle ranchers impacted by the bovine tuberculosis quarantine in western Canada financial help the Opposition says can’t come soon ...