Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta strikes deal with power producers to end coal-fired electricity by 2030
EDMONTON - Alberta has struck a deal with three major power producers to formally end coal-fired electricity by 2030. Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says the province will pay three major power...
Nov 24, 2016
Coaldale man surprised by $1-million Lotto Max win
COALDALE – One local man is $1.2-million richer as of Thursday (Nov. 24) morning! Robert Miller, a Coaldale resident, went to get his morning coffee and check three tickets for the November 11 L...
Nov 24, 2016
AB Government Transitioning To "Capacity Market" For Electricity
ALBERTA – The Alberta government is changing the way energy is produced and paid for. In a press conference on Wednesday (Nov. 23), provincial Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd told the media th...
Nov 23, 2016
National homicide rate rose 15 per cent in 2015 - the highest level since 2011
OTTAWA – One quarter of the 604 homicide victims reported by Canadian police services in 2015 were aboriginal. That’s even though aboriginal people accounted for only about five per cent o...
Nov 23, 2016
Jansen recounts harassment since floor-crossing decision
EDMONTON – A Calgary MLA says harassment and abuse thinly hides violent intent and can scare off women seeking to make a contribution to public life. Sandra Jansen made the comment Tuesday, Nov....
Nov 23, 2016
New Chief and Council elected for Blood Tribe
STANDOFF – It was well after midnight before the final ballots were counted and winners were declared in the Blood Tribe 2016 election of a new Chief and Council for the largest reserve in Canad...
Nov 23, 2016
Red Deer police seek man wanted on Alberta, Canada wide warrants
RED DEER – RCMP are asking for public assistance locating 47-year old Michael Wayne Lamontagne of Red Deer, who is wanted on Alberta-wide warrants for the robbery of a woman at gunpoint back on ...
Nov 22, 2016
New Province Wide Cap On Electricity - Twice What Consumers Are Currently Paying
ALBERTA – Electricity prices in Alberta are at a historic low over the past decade – despite this, Premier Rachel Notley announced on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd, that the NDP government intends on...
Nov 22, 2016
RCMP looking for information on Fort Macleod hit and run
FORT MACLEOD – RCMP are looking for a suspect after a vehicle was severely damaged during a hit and run collision in the town of Fort Macleod. A 2007 Pontiac G7 was parked along 19 Street near t...
Nov 22, 2016
Southern Alberta border officers kept busy during October
US BORDER – A number of weapons, impaired driving and other charges kept Canadian Border Services officers quite busy across southern Alberta. A 46-year old Cardston woman was arrested October 2...
Nov 22, 2016