Category Archives: Alberta

No room for Stampeders' touchdown horse at Grey Cup
The Canadian Football League has told the Calgary Stampeders that their touchdown horse will not be allowed to gallop down the sidelines at this Sunday’s Grey Cup game at Toronto’s BMO Fie...
Nov 22, 2016

Alberta lauds federal coal phase out; matches provincial one now underway
EDMONTON – Alberta’s environment minister says a federal plan to phase out coal-fired electricity helps validate the province’s own goal and demonstrates there’s no going back....
Nov 21, 2016

Report cites "absence of spending discipline" between Alberta, Texas
It's a report that's sure to cause a lot of conversation in debt-ridden Alberta, and it takes aim squarely at how the provincial government managed money between 2004 and 2014. Alberta has long been c...
Nov 18, 2016

RCMP looking for stolen custom post-pounder
CARDSTON – Police hope you can help them track down a one-of-a-kind piece of equipment stolen from the Cardston area earlier this fall. RCMP say a custom-build Wheat Heart post pounder was taken...
Nov 18, 2016

Safety Technician Talks Mountain Safety - Post Weekend Rescue
WATERTON – This year alone, Waterton Lakes National Park’s Visitor Safety Team has responded to 25 incidents, some of them minor such as a hiker with a sprained ankle and some of them not ...
Nov 17, 2016

Food For Thought - Alberta School Pilot Nutrition Project
ALBERTA – The Alberta government is taking the expression food for thought quite literally with a new nutrition pilot project. On Monday, Nov. 14, the Alberta government announced that $3.5 mill...
Nov 16, 2016

Alberta government rolls out plan to create 1,000 affordable child-care spaces
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says it will create 1,000 affordable daycare spaces next year as part of its plan to cap daily fees at $25 a child. The government is inviting non-profit organi...
Nov 16, 2016

Hiker rescued after nearly 24-hours on mountain side
MT. HAIG – A 35-year old woman is in a Calgary hospital with serious injuries, after emergency crews were forced to wait nearly a full day to rescue her. She was hiking with a group of five othe...
Nov 14, 2016

Motz sworn in as MP
The new MP for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner has been sworn in. Glen Motz took the oath during a Parliament Hill ceremony Monday, Nov. 14 as family and friends looked on. In a news release Motz said it...
Nov 14, 2016

CAA says Canada needs pot-impaired driver education before legalizing
OTTAWA – The Canadian Automobile Association is lobbying for a government-funded public education program to warn of the dangers of cannabis-impaired driving before Canada legalizes recreational...
Nov 14, 2016