Category Archives: Alberta

EDMONTON – Alberta’s auditor general says the government is failing severely handicapped people who cannot earn a living on their own. Auditor General Merwan Saher, in a new report, says t...

ALBERTA – The threat of subdivision or other development has been held off in an important area near Pincher Creek. The Welsch family, working with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, has establis...

WATERTON – The endangered whitebark pine tree is getting a leg up from Parks Canada. It’s a five-needle species that can grow up to 20-metres tall and live for nearly 500 years. “The...

MEDICINE HAT – Two men are in custody following Medicine Hat's second homicide of the year. Police were called to a disturbance and injury of a male in the 500 block of 21 St. NE in the early ho...

BLOOD RESERVE – Official Candidate Listing Released November 5, 2016 5 Candidates for Chief 115 candidates for Council Form of Candidate Names on the 2016 Tribal Election Ballot Some candidates ...

MEDICINE HAT – Breast cancer survivors, those in treatment and those at risk of the disease can attend a Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day (BRA) event in Medicine Hat. The free event runs Nov....

CALGARY – Talks are ongoing between Alberta Health Services and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees over possible big cuts to frontline health services. AHS says in an email there have bee...

MEDICINE HAT – It's been a tough couple months for Alberta farming communities. This week two counties in the central part of the province declared states of agricultural disaster, because wet w...

EDMONTON – Alberta’s all-party legislature committee tasked with updating democratic rules is no more. Democratic Renewal Minister Christina Gray is not renewing the mandate of the special...

CALGARY – The Alberta government plans to introduce legislation today aimed at getting the province to its 30 per cent renewable power target by 2030. The Renewable Electricity Act will set out ...