Category Archives: Alberta
AHS flu shots starting back up for the season
EDMONTON – Prevention is the only protection. That is the message driving AHS’ influenza immunization campaign this flu season. The province will officially kick off its annual influenza v...
Oct 19, 2016
Blood Tribe member invested into Alberta Order of Excellence with 7 others
EDMONTON – The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta invested eight new members into the Alberta Order of Excellence on Wednesday and one of those is a local First Nation educator, author and advisor. ...
Oct 19, 2016
Post-Secondary Tutition Freeze Extended to 2017-2018 Academic Year
ALBERTA – Good news for full-and-part-time students across Alberta. On Wednesday morning, (Oct. 19) the provincial government announced an extention for the current tutition fee freeze. The cont...
Oct 19, 2016
Province wants to hear from parents as it revamps education curriculum
EDMONTON – Premier Rachel Notley and Education Minister David Eggen were joined local students and educators at an Edmonton High school on Tuesday morning, to announce new initiatives to improve...
Oct 18, 2016
Alberta doctors approve amended agreement with the Province
Oct 18, 2016
More than 100 charges laid in ATM theft sprees
EDMONTON – The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) and RCMP have identified two organized theft rings and carried out arrests in response to an ATM theft trend across the province. In ...
Oct 18, 2016
Standoff man faces charges after fight leaves teen in critical condition
STANDOFF, BLOOD RESERVE – A fight in Standoff on Sunday (Oct 16th) afternoon sent one person to hospital in Calgary and resulted in charges against a Blood Reserve man. Around 4:00-pm, Blood Tri...
Oct 18, 2016
Thieves target construction vehicle in Fort Macleod
FORT MACLEOD — RCMP in Fort Macleod are investigating a brazen heist from the back of a flatbed truck over the weekend. It happened sometime on Oct. 15 or 16, on a service road along Highway 3 E...
Oct 18, 2016
By-the-numbers look at health-care funding and spending in Canada
OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott is digging in for a fight with her provincial and territorial counterparts over how much Ottawa should shell out for health-care funding over the c...
Oct 17, 2016
Taber's Annual Pheasant Festival Offers Hands On Training For Hundreds
TABER – “If you want to train your dog, you first have to train yourself,” is the mantra held by Rick Smith, a third generation bird dog trainer. On Saturday, (Oct. 15), outdoor enth...
Oct 17, 2016