Category Archives: Alberta
WestJet to Fly Suncor Employees to Northern Alberta Oilsands Operations
CALGARY - WestJet has reached a multi-year deal with Suncor Energy to fly employees and contractors to and from its oilsands operations in Northern Alberta beginning in early November. The airline say...
Sep 20, 2016
Fish and Wildlife Officers Safely Remove a Bear from Downtown Pincher Creek
PINCHER CREEK – A bear had to be euthanized Tuesday afternoon, after being captured by Fish and Wildlife Officers in Pincher Creek’s downtown. According to Paul Johnson, District Fish and ...
Sep 20, 2016
CRTC rules big telcos must provide small ISPs access to their fibre networks
GATINEAU, Que. – The national telecom regulator has officially implemented new rules that industry watchers predict will lead to cheaper Internet rates. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecom...
Sep 20, 2016
Bear attack near Waterton sends man to Lethbridge hospital
WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK – People are being urged to use extreme caution if headed to Akamina-Kishinena Provincial Park, near Waterton. British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment belie...
Sep 20, 2016
Calgary Transit Train Derails During Morning Rush; Driver Hurt
CALGARY - Transit officials say a Calgary commuter train crash, which occurred during the peak of the morning rush hour on Tuesday, could have been much worse. A light-rail train was approaching the e...
Sep 20, 2016
Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta's climate plan warmly received in New York
NEW YORK – Premier Rachel Notley is in New York City touting Alberta’s climate change plan and trying to drum up investment in the province’s battered oilpatch. Notley said she told ...
Sep 20, 2016
Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta's climate plan warmly received in New York
NEW YORK – Premier Rachel Notley is in New York City touting Alberta’s climate change plan and trying to drum up investment in the province’s battered oilpatch. Notley said she told ...
Sep 20, 2016
At least 13 countries seek to emulate Canada refugee-sponsor system
UN, UNITED STATES – At least 13 countries have made inquiries about Canada’s private refugee-sponsoring system in the hope of potentially emulating it, the federal immigration minister sai...
Sep 20, 2016
Task Force To Advise Government On Carbon Levy Expenditure
ALBERTA – A task force appointed to advise the provincial government on where to spend Alberta’s new carbon levy will be in Lethbridge next month. Minister of Economic Development and Trad...
Sep 19, 2016
Palliser reminds drivers to ‘Think of Us on the Bus’
PICTURE BUTTE - There was no pop quiz at the end of this lesson, but the contents were no less valuable all the same. On this day Dave Shaw was delivering Palliser Regional Schools' "Think of Us on th...
Sep 19, 2016