Category Archives: Alberta

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in China early today to begin his first official visit there. His visit comes ,ore than four decades after his father first began paving the way to...

EDMONTON – A potential candidate for the leadership of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives says rules adopted by the party should end the bid by Calgary M-P Jason Kenney to merge the provi...

EDMONTON – The Alberta government says it will increase environmental monitoring of in-situ oilsands plants following research that shows they can release contaminants into the land and water. A...

EDMONTON – Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives have laid out the rules for their leadership contest, including retroactive finance disclosure and a rule forbidding candidates from doing an...

OTTAWA – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says its plan to begin a rolling overtime ban at midnight Sunday has been placed on hold for 24 hours. CUPW issued a statement late Sunday night tha...

EDMONTON – Premier Rachel Notley says her government will stick with its economic plan despite a budget deficit of almost $11 billion, but will alter course if necessary. Notley made the comment...

COALDALE – Coaldale RCMP were able to re-open 20 Avenue from 17 to 18 Street just after 8:30 p.m. Friday. The area had to be shut down around 2-p.m., when a woman came to the detachment with a s...

CARDSTON – RCMP are asking the public for any information that be offered in relation to a break and enter that took place in Cardston last Sunday (Aug 21st). The town’s Value Drug Mart wa...

OTTAWA – The federal government is not considering making cellphone use at the wheel a criminal offence. A spokeswoman for Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said Thursday provincial laws alr...

CALGARY: Former prime minister Stephen Harper has announced he’s stepping down as a Calgary M-P — ending a nearly 18-year career in Parliament. In a statement and video posted to his socia...