Category Archives: Alberta

Brooks Participates in Pitch-In Canada Week
ALBERTA – Children in the County of Newell will educate and be educated on anti-waste and recycling for Pitch-In Canada Week from April 17 – 23. The EcoBrooks Committee is challenging scho...
Apr 10, 2016

Palliser Students’ Classroom Project has Many Rewards
COALDALE: A sense of self-satisfaction is usually enough reward for a lesson well-learned, but a class of Grade 6 students at R.I. Baker Middle School had the added benefit of watching the fruit of th...
Apr 09, 2016

Alberta NDP At Odds With Tom Mulcair Over The Future Of Resource Development
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP sees itself at loggerheads with federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair over the future of Canada’s resource development as Premier Rachel Notley prepares today to address ...
Apr 09, 2016

Percheron horses Named at Bar U Ranch National Historic Site
ALBERTA –“Poca” and “Terra” are the names given to two newly acquired Percheron horses at the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site. Following a public contest launched in D...
Apr 09, 2016

AHS Celebrates National Volunteer Week
ALBERTA – Volunteers will be recognized next week with a special emphasis on those in the healthcare field. During National Volunteer Week, which runs April 10-16, all facilities in AHS South Zo...
Apr 09, 2016

Alberta Flu Season Causes 55 Deaths
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says there were 55 flu-related deaths in the province between September and the end of March. Alberta Health Services says the victims had lab-confirmed influen...
Apr 08, 2016

Premier Notley TV Address Touts Need for New Pipelines and Preps Albertans for Tough Budget
Apr 08, 2016

Man charged with threats after call to Alberta environment minister
EDMONTON - A man has been charged after staff say someone phoned the legislature office of Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and threatened to shoot everyone over the carbon tax. Michael E...
Apr 07, 2016

Changes Coming for Seniors Home Adaptation and Repair Act
EDMONTON Alberta is introducing new rules to give loans to seniors for home repairs and renovations to help them age in place in their communities. The changes are contained in a bill introduced in th...
Apr 06, 2016

Alberta Conservation K-9 Team Back on the Job
ALBERTA – The Aquatic Invasive Species Conservation K-9 Team continues to protect Alberta waterways from foreign mussels. Inspectors at the Coutts inspection station near the U.S. border have al...
Apr 06, 2016