Category Archives: Alberta

RAYMOND – The Ontario coroner’s office has confirmed MP Jim Hillyer died of a heart attack. The 41-year old Medicine Hat – Cardston – Warner MP was found in his Ottawa office o...

OTTAWA: There’s a lot of it around right now — chocolate — and consumers need to check out what they may have in their cupboards. Canada’s food safety watchdog has announced a ...

STRATHMORE – RCMP are investigating after a fatal two vehicle collision along Highway 797. Around 7:14-am on Saturday, March 26, two people were confirmed dead at the scene. It happened just two...

ALBERTA: The RCMP are asking the public to pay close attention behind the wheel this Easter weekend. “We want everyone travelling on Alberta’s roads this long weekend to get to where they ...

RAYMOND – Funeral arrangements have been made for MP Jim Hillyer, after he passed away suddenly on March 23. On Thursday, March 31, a viewing and meeting with the family is scheduled from 7 to 8...

SOUTHERN ALBERTA – Foothills MP John Barlow will be hosting a series of meetings across his riding, to discuss the proposed Physician Assisted Dying Legislation. It’s an opportunity for co...

EDMONTON – Albertans applying for affordable housing will no longer have to declare their disability and education savings plans as part of asset testing rules. Housing Minister Lori Sigurdson a...

PINCHER CREEK: A vehicle fire south of Pincher Creek on Tuesday morning is being blamed on mechanical failure. Pincher Creek Fire and EMS were called to a report of a truck fire about 20-kilometres so...

EDMONTON: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her party’s fourth-place finish in the Calgary-Greenway byelection was not a repudiation of her government’s policies. Notley says voters in th...

CALGARY: Alberta’s Progressive Conservative party managed to hang onto one of its handful of seats in the provincial legislature with a narrow victory over the Wildrose party on Tuesday. It was ...