Category Archives: Alberta

Man Charged after Death of Brooks Woman
BROOKS: An Alberta man will appear in court today following the death of a young woman over the weekend. R-C-M-P say 19-year-old Tanya Campbell-Losier died in hospital on Sunday. They say she was tran...
Feb 22, 2016

Rachel Notley Calls for more support in her Province
EDMONTON: With the federal govrnment considering aid for aerospace giant Bombardier Alberta Premier Rachel Notely is calling for more support in her province. Notley told CTV’s Question Period S...
Feb 22, 2016

CCWC Wants Province To Keep Castle Provincial Park Promise
PINCHER CREEK: The Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition (CCWC) is questioning reported repairs to off-highway vehicle trails in the soon-to-be Castle Provincial Park. CCWC Board Chair Peter Lee says the ...
Feb 19, 2016

Alberta NDP Government Gets More Push Back on L-G-B-T-Q Policy
EDMONTON: Alberta Education Minister David Eggen says he will try to work with a school board in northern Alberta that won’t send in a policy on how to further help transgender and sexual minori...
Feb 19, 2016

Number of EI recipients doubles in Alberta in latest sign of economic woes
CALGARY: The number of Albertans receiving employment insurance has doubled in a year, Statistics Canada said Thursday in the latest sign of the province’s economic struggles driven by falling o...
Feb 19, 2016

Foothills MP Named Vice-Chair of Natural Resources Committee
OTTAWA — Southern Alberta has been given a leadership role on the Parliamentary committee that oversees the energy sector. Foothills MP John Barlow has been named the vice-chair of the Standing ...
Feb 18, 2016

Alberta Pork Recall
LETHBRIDGE: Health officials say 16 people in the greater Calgary area have gotten sick from E. coli in recent weeks as investigators work to nail down the source of the bacteria. Alberta Health Servi...
Feb 18, 2016

Taber Police Make Cocaine Bust
TABER – A 30-year-old Calgary man has been charged after a drug bust in Taber. Officers stopped a vehicle on Tuesday at Highway 3 and Highway 36, where they found 8 grams of cocaine, over a $1,0...
Feb 18, 2016

Wildrose Supports New Funding System for Midwives
ALBERTA – The Wildrose party is pushing for a new approach for funding midwife services in the province. Currently, midwives are paid $4,600 for a course of care, which is described as the full ...
Feb 17, 2016

Alert Bust Results in Arrest of Seven Suspected Drug Dealers in Medicine Hat
LETHRBIDGE: A three-month drug trafficking and firearms investigation in Medicine Hat has resulted in seven people are facing a total of 41 drug and firearms-related charges. Police executed search wa...
Feb 17, 2016