Category Archives: Alberta

Taber's Finance Department Once Again Goes 'Above and Beyond'
TABER: The Town of Taber’s Finance Department is again being recognized for dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s. The Department has won the Canadian Award for Financial Reporting fr...
Feb 07, 2016

Provincial Government Announces Funding For Solar Energy Incentive Program
The Alberta government says it will provide more than $5 million to help municipalities cover the cost of installing solar panels. This program will provide rebates of up to $0.75 per watt, to a maxim...
Feb 05, 2016

Raymond RCMP Unveil Largest Ever Drug Bust on Alberta Border
RAYMOND – Candian Boarder Services Agency officers seized 14.5 kg of suspected methamphetamine at the Del Bonita border crossing on Jan. 31. It was concealed in the rocker panels of an SUV and o...
Feb 05, 2016

5 Year Old Taber "Hero" Honoured For 911 Call
TABER: A Taber elementary student was celebrated in front of his school Thursday for knowing to call 911 when his mother had a medical emergency. Five year old Dane DeGraw did not panic when his mothe...
Feb 04, 2016

Famous Rodeo Stock Contractor Passes Away at 70
MAGRATH – One of Canada’s biggest names in rodeo passed away on Monday. Greg Kesler died of an apparent heart attack at his family’s ranch in Magrath, at 70-years old. The family is ...
Feb 03, 2016

Crown Looking for Progress in Taber Murder Case
TABER: The Crown is asking the defence to make some progress, in a murder case dating back to last September. On the morning of September 22, 2015, police responded to a complaint of a disturbance and...
Feb 02, 2016

NDP Cabinet Increases from 13 to 19 Members
Feb 02, 2016

Accused Pleads Not Guilty in $800,000 Fraud Case in Taber
TABER: A Lethbridge man entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday morning in Taber court. Scott James Piggott was charged in 2015, for offences that allegedly occurred between March and July of 2013. Polic...
Feb 02, 2016

Province Unveils $500M Worth of Incentives for Petrochemicals Sector
EDMONTON: The Alberta Government has unveiled a new Petrochemicals Diversification program worth $500M. The program aims to encourage companies to invest in the development of new petrochemical facili...
Feb 01, 2016

Coadale Takes Over Photo Radar Service
LETHBRIDGE: RCMP and Town staff have begun managing the photo radar service for Coaldale. The City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Police had overlooked the service until their contract expired at the en...
Feb 01, 2016