Category Archives: Post to Social
Beware of pests: expert weighs in on what insects can be found in southern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Pests can be a nightmare for landowners, and there are certain types people in southern Alberta should be on the lookout for. Scott Meers is an Insect Management Specialist with Alber...
May 21, 2019 Grasshoppers are prevalent in southern Vulcan County, northwest Lethbridge County and in Willow Creek (Pexels)
UPDATE: Hold and secure lifted at Crescent Heights High School in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - UPDATE: The hold and secure state has been lifted.The Medicine Hat Public School Division is confirming Crescent Heights High School is currently in a hold and secure state.The Medi...
May 21, 2019 Medicine Hat Police
Food insecurity grew in Nunavut after federal program to fight hunger: study
Newly published research has concluded that food insecurity in Nunavut grew after a federal program was brought in to fight hunger in the North. The study, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical As...
May 21, 2019
Carbon tax, desk-thumping on agenda in upcoming Alberta legislature session
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's government heads to the legislature this week to make noise with an ambitious legislative agenda while trying to keep a hush on daily affairs. Kenney has pro...
May 20, 2019 The Canadian Press
High Level and Mackenzie County under Mandatory Evacuation
GRANDE PRAIRIE -- A state of local emergency and evacuation Alert that had been issued for the town of High Level, was upgraded to a full-blown evacuation at 4:00 Monday afternoon, as a result of a fa...
May 20, 2019 Photo courtesy Facebook/Deb Stecyk
Bandits back on top, winning national championship on home ice
BROOKS, AB. -- A storybook ending is often hard to come by in sports, but the Brooks Bandits wrote a virtually perfect final chapter on Sunday afternoon.In front of thousands of screaming fans at Cent...
May 20, 2019 Scott Roblin
Money laundering report a wake-up call for Canada, but some provinces skeptical
VANCOUVER - The authors of a report that found $47 billion was laundered across Canada last year debated whether to include a graph that indicated Alberta, Ontario and the Prairies were hotspots for d...
May 20, 2019 The Canadian Press
Birds of Prey Centre bounces back from 2018 West Nile outbreak
COALDALE, AB - The Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation suffered a tragic setback last summer. In 2018, a West Nile virus outbreak resulted in the deaths of about 15 birds at the Coaldale centre. This sea...
May 20, 2019
‘Rope-a-dope’: Environmentalists say Alberta war room threat won’t distract them
EDMONTON -- Environmental groups targeted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are shrugging off the new government's promised $30-million "war room" to fight criticisms of the province's energy industry."...
May 19, 2019 The Canadian Press
Montreal researchers create audible hockey puck for visually impaired players
MONTREAL -- A team of Montreal university researchers has developed an audible hockey puck they say could revolutionize the sport for blind players.For years, visually impaired hockey players have use...
May 19, 2019 The Canadian Press