Category Archives: Post to Social
Former polygamous leader guilty in child bride case
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C., has been found guilty of removing an underage girl from Canada to be married in the Uni...
May 17, 2019 The Canadian Press
Alberta RCMP participating in Canada Road Safety Week during Victoria Day long weekend
EDMONTON, AB - The Victoria Day long weekend typically marks the start of the road trip season for many Albertans. With that in mind, the RCMP want to remind all road users, drivers, riders, passenger...
May 17, 2019 Photo Credit: RCMP
Canada 'encouraged' in tariff war with U.S. on metals but no solution in sight
OTTAWA - President Donald Trump's decision today to delay auto tariffs on Japan and Europe is generating fresh hope that there might be an end in sight to his punitive levies on Canadian steel and alu...
May 17, 2019
Fire bans in effect in parts of northern Alberta
Campfires, unauthorized burning and off-highway vehicles (OHV) are banned on public lands throughout most of northern Alberta because of wildfire concerns. The fire and OHV ban extends from Lac La Bic...
May 17, 2019
Asylum claims have more than tripled since 2015, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - New figures out this morning from the national statistics office says the number of asylum claims in Canada more than tripled between 2015 and 2018. Statistics Canada says that in 2015, the y...
May 17, 2019
Liquor constraints to be relaxed in Alberta beginning this May long weekend
EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney and Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon say they're pushing back against the "excesses of the nanny state and the 'War on Fun.'" Beginning this May long week...
May 16, 2019 Photo Credit: The Canadian Press
Scheer promises coast-to-coast energy corridor as he outlines economic vows
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledged Thursday to pursue a coast-to-coast energy corridor, achieve Canadian oil independence within a decade and adjust mortgage rules with the aim of maki...
May 16, 2019 The Canadian Press
It may be protein based - but, it is not beef!
CALGARY, AB -- Cattle producers across the country are backing Quebec colleagues who have filed a complaint over a popular new meatless burger that is being advertised as ``plant-based meat.'' The Que...
May 16, 2019 Credit to Beyond Meat website
Pronghorns women's rugby team adds another Southern Alberta product
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Pronghorn women's rugby program has continued to build this year's recruiting class, this time by adding another Southern Alberta product with family ties to the progra...
May 16, 2019 Photo Credit: U of L Pronghorns
Mounties always get their man, even when they're a tin cut-out
LLOYDMINSTER, Alta. - Some new scarecrows are popping up on the Prairies, but these aren't meant for bluffing birds.Life-size metal cut-outs of uniformed Mounties are being placed next to busy roads a...
May 16, 2019 Photo courtesy City of Lloydminster on Twitter @cityoflloyd