Author Archives:
Conservatives ask auditor general to review tax-change confusion
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are asking the auditor general to probe the Finance Department's handling of tax changes that left small business owners and family farmers confused for weeks. It...
Jul 22, 2021
Local retired NHLers discuss draft 'like no other'
The 2020 NHL Draft was a strange one, but it's safe to say the 2021 NHL Draft is going to be a whole new kettle of fish.When COVID shut down the world in 2020, the amateur hockey season was nearing an...
Jul 22, 2021
Rookie tight end Burt, Hamilton Tiger-Cats learning about each other at training camp
Training camp is a time for learning for both the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and rookie Jake Burt. Hamilton selected the former Boston College tight end first overall in this year's CFL draft intrigued by th...
Jul 22, 2021
Two Alberta First Nations want courts to allow appeal of decision on coal mine
A second Alberta First Nation wants the courts to allow it to appeal a review board's decision that an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains isn't in the public interest. The Stoney Nakoda Nation ...
Jul 22, 2021
Annamie Paul says 'small group' of party execs behind court case against Green leader
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is seeking to frame a legal challenge from her own party as the work of a "small group" of outgoing executives that amounts to a "one-sided attack." Backed by sign-t...
Jul 22, 2021
Province screening babies for spinal muscular atrophy
EDMONTON, AB - Muscular Dystrophy Canada is providing $366,000 to Alberta Precision Laboratories to implement the test through a one-year pilot program starting in early 2022. This will make Alberta t...
Jul 22, 2021
Nurses protest outside Minister Toews' Town Hall to voice concerns over recent bargaining negotiations
Several nurses gathered outside of the Sexsmith Community Hall Tuesday to greet Alberta Finance Minister and Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews as he arrived for a Town Hall he was hosting.Members...
Jul 22, 2021
Justice Minister calls for pepper spray for self-defence, mandatory minimums for hate crimes
Alberta's Justice Minister wants to see two changes to the Criminal Code of Canada that he believes will help in mitigating violent and hate-motivated crimes.Kaycee Madu wrote to the federal Minister ...
Jul 22, 2021
Downtown Calgary office vacancy rate reaches record high
Calgary's downtown office vacancy rate hit an all-time high in the second quarter of 2021.Commercial real estate firm Avison Young says the office tower vacancy rate in downtown Calgary now sits at 29...
Jul 22, 2021
More evacuations ordered in B.C. as wildfires flare, fanned by strong winds
Residents in more areas of British Columbia have been forced from their homes indefinitely, this time by wildfires whipped up by strong winds in the southeastern part of the province. The Regional Dis...
Jul 22, 2021