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Town of Ponoka Ratifies One-Year Collective Agreement with IBEW Local 254
The Town of Ponoka is pleased to announce it has ratified a one-year collective agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 254. In recognition of the current econo...
Mar 19, 2019
A look at Alberta's elections since the province was created in 1905
EDMONTON - A chronology of Alberta elections: Nov. 9, 1905: Lawyer Alexander Rutherford, son of an immigrant farmer from Scotland, leads the Liberals to a lopsided victory over R.B. Bennett’s Co...
Mar 19, 2019
A list of Alberta premiers since the province was created in 1905
EDMONTON - A list of Alberta’s premiers: Rachel Notley, NDP, 2015- Jim Prentice, Progressive Conservative, 2014-2015 Dave Hancock (interim), Progressive Conservative, 2014 Alison Redford, Progre...
Mar 19, 2019
Fought to unite Alberta conservatives: Former MP Kenney ready to run for premier
EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney finally gets his title shot. It's not a chance the former federal Conservative cabinet minister saw coming until he put together a plan in the summer ...
Mar 19, 2019
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants chance to 'finish that job'
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley says her childhood in the semi-isolated town of Fairview in northern Alberta taught her to adapt and improvise - even if means sticking your spouse on the hood of the ...
Mar 19, 2019
Leaders set sights on each other as Alberta election called for April 16
Alberta’s NDP leader and her main conservative rival wasted no time pointing fingers at each other on the first day of the campaign for an April 16 election. Premier Rachel Notley called the vot...
Mar 19, 2019
Provincial election called for April 16
It’s finally official. Albertans will be heading to the polls for a provincial election on April 16. Premier Rachel Notley made the announcement at a rally Tuesday morning in Calgary. Notley ask...
Mar 19, 2019
Colbert postpones visit to New Zealand after attack
NEW YORK - Talk show host Stephen Colbert has postponed what was supposed to be a surprise visit to New Zealand following the terrorist attack in Christchurch that killed 50 people. Colbert’s &#...
Mar 19, 2019
Man hurt during arrest for alleged slurs
at B.C. vigil for New Zealand victims
SURREY, B.C. - An investigation is underway after a man in Surrey, B.C., was injured while being arrested for allegedly yelling racial slurs at a prayer vigil for the victims of the New Zealand mosque...
Mar 19, 2019
Local author pens book to support scholarship fund
A new book by local businessman and philanthropist, Stewart Ford, relates the story of a family business that served Central Alberta's pioneers, farmers, and contractors for more than 100 years. Throu...
Mar 19, 2019