Category Archives: Alberta

12-year-old Grande Prairie girl wakes to fire in her room
GRANDE PRAIRIE- A 12-year-old girl suffered minor burns after being woken up by a fire in her bedroom early Monday morning. The Grande Prairie Fire Department was called out at 4:25 a.m. to a structur...
Apr 2, 2018

Division taking "appropriate measures" after rumours of threats to Grande Prairie school
The Grande Prairie Public School District says what it terms “appropriate measures” are being taken to deal with the source of rumours about violence at schools that spread online earlier ...
Mar 30, 2018

Southern Alberta teen launches petition to stop amendments to the Firearms Act
LETHBRIDGE - An electronic petition launched by a Coalhurst teen is getting national support, from those calling on the federal government to scrap Bill C-71, which aims to tighten Canadian firearm la...
Mar 30, 2018

Campus Alberta partners announce improved pathways for business students
RED DEER- Fifteen post-secondary partners, including Red Deer College, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will further enhance education options for students pursuing a business certificat...
Mar 29, 2018

Grande Prairie photographer catches the eye of National Geographic
GRANDE PRAIRIE- A local photographer has sold some of his work to an National Geographic. Amos Wiebe captured a rare sight of a pair of lynx fighting up a tree in the forest south of Grande Prairie. H...
Mar 29, 2018

Town of Taber declares local state of emergency
TABER- The town of Taber has declared a local state of emergency due to rising flood waters from melting snow. Overland flooding is threatening the community’s water treatment plant. The town sa...
Mar 29, 2018

Edmonton road rage victim not expected to survive
EDMONTON- Police say a 38-year-old man who was shot during an apparent road-rage incident is not expected to survive. The shooting happened Tuesday night in the city’s northeast while police wer...
Mar 29, 2018

Calgary man found guilty of first-degree murder
CALGARY- A man accused of stabbing his mother and a younger person she was caring for has been found guilty of first-degree murder. A jury returned the verdict yesterday in the case of Emanuel Kahsai,...
Mar 29, 2018

Province strengthening impaired driving laws ahead of marijuana legalization
EDMONTON – The Notley government passed An Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol-Impaired Driving last fall. As part of the bill a number of new impaired driving laws will come into effect beginnin...
Mar 28, 2018

AGLC awards contract for online cannabis store development
EDMONTON - The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) has awarded the contract to design its website for online cannabis sales once it becomes legal later this year. OnX Enterprise Solutions was ...
Mar 28, 2018