Category Archives: Alberta
Vauxhall Baseball Academy alum earns 2nd career MLB win against Orioles Sunday
Alberta's Adam Macko has done it again.In just his 11th appearance in Major League Baseball, the 25-year-old Vauxhall Baseball Academy graduate earned his second career win on the mound as the Toronto...
Jun 07, 2026 (Image Credit: Major League Baseball)
Poilievre to argue new federal direction can ease separatist concerns
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to argue a change in federal policies would ease separatist concerns in Alberta when he makes a speech in Calgary on Monday.In an excerpt of that speec...
Jun 07, 2026 (Image Credit: Spencer Colby | The Canadian Press)
Legendary grizzly 'The Boss' removes tracking collar at Banff National Park
One of Canada's best-known bears was one of three recently trapped and collared as part of a program to better track grizzlies in Rocky Mountain national parks, but The Boss managed to rip it off in n...
Jun 07, 2026 (Image Credit: Kendra Scurfield | Banff Sunshine Ski Resort)
Update: RCMP confirm missing couple found safe
Update:Wetaskiwin RCMP is advising that Tracy Norris and Leon Potts were located safe. Original story:Wetaskiwin RCMP is seeking the public assistance in locating two missing people believed to be tra...
Jun 06, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 31375600 © George Kroll | Dreamstime.com)
Alberta, B.C. Mounties are using AI to write reports
Mounties are testing a program that could eventually see criminal defendants battle a new opponent in court - artificial intelligence.RCMP say AI is being used to write police reports on everything fr...
Jun 06, 2026 (Image Credit: Ethan Cairns | The Canadian Press)
May labour force survey numbers unveiled by Alberta government
Alberta labour figures for the month of May have been released. According to the Province, there were 2,670,500 people employed Alberta-wide last month, up almost 14,000 from April, and an increase of...
Jun 05, 2026 Construction underway on a 415-unit development in West Lethbridge. May 28, 2026 (Image Credit: Dave Lueneberg | Lethbridge News Now)
Alberta's Smith says law will be enforced if separation vote spurs civil disobedience
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the law will be enforced if First Nations communities engage in civil disobedience over her government's separation referendum. But at an unrelated news conference ...
Jun 05, 2026 Premier Danielle Smith speaking at a press conference in Calgary on June 5, 2026. (Image Credit: Government of Alberta-Youtube)
Alberta eyes downtown-to-airport trains as first key project of passenger rail plan
Alberta's government is eyeing train connections for airports to the downtown cores of its two biggest cities as the first key project of the province's new passenger rail plan. But construction isn't...
Jun 05, 2026 Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen announces next steps on passenger rail in Alberta on June 5, 2026. (Image Credit: Government of Alberta-YouTube)
First Nations chiefs say civil disobedience an option if Alberta referendum proceeds
Treaty chiefs representing First Nations across the West say they are willing to carry out acts of civil disobedience if necessary to fight Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation vote. And Treaty...
Jun 04, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Province invests in supporting survivors of gender-based violence
The Government of Alberta has invested $2.5 million in the Community Pathways to Justice grant to help support survivors of gender-based violence.The investment also advances the province's 10-year st...
Jun 04, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 252082675 © Chernetskaya | Dreamstime.com)