Category Archives: Alberta
Province says 2022 harvest results in above-average yields
The provincial government says Alberta's crop producers continue to show resiliency despite dry growing conditions and the rising costs of farm inputs. For more than a century, the province says agric...
Oct 28, 2022
Court: UCP unmasking decision for schools was improper and unreasonable
A judge has found the Alberta government's decision in February to block school boards from imposing their own mask mandates was improper and unreasonable.The case was filed by the Alberta Federation ...
Oct 28, 2022
Alberta recognized by National Geographic for Indigenous tourism
The prairie province is being given a spotlight by a major international publication.National Geographic has released its list of "25 breathtaking places and experiences for 2023."According to the org...
Oct 27, 2022
RCMP accuse Consort man of ramming vehicle and coming at police with an axe and knife
A 37-year-old man from Consort is facing charges after an incident in east-central Alberta on Oct. 25.It was 7:40 p.m. that day, RCMP say, when a male attended the Consort RCMP detachment following an...
Oct 27, 2022
Province announces agreement ratified with Alberta Crown prosecutors
Provincial officials have announced that Alberta Crown Attorneys' Association members have ratified an agreement with the Alberta government.The agreement, said to be the first of its kind in Alberta,...
Oct 27, 2022
Rising from the ashes: Creepy Hollow rebuilds haunted house after fire
WARNER, AB - Creepy Hollow has risen from the ashes in time for Halloween.A fire on May 20, 2022 burned the popular haunted house and library at the attraction to the ground, devastating the community...
Oct 27, 2022
Second suspect arrested in missing Wetaskiwin man's death
UPDATE, Oct. 28, 2022:Wetaskiwin RCMP say Cashtin Joseph, 27, and Stanley Howse, 49, both residents of Wetaskiwin, have been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Brian Dupe, 6...
Oct 27, 2022
Research shows substantial drop in wolverine numbers in western Canada, says conservation group
New research shows wolverine numbers in Canada's Rocky Mountain national parks are declining, highlighting a need to think beyond protected areas to help the species thrive in a changing climate. That...
Oct 27, 2022
New Alberta cabinet could threaten environmental protections for parks, group says
EDMONTON, AB - An environmental group warns last week's changes to the governing United Conservative Party cabinet could threaten protections for Alberta's parks and wildlands.In her first cabinet sin...
Oct 26, 2022
Notley: NDP’s Dirk has local connections her UCP rival can’t match
MEDICINE HAT, AB - NDP Leader Rachel Notley says voters in Brooks-Medicine Hat should give serious thought to how connected byelection candidates are to the region.Notley spoke at candidate Gwendoline...
Oct 26, 2022