Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta RCMP remind motorists to be prepared for winter driving
With winter approaching, Ponoka RCMP Traffic Services would like to take the time to remind the users of Alberta's Highways, to prepare for upcoming winter driving. As the temperatures drop and weathe...
Nov 01, 2022
Trick-or-treat safety tips
Alberta Health Services wants to help you and your young vampires, princesses and Stranger Things characters have a safe time on Halloween.AHS is offering some simple tips for trick-or-treating, pumpk...
Oct 31, 2022
Halloween safety reminders from Alberta RCMP
EDMONTON, AB - While Halloween is sure to be a frightful and spooky night, Alberta RCMP still wants to make sure it is safe.The service is issuing safety reminders for parents, trick-or-treaters, and ...
Oct 31, 2022
ATA president says it’s ‘irresponsible’ for Smith to say no to school mask mandates
The president of the Alberta Teachers Association is reacting to Premier Danielle Smith's vow to not allow any further masking mandates of children in schools.Jason Schilling says in a news release it...
Oct 31, 2022
'Money for free': Critics warn proposed Alberta well cleanup plan a royalty giveaway
EDMONTON - Critics fear Alberta's new United Conservative premier is preparing to bring in a program that would use billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded royalty breaks to subsidize energy companies ...
Oct 31, 2022
Premier Smith won't permit mask mandates in schools
Premier Danielle Smith is all but guaranteeing that mask mandates will not return to schools.In a statement released Saturday morning, Smith says:"Our government will not permit any further masking ma...
Oct 29, 2022
Stettler District Agricultural Society receives RCF funding
The Rural Communities Foundation (RCF) has announced the winners of its $100,000 grant created to help keep rural communities sustainable. The four communities who will share $100,000 in RCF funding a...
Oct 28, 2022
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