Category Archives: Alberta
South Country Fair is back after a two-year hiatus
FORT MACLEOD, AB - The South Country Fair (SCF) is back after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. SCF is a three-day festival that features a variety of music, spoken word and performance art along the...
Jul 16, 2022
'I got the call back': Alberta police and emergency services recruit Indigenous youth
STANDOFF, ALBERTA - Const. Tasha Melting Tallow hopes her story will help convince Indigenous youth to consider law enforcement as a lifelong career. Melting Tallow, a member of the Blood Tribe, took ...
Jul 16, 2022
Feds approve nine Living Labs to involve ag producers in reducing greenhouse gases
Alberta Beef Producers are looking for Red Deer and central Alberta-based producers to participate in a new $8.5 million living lab project. The initiative is one of nine announced by the federal gove...
Jul 15, 2022
Suspect arrested in downtown Lethbridge hostage incident
Police in Lethbridge, AB, have charged a 40-year-old woman with attempted murder after a person was taken hostage and stabbed at a law office Thursday.Investigators say a woman entered the office dema...
Jul 15, 2022
"100% of it's there": Prognathodon fossil found near Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A significant fossil has been discovered at a mine south of Lethbridge.Enchanted Designs Mine Manager Michael Shideler says it was a fairly normal day of work on June 29, 2022, as cre...
Jul 14, 2022
Court documents detail RCMP hacking investigation into Alberta politician
EDMONTON - Court documents show Mounties were initially pursuing criminal charges against an Alberta legislature member who admitted to hacking a government health website.Former NDP MLA Thomas Dang w...
Jul 14, 2022
Documents show recommendations, warnings from chief medical officer of health
The Provincial Court of Alberta has released documents providing a glimpse into how Alberta's United Conservative Party (UCP) government decided when to begin removing provincial COVID-19 restrictions...
Jul 14, 2022
COVID numbers continue falling across the board in Alberta
The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19. The numbers reported in this update reflect data from July 5-11, 2022.During that time, 1,361 cases were confirmed across the province f...
Jul 13, 2022
Alberta commits $40 million to carbon capture projects
The Alberta Government is funding nearly one dozen initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions.$40 million has been allocated to 11 carbon capture projects through Emissions Reduction Alberta's (ER...
Jul 13, 2022
NDP says UCP must help families fight inflation amid rising interest rates
With a one per cent hike in interest rates announced by the Bank of Canada on Wednesday, Alberta's NDP is calling on the UCP government to act immediately to put more money back in the pockets of Albe...
Jul 13, 2022