Category Archives: Alberta
Province hosting telephone town halls for Budget 2020
The Province is hosting two telephone town halls to get public input for Budget 2020. The two town hall conference calls will give Albertans an opportunity to ask questions, share their thoughts and i...
Jan 24, 2020
Firearms petition introduced in southern Alberta surpasses 100,000 signatures
CARDSTON, AB - More than 100,000 Canadians have expressed their opposition to a proposed ban on "military-style assault rifles".Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz created the e-2341 petition on...
Jan 24, 2020 Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz. (Supplied by GlenMotzMP.com)
Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts
A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites. "The...
Jan 24, 2020
UPDATE: Privacy commissioner launches investigation into liquor store I.D. scanners
EDMONTON - Alberta's privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into a liquor retailer's decision to test ID-scanning technology at its stores. Edmonton-based Alcanna Ltd., which runs Liquor Dep...
Jan 23, 2020
Summer 2019 hailstorms caused $181-million in insured damages
LETHBRIDGE- The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says the hailstorms in Western Canada last July and August was among the top weather events of the year when it comes to damages.Causing an estimated $...
Jan 23, 2020 A squash that was hit by hail on the Molnar's Taber Corn farm. Taken August 7, 2019. (Lethbridge News Now)
Former Alberta MLA goes on tax strike over unpaid oilpatch property levies
A former member of the Alberta legislature says he won't pay his provincial taxes until oilpatch players pay theirs.David Swann, who once led the Alberta Liberals, says his tax strike is in response t...
Jan 22, 2020
Alberta Energy Regulator laying off staff due to budget cuts
CALGARY- The agency responsible for approving and assessing energy development in Alberta is laying off staff as it deals with budget cuts.The Alberta Energy Regulator says it laid off "a couple of do...
Jan 22, 2020
No RCMP wrongdoing in fatal 2018 crash
EDMONTON- The agency that investigates serious police actions has concluded RCMP officers did not contribute to a rollover that killed a 16-year-old in August 2018.The Alberta Serious Incident Respons...
Jan 22, 2020
Tax evasion charges lead to fine, conditional sentence for Grande Prairie restaurant owner
GRANDE PRAIRIE- Tax charges have led to a heavy fine and a conditional sentence against a Grande Prairie restaurant owner.The Canada Revenue Agency says in a news release that Balasem Salame, the owne...
Jan 22, 2020
Premier Kenney says province may close or relocate some drug consumption sites
Premier Jason Kenney says it's possible Alberta could close or relocate some supervised drug consumption sites.The United Conservative government struck a panel last summer to look at the impact of th...
Jan 21, 2020