Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta man charged in abduction of three children fails to show up in court
GRANDE PRAIRIE - An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged following an Amber Alert involving three children earlier this year that ended with them being located near Sylvan Lake.D'artangan ...
Dec 17, 2019
IBD patients say they weren't consulted on forced switch to biosimilars
Crohn's and colitis patients currently on Remicade say they feel belittled by a lack of consultation leading up to the Alberta government's decision to switch patients to new medicine (biosimilars).He...
Dec 16, 2019
Government announces revised carbon-tax rebate amounts for four provinces
OTTAWA - The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces that have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal requirem...
Dec 16, 2019
Alberta liquor and cannabis stores now allowed to open on Christmas Day
The Government of Alberta and Alberta Gaming, Liquor Cannabis (AGLC) will now allow liquor and cannabis businesses to be open on Dec. 25. The province says this is another example of their commitment ...
Dec 16, 2019
Jason Kenney heads to London
EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney heads to the UK today for a trip his office says will highlight the province's ``responsible energy sector'' and to counter what Kenney says is a campaign against invest...
Dec 16, 2019
Alberta, Ottawa head to province's Appeal Court over carbon tax dispute
EDMONTON - About a year ago, Alberta's United Conservative Party leader stood in front of 1,500 raucous supporters and called the federal carbon tax an act of "economic masochism" that he would f...
Dec 16, 2019
House fire in Glendale neighbourhood of Calgary results in one death
CALGARY - The Calgary Fire Department says a person has died in hospital after being pulled from a burning home in the city's Glendale neighbourhood.A release from the department says fire crews were ...
Dec 14, 2019
AHS reminds residents of food safety during the holiday season
You're at a party this holiday season; maybe you're the one hosting, maybe it's an office party or a gathering at someone else's home. There are all kinds of meats, seafood, cheese, nogs and toddies t...
Dec 14, 2019
Grizzly bears move north in High Arctic as climate change expands range
Some unlikely neighbours are moving in around the northernmost communities of the Northwest Territories, across the icy tundra of Canada's High Arctic. Inuvialuit hunters and trappers say grizzly bear...
Dec 14, 2019
Southern Alberta rancher named McDonald’s first Canadian “Flagship Farmer”
LONGVIEW- Stephen Hughes of Longview's Chinook Ranch is getting major recognition from the world's largest food service chain.The Flagship Farmer Program is "a global initiative that amplifies the sto...
Dec 13, 2019 Stephen Hughes, the first Flagship Farmer for McDonald's Canada. (Supplied by McDonald's Canada)