Category Archives: Alberta

Study says it makes sense to have mass transit to Banff National Park from Calgary
BANFF, Alta. - A feasibility study says bus or passenger rail service between Calgary and Banff National Park would make sense, but the high price tag would need provincial and federal government help...
Feb 27, 2019

Pipe bomb explodes in Banff, no one hurt
BANFF- RCMP say a pipe bomb that went off in a garbage bin in Banff National Park appears to have been an act of vandalism and wasn’t intended to hurt anyone. Mounties say Parks Canada employees...
Feb 27, 2019

Alberta extends deadline for farm worker truck driving training
EDMONTON – The Alberta government is extending a deadline for farm workers to get new mandatory truck driver training. A coalition of the province’s agriculture producers had expressed con...
Feb 27, 2019

RCMP warn against picking up strangers
EDMONTON- RCMP are warning motorists not to stop to help people by the side of a road who may be in distress after a would-be Good Samaritan was attacked. The heads-up comes after a 17-year-old girl w...
Feb 27, 2019

Flu not hitting Alberta as hard this year
MEDICINE HAT- According to the numbers, influenza has not been hitting Alberta as hard this year as it did last year. According to the most recent report from Alberta Health Services on February 21, t...
Feb 27, 2019

Calgary man charged after son left in car in frigid weather
CALGARY- A Calgary man has been charged with child abandonment after his seven-year-old son says he was left in an unheated vehicle outside a casino for hours in frigid weather. Police say they were c...
Feb 27, 2019

Premier Notley to speak to Senate committee on energy projects
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley is to make her case in person to a Senate committee studying proposed legislation that would change how major energy projects are approved. Notley is to appear before ...
Feb 26, 2019

Calgary councillors call for study on effects of removing fluoride from water
CALGARY- City councillors have agreed to ask for a study on the effects of removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water eight years ago. Council voted Monday night for the University of Calg...
Feb 26, 2019

Alberta Ponzi scheme hit with over four-million in penalties.
CALGARY- The operators of an Alberta Ponzi scheme that cost investors 122-million dollars have been hit with more than four-million dollars in penalties. The Alberta Securities Commission says Arnold ...
Feb 26, 2019

Alberta veterinarians vote to ban 'inhumane' procedures
MEDICINE HAT- Alberta veterinarians have voted to ban unnecessary medical procedures across the province. The decision was announced Sunday, when members of the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association ...
Feb 26, 2019