Category Archives: Alberta
Over 1,500 people rally in Grande Prairie in support of oil and gas industry
GRANDE PRAIRIE- It was an eventful day at Muskoseepi Park in Grande Prairie on Sunday, as crowds of people began to show up around noon for the Support Oil and Gas Rally. The local group who planned t...
Dec 17, 2018
'Are we going to play?' Alberta boy with rare illness no big deal for classmates
ONOWAY, Alta. - Four-year-old Porter Stanley has some new pals at preschool. Russ stands beside him as they manoeuvre toy cars down and around a plastic parking garage. The newest kid in class, Mimi, ...
Dec 17, 2018
Revived Cuban Lunch bars meet with huge demand, wrapper supply snafus
CAMROSE, Alta. - A peanut-and-chocolate candy popular decades ago has been flying off shelves since an Alberta couple revived it earlier this year. The Cuban Lunch bar disappeared in 1991 when the Pau...
Dec 16, 2018
Crash near Sundre claims one life
A man from Olds has died following a crash in central Alberta on Saturday morning. It was 5:20 a.m., according to RCMP, when emergency crews were called an MVC on Hwy 27 near the RR 44 intersection ea...
Dec 15, 2018
Education Minister investigating Catholic schools employment agreements
Alberta’s education minister is investigating employment agreements signed by Catholic school teachers over concerns they could be fired for being in gay or common-law relationships. David Eggen...
Dec 15, 2018
New curriculum approved for grades K-4
A new K-4 curriculum has been approved by Alberta Education and the Alberta Teachers’ Association. The curriculum will now be field-tested within classrooms. In June 2016, the ministry and the a...
Dec 15, 2018
Women use scent to lure wolf-dog that ran away from Calgary airport
EDMONTON - A woman from Alberta is thanking an unconventional strategy for helping to find her lost wolf-dog. Jeanine Rebsomen went to the airport in Calgary to pick up her new pet that was being flow...
Dec 14, 2018
Province announces new regulations for condominiums
CALGARY, AB - The provincial government has announced new regulations for condominium board governance. Brian Malkinson, Minister of Service Alberta, announced the latest regulations under the Condomi...
Dec 14, 2018
AHS announces health advisory council focusing on sexual orientation and gender identity
EDMONTON- Alberta Health Services will be launching a new provincial advisory council next year focusing on sexual and gender diverse patients. The Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (...
Dec 14, 2018
A very windy Thursday in southwestern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE - The wind was a major force in southwestern Alberta on Thursday. The peak gust recorded by a 511 Alberta monitoring station was 167 km/h (103 mph) on Highway 6 north of the Waterton Park G...
Dec 14, 2018