Category Archives: Alberta

Pride crosswalk vandalized at Medicine Hat College
Last Monday, Medicine Hat College unveiled their first pride crosswalk, but early Saturday morning the crosswalk had already been vandalized. A large amount of white paint was poured onto the rainbowc...
Sep 30, 2018

Potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid stokes hope for more affordable housing
CALGARY - Affordable housing advocates are hopeful a potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid could help put a dent in the city’s shortfall. A draft hosting plan unveiled earlier this month by the bid...
Sep 30, 2018

Back-to-back summers of smoke and fire stoke B.C. tourism industry fears
CALGARY - The smoke has cleared after the worst forest fire season in B.C. history but tourism operators fear the reputational damage to their industry will linger far into the future. Hundreds of wil...
Sep 30, 2018

Horner supplants Rick Strankman as UCP nominee in Drumheller-Stettler
Nate Horner has secured the UCP nomination for the constituency of Drumheller-Stettler. Party leader Jason Kenney issued a statement Saturday night congratulating Horner. "Nate has a diverse backgroun...
Sep 30, 2018

Health agency says agreement reached with Walmart in Fort McMurray wildfire case
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Alberta Health Services says it has reached an agreement with Walmart Canada in a case where the retailer is accused of keeping and selling food that was potentially contaminate...
Sep 29, 2018

LNG Canada project would provide new market, says Canada's largest gas producer
BANFF, Alta. - A positive final investment decision for LNG Canada could eventually encourage other projects to follow suit, creating demand needed to soak up Western Canada’s glut of natural ga...
Sep 28, 2018

Calgary newspaper columnist's take on Kavanaugh nomination triggers backlash
CALGARY - A Calgary Herald newspaper column on sexual misconduct accusations against U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh has prompted two women on Calgary city council to shun interview...
Sep 28, 2018

LOCATED: 14 y/o Moise McIntyre of Wetaskiwin
RCMP say 14-year-old Moise McIntyre of Wetaskiwin has been located safe as of 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15.
Sep 28, 2018

Pedestrian struck and killed by school bus near Standoff
STANDOFF - Blood Tribe Police continue to investigate a fatal collision involving a school bus. It happened at approximately 6:15 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, on Highway 509 just before the junction with ...
Sep 28, 2018

No pot for Calgary police even on days off
CALGARY- Police say they’re erring on the side of caution by banning officers from consuming marijuana once it’s legalized — even on their days off. The police union has slammed the ...
Sep 28, 2018