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Appeal Court upholds sentence for man convicted of killing Calgary couple, grandson
CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years for a man who killed a Calgary couple and their young grandson.A jury found Douglas Garland guilty of thr...
Feb 8, 2021
Alberta government reinstates 1976 coal-mining policy after huge public outcry
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says powerful public protest persuaded it to reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains for almost 45 years. "Albertans have spok...
Feb 8, 2021
Province reinstates 1976 coal policy after public backlash
Energy Minister Sonya Savage announced Monday morning that after significant public pushback, the Alberta Government has reinstated the 1976 coal policy.This includes reinstating the four coal categor...
Feb 8, 2021
Intercultural Association, public library work together on Black History Month campaign
February is Black History Month, and the Grande Prairie Intercultural Association (GPIA) has partnered with the Grande Prairie Public Library (GPPL) to provide more information on black history, cultu...
Feb 8, 2021
Possible exposure to COVID-19 at St. Clement, St. Catherine School in Grande Prairie
The Grande Prairie and District Catholic School Division says a number of students may have been exposed to COVID-19, after a teacher who works at both St. Clement and St. Catherine School has tested ...
Feb 8, 2021
Union asking for two-week closure of Red Deer Olymel plant
RED DEER, Alta. - A company that operates a pork processing plant in central Alberta says a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility has grown to nearly 80 cases this weekend.Richard Vigneault, a spokesman f...
Feb 8, 2021
Step 1 of Alberta's relaunch framework begins Monday
EDMONTON - Alberta restaurants can reopen today for limited in-person dining as part of the province's four-step plan to reopen the economy.Restaurants had been closed to in-person dining after a resu...
Feb 8, 2021
New proposed assisted-dying law is 'racist,' says disability rights activist
OTTAWA - Sarah Jama of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario says senators and MPs are supporting a new law that would expand the access to medical assistance in dying because they have not grappl...
Feb 8, 2021
N.S. mass shooting families alter class action lawsuit to add killer's spouse
HALIFAX - The families of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have added the gunman's spouse, her brother and her brother-in-law as defendants to the original class action lawsuit against th...
Feb 8, 2021
Quebec, Nova Scotia and Alberta begin relaxing COVID-19 restrictions
Relaxed COVID-19 restrictions go into effect today in Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to announce a reopening plan for that province this afternoon. In Qu...
Feb 8, 2021