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Alberta government and Avalanche Canada launch daily avalanche forecasts
As the winter solstice arrives, all backcountry users in Alberta have a responsibility to understand avalanche terrain, carry proper safety equipment, and know how to perform companion rescue. That, a...
Dec 18, 2025
Hockey, table tennis to go ahead in Alberta after figure skating out over trans law
The bodies that govern hockey and table tennis in Canada say their events in Alberta are going ahead despite the province's law banning transgender athletes from female amateur sports.Hockey Canada an...
Dec 18, 2025
Local hockey round-up
StormThe Storm have now won nine in a row, and two in a row on their current road trip. Grande Prairie beat the Grizzlys 3-2 Wednesday night in Olds.The Storm scored two goals just over a minute apart...
Dec 18, 2025
Counterfeit bills circulating in Grande Prairie
Mounties in Grande Prairie are issuing a warning of imitation currency making an appearance in the city. Four counterfeit bills have been located, with the first discovered on Dec. 15, 2025. The four ...
Dec 18, 2025
Lethbridge woman appointed Alberta's new chief medical officer of health
Her name should be familiar to most who have worked in healthcare in Alberta's South Zone over the last several years.Dr. Vivien Suttorp has been selected as Alberta's new, permanent Chief Medical Off...
Dec 18, 2025
Alberta increases referendum petition fees to $25,000 a 5,000 per cent hike
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is hiking the cost to apply for a citizen-initiated referendum by 5,000 per cent, saying it's about making sure applicants are serious.A cabinet order relea...
Dec 18, 2025
Saddle Hills County Health Clinic reopening Jan. 5
A date has been set for the reopening of the Saddle Hills County Health Clinic.The clinic will be open again Jan. 5, 2026, after closing in October when Nurse Practitioner Palvi Sharma went on materni...
Dec 18, 2025
No on-site physician at Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital ED evening of Dec. 18
The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department will be without an on-site physician tonight, Thursday, Dec. 18.Due to an inability to secure physician coverage, there will be no on-site physi...
Dec 18, 2025
Snowfall warning issued in upper Peace Region and B.C. Peace
A yellow snowfall warning is in effect for the Peace Region.The weather alert ranges from the B.C. Peace to the entirety of northwestern Alberta, north of Webster.Amounts are expected to be in-between...
Dec 18, 2025
Alberta Court of Appeal finds oath to reigning monarch unconstitutional
Alberta's top court has ruled that requiring to-be lawyers in the province to take an oath of allegiance to the reigning monarch is unconstitutional.Unlike some other provinces where the Oath is optio...
Dec 18, 2025