Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith
Farm commodity groups worried about railway strike, send letter to two provincial ministers
The commodity groups that make up Team Alberta Crops have wrote to two provincial ministers outlining concerns over a possible railway strike.The letter to Minister of Transport and Economic Corridors...
May 17, 2024
Pat King trial to delve into controversial social media posts from 'Freedom Convoy'
OTTAWA - The criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King is expected to delve into some of the social media posts he made during the massive protest that gridlocked Ottawa in 2022. King has ...
May 16, 2024
Long-time TSN broadcaster Darren Dutchyshen dead at 57
EDITOR"S NOTE: Dutchyshen has a connection to the Peace. His son Tyler played with the Storm for three seasons from 2003 to 2006. Tyler was with the 2004 edition of the Storm that won the team's first...
May 16, 2024
Fire officials learn from past in responding to this year's Fort McMurray wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the highways near Fort McMurray, studded with cannons that can blast enough water into fire-threatened ditches to fill an Olymp...
May 16, 2024
Fort McMurray, Alta., wildfire forces out hundreds of residents in 4 neighbourhoods
FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA - Hundreds of residents in four neighbourhoods in the southern end of Fort McMurray have been ordered out as a wildfire threatens the community. The Rural Municipality of Wood B...
May 14, 2024
Alberta announces committee to help speed up oilsands tailings reclamation
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is appointing a new committee to look into ways to speed up reclamation of tailings ponds in the province's oilsands. The province says in a release that the committe...
May 07, 2024
Spring Break-Up Dine and Dance raises over $450,000 for Grande Spirit Foundation
An event held in late April helped raise funds for the Grande Spirit Foundation's Pleasant View Seniors Lodge in Spirit River.On April 20, attendees participated in the 13th annual Spring Break-Up Din...
May 06, 2024
Mayor Jackie Clayton welcomes the 2024 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship
The City of Grande Prairie has shared a statement from Mayor Jackie Clayton, welcoming those part of the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship to Grande Prairie:"I am pleased to welcome the athletes...
May 06, 2024
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets green light to open for May 1
CALGARY - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open. The regulator says it has approved the last remaining "leave...
Apr 30, 2024
UPDATE: Missing teenager found safe
UPDATE May 7: Slave Lake RCMP would like to advise the public that Daisy Gray was located safe. Alberta RCMP would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance. Slave Lake RCMP are look...
Apr 27, 2024