Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith

EDMONTON - Critics are asking why the Alberta government's proposed regulations on renewable power seem to have ignored the conclusions of its own utilities regulator. Sarah Elmeligi, Opposition New D...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal of a Calgary man who fatally stabbed five young people at a house party nearly a decade ago. The court, as per usual practice, did not give...

Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands tailings pond water known to harm fish and other animals should be classed as toxic. The move cou...

UPDATE: Peace River RCMP say that the police operation in Cadotte Lake is now over. Police are thanking everyone for their cooperation. Peace River RCMP are advising the public of a heavy police prese...

EDMONTON - Alberta's utilities regulator has released a report saying the renewables industry poses little threat to agriculture or the environment. The Alberta Utilities Commission also says there's ...

British Columbia grain farmer Malcolm Odermatt says all he can do is pray for rain this spring after repeated droughts sabotaged his harvest last year. Odermatt, who is also the president of the BC Gr...

REGINA - Farm Credit Canada says the value of Canadian farmland rose 11.5 per cent in 2023. FCC chief economist J.P. Gervais says while that's a slight slowdown from the growth in 2022, it's still a r...

The son of an 80-year-old Alberta man who died on Vancouver Island after helping a woman involved in a crash says it was in his dad's nature to help others before "tragedy took him." Ronald Hare of Ca...

Besides the stormwater utility idea, there were several other things discussed at Grande Prairie City Council's meeting Monday. Those included the following:Bear Creek Folk Festival fundingCouncil app...

One of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees. Like many other farmers, Jenn...