Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith
Mission Heights residents continue to push city hall on naturalization issue
Some residents of Grande Prairie's Mission Heights neighbourhood continue to go to city hall with a long list of concerns over a naturalization project. A group numbering close to 20 people was at cit...
Oct 05, 2023
UPDATE: Peace Regional RCMP locate driver of white pick-up, issued fine
UPDATE: Peace River RCMP say the driver has been identified and has been contacted by police. The driver was given a ticket for $810 under the Commercial Vehicle Safety Regulation. Peace...
Oct 04, 2023
UPDATE: Physician coverage found for Friday at Fairview Health Complex ED
UPDATE: Alberta Health Services says the emergency department at the Fairview Health Complex will not be without a physician as long as first thought. Coverage has been secured for between 7 a.m. Frid...
Oct 04, 2023
'Bear attack bad': Alberta couple identified as pair killed in grizzly attack
A family member of the couple killed by a grizzly bear in the wilderness of Banff National Park says he knew something was wrong as soon as he received a call with a message from their satellite devic...
Oct 04, 2023
Rideau Hall apologizes for honouring Nazi veteran with Order of Canada in 1987
OTTAWA - Rideau Hall says it deeply regrets that a man who fought for a Nazi unit in the Second World War was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987. Peter Savaryn was chancellor of the University o...
Oct 04, 2023
UPDATE: Missing man found safe
UPDATE: - Grande Prairie RCMP says that Andrew Porter has been located safe. RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance. Grande Prairie RCMP is asking for the public's help in loc...
Oct 03, 2023
Clean electricity regs can be tweaked, but no special deal for Alberta: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there will be no special treatment for Alberta when it comes to new regulations to make electricity cleaner. Guilbeault is currently consulting on ...
Sep 29, 2023
Siksika man files human rights complaint against Alberta Health Services, hospital
SIKSIKA, Alta. - A man from a First Nation in southern Alberta has filed a human rights complaint against the provincial health agency and a local hospital, alleging anti-Indigenous discrimination led...
Sep 28, 2023
Sovereignty act may be used to fight 2035 net-zero electricity plan: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she would use her province's sovereignty act as a last resort to challenge any attempt by the federal government to impost a net-zero electricity grid by...
Sep 28, 2023
University of Alberta returns endowment honouring Ukrainian who fought with Nazis
EDMONTON - The University of Alberta is returning endowment funds from the family of a Ukrainian man whose military service was linked to the Nazis. Since 2019, the university's Canadian Institute of ...
Sep 28, 2023