Author Archives: Curtis Galbraith
Alberta no longer pursuing plan to dump RCMP for provincial police force
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is no longer formally pursuing its plan to dump the RCMP in favour of a new provincial police force. However, Justice Minister Mickey Amery says the idea is not dead ...
Aug 01, 2023
Premier issues mandate letter to Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services
Premier Danielle Smith has issued a mandate letter to Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis, calling on him to keep Alberta families and communities safe. In her letter, the Prem...
Aug 01, 2023
Cowboys season ends with narrow loss in the AFL quarter-finals
The football season is over for the Peace Country Cowboys. They lost their Alberta Football League quarterfinal 29-23 in quadruple overtime Saturday in Calgary to the Wolfpack. The team said the follo...
Jul 31, 2023
Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year str...
Jul 31, 2023
Canadian Grain Commission repeals changes to wheat grading
The Canadian Grain Commission said it is repealing some changes to tolerances for weight and foreign materials it announced last week. This includes changes announced for all grades of wheat in the fo...
Jul 28, 2023
Sheane named President and CEO at NWP on an acting basis
A news release posted to its website says Northwestern Polytechnic has a new President and CEO. Dr. Vanessa Sheane has taken over the role on an acting basis from Justin Kohlman. Sheane was named to t...
Jul 27, 2023
Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage cancelled, thousands clean up campsite ravaged in storm
LAC STE. ANNE, Alta. - Thousands of religious pilgrims were cleaning up their ravaged campsite after a heavy storm blew through Lac Ste. Anne, Alta., cancelling events for the first time in decades. A...
Jul 25, 2023
B.C. ranchers struggle as drought sends hay prices soaring
British Columbia rancher Suzanne Fradette had just got off the phone with a hay broker who had grim news amid an ongoing drought that has sent feed prices soaring: "It's bad out there." "We've got a f...
Jul 25, 2023
Alberta groups decry Calgary family medical clinic fee for faster physician access
CALGARY - Alberta-based advocacy organization Friends of Medicare says the province needs to put a stop to a Calgary clinic planning to charge annual fees for faster access to a physician. Friends of ...
Jul 25, 2023
Busy agenda for Monday's meeting of Grande Prairie City Council
More money for the Coordinated Care Campus and the budget for the Grande Prairie Police Service were on the agenda of Monday's meeting of Grande Prairie City Council. - Council voted to postpone addin...
Jul 25, 2023