Category Archives: Alberta

Brooks Bandits awarded 2021 AJHL Showcase
BROOKS, AB - The Brooks Bandits and the community of Brooks will host the 2021 Alberta Junior Hockey League Showcase this fall. The annual showcase of AJHL talent draws coaches and scouts from each Na...
May 28, 2021

More Alberta physician clinics to offer COVID vaccines
Another 60 physician clinics will soon begin vaccinating patients as Alberta's vaccine rollout continues to expand.In April, a total of 20 physician clinics across the province participated in a pilot...
May 28, 2021

2021 Rangeland Derby cancelled
The Rangeland Derby at the 2021 Calgary Stampede has been cancelled.The World Professional Chuckwagon Association made the announcement Thursday afternoon after they were informed of the decision by t...
May 27, 2021

Calgary Stampede a calculated risk, potential example for post-COVID behaviour: mayor
EDMONTON - The Calgary Stampede, increasingly touted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as the brass ring for defeating COVID-19, won't look like the whoop-up of years past if it goes ahead, says the cit...
May 27, 2021

Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator
EDMONTON - There's lots of life in Alberta's conventional oil industry and plenty of resources and political will to clean up the mess it leaves behind, says the head of the province's energy regulato...
May 27, 2021

Kenney, Dr. Hinshaw to discuss Alberta's reopening plan
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update this afternoon the province's efforts to contain COVID-19 and fully reopen by mid-summer. A ne...
May 27, 2021

Kinuso group wins $250k in lottery
A group of seven co-workers from the Kinuso area are splitting $250,000 in lottery winnings.Clifford Hunt found out his group's Lotto 6/49 ticket matched all seven of the EXTRA numbers ticket in the A...
May 27, 2021

Calgary mayoral candidate arrested in connection with an anti-masking incident
A Calgary mayoral candidate has been arrested in Edmonton in connection with an anti-masking incident at a shopping centre earlier this month.Officers arrested Kevin J. Johnston, 49, without incident ...
May 27, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada won't hear challenge of 2015 Alberta election call
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a challenge of the former Alberta government's decision to call an election in 2015. A general election was held in Alberta in 2012 and based on the pro...
May 27, 2021

Alberta RCMP processed 121 impaired drivers over Victoria Day long weekend
EDMONTON - This Victoria Day long weekend, from May 21 - 24, Alberta RCMP removed 121 impaired drivers from provincial roadways. In participation of National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day on Saturd...
May 26, 2021