Category Archives: Alberta
Central Alberta Refugee Effort needs community’s help to mark 40 years
To celebrate its 40th anniversary in the community, Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE) is encouraging Red Deerians to participate in 40 acts of caring.Executive Director Frank Bauer says when they ...
Jan 25, 2020
Firearms petition, introduced in southern Alberta, surpasses 100,000 signatures
CARDSTON, AB - More than 100,000 Canadians have expressed their opposition to a proposed ban on "military-style assault rifles".Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz created the e-2341 petition on...
Jan 24, 2020 Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz. (Supplied by GlenMotzMP.com)
Energy industry lobby warns landowners not to get involved with oil and gas wells on property
An energy industry lobby is warning landowners not to interfere with oil and gas wells on their property no matter how frustrated they may be over lease payments owed to them.A landowners group in sou...
Jan 24, 2020
Mom accused of abducting child, taking him to Belize – pleads guilty to breach of court order
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge woman accused of abducting her child in 2014 and taking him to Belize, has pleaded guilty to one count of breach of a Canadian court order. A charge of child abduction ha...
Jan 24, 2020 Defense Lawyer Andre Ouellette (photo courtesy of Lethbridge News Now)
Encana completes corporate restructuring to Ovintiv, shift to U.S.
CALGARY - Encana Corp. says it has completed its corporate reorganization under the new name Ovintiv Inc.The shake-up also includes technically moving the company to be U.S.-based, though the company ...
Jan 24, 2020 photo courtesy encana.com
Telephone town halls will collect public input for Budget 2020
The Province is hosting two telephone town halls to get public input for Budget 2020. The two town hall conference calls will give Albertans an opportunity to ask questions, share their thoughts and i...
Jan 24, 2020 picture by Curtis Galbraith
Rona Ambrose decides against Tory leadership, will stay private sector
OTTAWA - Rona Ambrose, the former Alberta MP and interim party chief who had been the favoured leadership candidate of many Conservatives, won't seek the party's top job. Her decision to not run was a...
Jan 24, 2020
Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts
A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites. "The land...
Jan 24, 2020
Hydraulic fracturing likely cause of Red Deer area earthquakes: Report
Preliminary findings into the cause of a pair of earthquakes near Red Deer over the past two years have identified hydraulic fracturing as the likely cause.According to an open file report published b...
Jan 23, 2020 Courtesy of rdnewsNOW
Alberta privacy commissioner opens investigation into ID scans at liquor stores
EDMONTON - Alberta's privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into a liquor retailer's decision to test ID-scanning technology at its stores.Edmonton-based Alcanna Ltd., which runs Liquor Depo...
Jan 23, 2020