Category Archives: Alberta
Information needed on illegal shooting of bull moose near Nanton
NANTON, AB - High River Fish and Wildlife Officers are asking for help in finding a person responsible for shooting a bull moose.They say the carcass was found on November 24, 2019, by the intersectio...
Jan 23, 2020 The bull moose. (Supplied by Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement)
Study finds Alberta beef industry remains competitive
CALGARY - An industry competitiveness study has found that Alberta beef producers continue to successfully compete with their American counterparts. However, there are some issues clouding the horizon...
Jan 23, 2020 Calves grazing -- LNN
Privacy commissioner to consider investigation into liquor store I.D. scanners
EDMONTON - Alberta's privacy commissioner is considering an investigation into a liquor retailer's decision to test an ID-scanning technology to address a growing number of thefts at its stores.Edmont...
Jan 22, 2020
Tax revolt? Taxes energy companies owe Alberta municipalities more than double
The amount of unpaid property taxes that oil and gas companies owe Alberta rural municipalities has more than doubled over the last year, a trend some are calling a tax revolt. Rural Municipalities Al...
Jan 22, 2020
Ex-Alberta legislature member on tax strike over unpaid oilpatch property levies
A former member of the Alberta legislature says he won't pay his provincial taxes until oilpatch players pay theirs.David Swann, who once led the Alberta Liberals, says his tax strike is in response t...
Jan 22, 2020 David Swann in Calgary, Alta.,on April 27, 2015. (The Canadian Press / Jeff McIntosh)
Kenney wants federal government to do more about opioid imports
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says Ottawa needs to do more to clamp down on opioid drug imports from places such as China.Jason Kenney says the Liberal government made a big mistake when it abolished mi...
Jan 22, 2020
Alberta Energy Regulator lays off dozens of staff
CALGARY - The agency responsible for approving and assessing energy development in Alberta is laying off staff as it deals with budget cuts.The Alberta Energy Regulator says it laid off ``a couple of ...
Jan 22, 2020
Supervised consumption sites may need to close or relocate, says Kenney
Premier Jason Kenney says a look at a preliminary report on the effects supervised consumption sites have on communities and businesses shows an increase in property damage and crime.Speaking to repor...
Jan 21, 2020 The Grande Prairie Mobile Supervised Consumption Site during the official unveiling back in March 2019
Province announces working group to combat rise in liquor store thefts
The Alberta Government has established a working group to combat what they are a calling a growing public safety threat, posed by a rapid rise in robberies and thefts at liquor stores.The working grou...
Jan 21, 2020 (From L to R) James Burns, CEO of Alcanna Ltd., Minister Doug Schweitzer, MLA Brad Rutherford, and Cst. Robyn Wilson, Edmonton Police Service, announced action to fight robberies and thefts targeting liquor stores. (Photo: Government of Alberta)
Extreme cold hoped to have helped in fight against mountain pine beetle
Albertans may have survived last week's extreme cold snap, but experts are hoping mountain pine beetles did not.Temperatures in Jasper, Hinton and Sundre, key battlegrounds in the fight against pine b...
Jan 21, 2020