Category Archives: Alberta
‘Take our province back:’ Notley wants to try again for Alberta premier in 2023
EDMONTON - In the last five years, Rachel Notley has gone from third-party leader, to government leader to Opposition leader, but says she will try again for Alberta's top job in 2023.The reason, she ...
Jan 01, 2020 Rachel Notley - The Canadian Press
Lethbridge Police investigating “sudden death” of infant
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police were called to Chinook Regional Hospital in the early morning hours of Tuesday, December 31st.They were asked to investigate the death of a six-month-old boy.According to the i...
Dec 31, 2019 Chinook Regional Hospital. Photo by Lethbridge News Now.
Fight against carbon tax to continue says Schweitzer
CALGARY - Alberta is promising to continue its fight against the federal carbon tax as the price of gasoline in the province is set to jump. Starting Thursday, a litre of gas is expected to cost about...
Dec 31, 2019 Photo credit: ID 78040411 © Vintagepix | Dreamstime.com
Local critic says Federal Carbon Tax will hurt Albertans, not reduce emissions
The federal carbon tax is rolling out in Alberta, starting January 1st.After the provincial carbon tax was abolished in June, the federal government stepped in to implement a carbon pollution price of...
Dec 30, 2019
Changes coming to Alberta's medical services in 2020
Alberta's medical system is getting prepped for some major surgery in 2020.Health Minister Tyler Shandro says one critical piece will be the release in January of a third-party report on Alberta Healt...
Dec 30, 2019
Kenney's 2020 priorities are the oil & gas industry and job creation
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will begin his first full year in office in 2020, and says his focus will remain on creating jobs and getting pipelines built.Kenney is confident that getting more oil out...
Dec 29, 2019
Advocacy group pushes for protections for wild horses
An advocacy group wants Alberta to give protection to the nearly 17-hundred wild horses that roam the Rocky Mountain foothills.The horses, which have been around since the early 1800s, descended from ...
Dec 28, 2019
Red Deer shooting victim described as loving, caring family man
The widow of a Red Deer man fatally shot outside the city's south end Walmart last week says she and her family are still trying to come to grips with his loss.Roxine Williams says the senseless trage...
Dec 28, 2019 C.J. “Jim” Williams of Red Deer passed away on December 20, 2019 at the age of 69 years. (Supplied)
Liberals face challenge to climate, economic policies early in 2020
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads into 2020 promising to chart a path to Canada's most ambitious greenhouse-gas emissions target yet: getting to a point within 30 years where Canada is addi...
Dec 27, 2019
'Itch like crazy:' Edmonton boy battles ultra-rare disease
EDMONTON - Armando Perez was only three months old when he got itchy. His mom, Alexandra Perez, says it wasn't normal scratching that could be fixed with a cute pair of baby mittens. It was so bad tha...
Dec 27, 2019