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Notley hints at help for oilpatch in Alberta royalty review
The NDP government’s review of oil and gas royalties will address “disincentives” facing Alberta’s faltering energy industry when it is released by the end of the month, Premier Rachel Notley said...
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Suspected drug dealer banned from Blood reserve faces new trafficking charges
A man banned from the Blood Tribe in southern Alberta over alleged drug dealing is facing fresh charges for trafficking what are believed to be cocaine and fentanyl on the reserve. Blood Tribe police...
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Man sought in suspected child luring incident in Red Deer
Mounties in Red Deer are looking for a man in a suspected child luring incident Monday afternoon. Police say around 3:15 p.m., a 13-year-old girl got on the bus at Sorensen Station transit terminal and...
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Alberta premier says lack of oil pipeline access to coast hurts all Canadians
Premier Rachel Notley chose a diplomatic course Tuesday saying she understands British Columbia’s concerns about the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, but stressing the project...
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Owner of home built in 1975 requests municipal historic resource designation
When Gail Anderson moved from an apartment to a nearby home four decades ago, she didn’t know what type of plants would thrive in her new abode. So, she called the Calgary Zoo, told them about her...
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Pembina Pipeline continues to grow
For those with dreams of a career in the energy industry, Pembina Pipeline Corp. offers exceptional growth prospects and a supportive corporate culture. “We’ve recently announced our 2016 capital...
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Find a caring culture at Bow Valley College
With more than 850 employees based out of a recently expanded campus that straddles 6th Avenue downtown, Bow Valley College offers a prime location and a vibrant work environment that has once again...
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Palliser school board asks minister to probe alleged 'culture of fear'
An Alberta school board is asking Education Minister David Eggen to oversee an “independent, external review” into what it says are allegations of a “culture of fear” inside its system. The move by...
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NDP rejects toll roads despite cash crunch
A new study says Alberta and other provinces should use toll roads to help pay for expensive transportation infrastructure, but the NDP government swiftly rejected the idea as unacceptable to the...
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Over $30,000 raised for Pride hockey tape to support LGBTQ youth
Though the NHL has been at the forefront of the LGBTQ rights movement, the league still has no openly gay players, leaving youth in the community with few role models. But an Edmonton-based initiative...
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Alberta announces two-year salary freeze for managers and non-union employees...
Against a backdrop of slumping oil prices, record deficit and a struggling economy, Finance Minister Joe Ceci announced Wednesday a two-year wage freeze for non-union government employees. “This is not...
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Pond hockey tournament honours a life cut short
She was a brilliant, determined young woman whose big dreams were matched only by her ability to turn them into reality. By age 26, Lindsay Kimmett had travelled halfway around the world, well on track...
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Former Roughnecks star Evans eager to meet old mates
It’ll be a special night times two for Shawn Evans on Friday in Uncasville, Connecticut. First off, it’s the 2016 National Lacrosse League home opener of his new squad, the New England Black Wolves....
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Bystander shot at downtown nightclub is recovering
The man who suffered a bullet wound to the chest in a nightclub shooting over the weekend was an innocent bystander, police believe. Kenneth Duru, an accounting assistant at ECCO Recycling and Energy...
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Braid: NDP's gender-rights push comes to Alberta schools
Alberta Education Minister David Eggen dropped the D-word a couple of times Wednesday — that’s D as in dissolution of school boards. Eggen wasn’t threatening, exactly, but he did say that word in the...
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Red Deer spending thousands on empty building while awaiting new courthouse
As costs to the city mount, municipal leaders in Red Deer are pushing the provincial government for an answer on a land swap that would provide a site for a new courthouse serving central Alberta. The...
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Calgary launching new busking pilot program
In an effort to support homegrown talent, the City of Calgary has been taking a close look at its busking program. On Thursday, it will provide an update on a new pilot project, rules and qualification...
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Province unaware of bullying allegations when school superintendent reappointed
The province’s education minister expressed surprise Wednesday that his department wasn’t told about bullying allegations involving a school board superintendent while it weighed a request to reappoint...
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Appeals board tells developer to rethink windowless walls of planned downtown...
Residents of high-rise downtown buildings fighting a proposed apartment tower next door will not see a blank concrete wall out their windows when the 12-storey development is completed. An appeal board...
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Disciplinary action withdrawn against nurses accused in privacy breach
Disciplinary measures have been dropped against dozens of Alberta Health Services employees in the case of a massive alleged privacy breach in Calgary, although some workers still face sanctions. In...
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