NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 17/2024
-The federal budget came down yesterday and the feds want to spend more than 8-billion dollars on housing initiatives. Small and medium sized business...
Apr 17, 2024
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 16/2024
-Tickets for Game 1 of the first round of the Oilers' playoffs have been snapped up in a big way. Most of the ones now available are "verified resale ...
Apr 16, 2024
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 12/2024
-The Minister of Service Alberta says the government is working to make sure people still waiting for their money after opting out of life-lease agree...
Apr 12, 2024
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 11/2024
-A number of properties in Strathcona County had to be evacuated yesterday when a wildfire erupted around Township Road 530 and Range Road 215. High w...
Apr 11, 2024
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 8/2024
-It's solar eclipse day and thousands of people are looking forward to being part of the celestial event. The sun will go directly behind the moon, wh...
Apr 08, 2024
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 5/2024
-The Alberta Electric System Operator told EPCOR to manage power consumption earlier this morning in the province, and so rotating outages were in eff...
Apr 05, 2024
FORT MCMURRAY COUPLE CHARGED WITH CHILD EXPLOITATION OFFENCES ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING A BABY
-The ICE unit with the ALERT team has charged a Fort McMurray couple with child sexual exploitation offences, allegedly involving a baby. Investigators say they found troubling evidence on electronic devices, and they believe it may not be the only time it’s happened, even that other young children left in their...
Mar 11, 2021
BILL C-205 GETS THROUGH 2ND READING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
-Bill C-205 has passed through second reading in the House of Commons. This is the one that would make it an offence to enter a place where animals are being kept, such as a farm or barn, if you don’t have permission, a good reason to be there or the authority to do so, because it could result in the animals bein...
Mar 11, 2021
PROVINCE STILL FIGURING OUT IF IT'S GOING TO FORGE AHEAD WITH PULLING ALBERTA OUT OF THE CANADA PENSION PLAN
-Looks like the provincial government will figure out this spring if it’s going to forge ahead with the idea of pulling Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan. Premier Jason Kenney now says even if they do, the final say will be up to the people—through a referendum. ****************************************...
Mar 11, 2021
DAY 2 OF ASTRAZENECA VACCINE BOOKING
-More Albertans will be able to book themselves an AstraZeneca Covid shot today. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says thousands booked yesterday. Today, people born in 1958 can book either online or by calling 811. First Nations, Metis and Inuit people born in 1973 can book by calling 811 and people who were eligible yesterday and d...
Mar 11, 2021