Category: Alberta

Cuts to environment, protected areas in 2023 budget alarm Bow Valley environmentalists

Mar 29, 2023 | Alberta, PROVINCES

A crow flies past Ha Ling Peak in Kananaskis Country in March 2021. File Photo/Rocky Mountain...

Alberta Justice Minister talks bail and guns

Mar 29, 2023 | Alberta, Politics, PROVINCES

Firearms and bail concerns were on the docket at a roundtable held by Justice Minister Tyler Shandro on Wednesday. On March 15, Shandro answered questions during a virtual roundtable for rural media to clarify confusion...

Peace River AB Chamber has scholarships available to aspiring entrepreneurs

Mar 28, 2023 | Alberta, Business, Education, PROVINCES, Small Business

Peace River and District Chamber of Commerce have created a scholarship that may interest local students geared up to pursue a business education. Chamber social media and events director Reilly Bassendowski says the scholarship...

1% crime increase in 2022 Alberta Peace region say RCMP

Mar 27, 2023 | Alberta, Canada, Living, News, PROVINCES

Crime was up marginally in 2022 from 2021 for the Peace Regional RCMP. “Officers in the Peace River region responded to 6,370 calls for service in 2022,” says Const. Mitch Guenette, community liaison officer. “Overall, there was...

Alberta gov’t, energy industry agree unpaid property taxes a problem

Mar 27, 2023 | Alberta, Business, News, Politics, PROVINCES

Both the Government of Alberta and a rural municipality’s lobbying group seemed to agree with the oil and gas industry this past week that unpaid property taxes in industry are becoming a problem. The Rural Municipalities of...

‘Be open to change’ Supreme Court justice tells Alberta law students

Mar 26, 2023 | Alberta, Canada, Education, PROVINCES

In a casually delivered address peppered with ain’ts and humour, Michelle O’Bonsawin recalled an incident during her third year of law school. She had been looking at a job board containing postings for law firms when one...

Feds believe Imperial Oil Kearl site seepage harmful to fish, requires immediate action to contain

Mar 25, 2023 | Alberta, PROVINCES

Updated with information from Alberta Environment Minister Sonya Savage. Environment Canada issued a statement March 13 saying the seepage from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine site, which is upstream of Athabasca Chipewyan First...

$4 mn borrowing bylaw for curling rink passes first hurdle

Mar 25, 2023 | Alberta, Politics, PROVINCES, SPORTS

Pincher Creek town council narrowly approved first reading of a $4-million borrowing bylaw to pay for a new curling rink at the Community Recreation Centre at 948 Hyde St. Council then unanimously voted to expand the...