1+ week, 5+ day ago   (765+ words) Elections Alberta has received approximately 225,000 special ballot requests ahead of Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum, nearly four times the 59,589 requests received for the 2023 provincial election. Average Alberta auto insurance premium rose 8.7% in 2025 Bighorn sheep hit Alberta roads on new specialty licence plate…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (748+ words) The Canadian agriculture community is mourning the loss of Saskatchewan Senator Todd Lewis, a respected farmer, farm leader and advocate whose decades of service left a lasting impact on rural Canada. Lewis passed away at the age of 65. Appointed to…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (380+ words) Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers will be examining current programming to determine what is working and where improvements could be made. "We just want to ensure that the program we have now, in some cases, is there things we can…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1252+ words) Alberta’s privacy commissioner is urging Albertans, public bodies and private-sector organizations to review new guidance as redesigned driver’s licences and identification cards begin rolling out across the province. The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta said Thursday…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (162+ words) Chestermere residents will have an opportunity this weekend to better protect their vehicles from license plate theft during a free community security event. The Police Communications Committee is hosting a license plate security screw installation event on Saturday, June 27, from…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (395+ words) A newcomer to Canada originally from the Netherlands is leading an effort to help employers in Wheatland County access foreign workers through a federal rural immigration initiative she says could ease persistent labour shortages in smaller communities. Sterre Schepers, who…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (377+ words) True North, a domestic violence shelter based in Strathmore, is seeking community support and advocacy after learning it will lose $70,000 in provincial funding. The funding reduction, announced May 19, is scheduled to take effect July 1, leaving the organization with little time…...