3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (106+ words) BANFF – Prime Minister Mark Carney and members of the federal cabinet are in Banff for a two-day planning forum Sept. 10-11. The fall Cabinet Planning Forum brings together cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to review the federal government’s progress and…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1395+ words) The final vestiges of a campaign to attract droves of people and their skills to Alberta had all but disappeared from the UCP government’s agenda. Detractors said it had been too much, too fast, without enough planning in place to…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (592+ words) Two trustees have resigned from the St. Albert Public board because of what they say is a lack of public access to its meetings. St. Albert Public Schools trustees Stanley Haroun and Natalie Joly announced that they were resigning from…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (826+ words) CANMORE – Neighbours challenging a large accessory dwelling planned beside an existing home along Cougar Creek say the Town gave too much leeway when it approved the development. The proposed dwelling at 17 Canyon Road would have a 103-square-metre main floor, compared…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (572+ words) New grants worth $15 million to help address family violence have arrived on the scene because of wise counsel from rural Alberta, the minister of children and family services says. Emergency family violence shelters in small-town Alberta “created the impetus” for…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (305+ words) Last fall, the Town of Canmore completed work on needed improvements along a small section of road at the north bridge over Cougar Creek. While these upgrades are appreciated, the placement of many signs, markers and concrete dividers in and…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (959+ words) CANMORE – Bow Valley employers are struggling to fill jobs as local business leaders urge the provincial government to reconsider its refusal to join a federal measure allowing more temporary foreign workers to come here. The measure would allow eligible rural…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (944+ words) CANMORE — Alberta’s long-planned widening of the notoriously narrow section of Highway 1A through Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation remains stalled, with governments offering differing accounts of what is holding up the project. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen said during a recent media…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (572+ words) CALGARY — Premier Danielle Smith is set to speak in Calgary on Sunday afternoon at an event marking Alberta Day. Alberta officially became a Canadian province on Sept. 1, 1905, and various festivities were planned this weekend ahead of the province's birthday on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (125+ words) Rocky Mountain Outlook LETTER: Resident sad people find Pride rainbow more 'offensive in the extreme' than hate, discrimination, violence Here's simple ways to explain the Pride rainbow: It’s a colourful symbol that tells everyone they belong. It means it’s OK…...