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Some communities oppose Alberta's six-month pause on renewable energy approvals

Some Alberta communities are pushing back against the provincial government's six-month pause on approvals of new renewable energy projects.

Aug 30, 2023 5:00 PM Read more >

S&P/TSX composite ticks higher on energy, tech and metals, U.S. markets also rise

“We might be (in) a bit of a quiet relief rally for the last week of the month, but probably setting up for some more fireworks in the next few weeks.”

Aug 30, 2023 4:25 PM Read more >

Teen at the wheel of vinyl-stocked bus

Okotoks' Jaica Tipper is trading in albums pressed decades before she was born as the new owner of the Beatnik Bus.

Aug 30, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

Athabasca County will consider STARS funding increase

Request will be added to upcoming budget discussions

Aug 30, 2023 3:30 PM Read more >

'Freedom Convoy' leaders' criminal trial goes beyond mischief charges

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were among the most prominent organizers of the protest movement that rolled into Ottawa early in 2022, and they're scheduled to be the first members of the organizing committee to stand trial on Sept. 5.

Aug 30, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

Okotoks hockey alumnae making her mark with Boston Bruins

Hockey: Laurenne Mercier manager of team services for NHL club

Aug 30, 2023 2:00 PM Read more >

Canada's first case of new COVID variant is detected in B.C.

The centre said the BA. 2.86 variant of the Omicron strain was identified in a person from the Fraser Health region who hadn't recently been outside the province.

Aug 30, 2023 12:45 PM Read more >

Feds say prime minister's residence at 24 Sussex may be replaced rather than restored

OTTAWA — The prime minister's problem-plagued official residence could be replaced instead of restored, though the government says its plans are not complete.

Aug 30, 2023 11:45 AM Read more >

Ontario pilot dies in plane crash in a southern Alberta field: RCMP

CLARESHOLM, Alta. — An Ontario woman is dead after a plane crashed in a southern Alberta field Aug. 29.

Aug 30, 2023 10:45 AM Read more >

UPDATE: RCMP, Parks Canada locate overdue hiker's body near Banff

RCMP and Parks Canada have located an overdue hiker deceased near the Cascade Falls trailhead following a search of the area on Aug. 28.

Aug 30, 2023 9:45 AM Read more >