Sep 22 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — BANFF, Alta. — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a business conference on Friday that despite her concerns with the federal Liberal government, there are some cabinet ministers she can work with. Smith has been at odds with federal Environment Minist...
Sep 5 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — STANDOFF, ALBERTA — Plywood covers the doors and windows of several homes on the Blood Reserve, a vivid image of the southern Alberta First Nation's life-and-death battle with drug traffickers. The community 200 kilometres south of Calgary announced i...
Jul 28 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province won't pull funding from the Calgary Stampede after the partial settlement of a class-action lawsuit over the sexual abuse of young boys in its performance school. "(It's) the premier festival i...
Jul 24 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — The federal Conservatives coasted to victory Monday to fill a seat left vacant after MP Bob Benzen called it quits last year. Benzen, who was elected to represent the area in 2017, announced he would resign his seat in Calgary Heritage and re...
Jul 11 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — TSUUT'INA FIRST NATION, ALBERTA — A southern Alberta First Nation is to receive funding to help deal with a sharp increase in crime and develop anti-gang programming. Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino joined Chief Roy Whitney from the Tsuu...
Jun 20 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — WROCLAW, Poland — A passionate Ukrainian soldier hopes the skills he's learning from Canadian troops and their allies will ultimately help make a difference in winning the war with Russia. About 100 Ukrainian soldiers are being trained at a secret loca...
Jun 12 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian doctor who was forced to treat open-heart surgery patients in a bomb shelter last year says he's grateful for the assistance his country has received from Canada. But Dr. Igor Mokryk, the head of cardiac surgery at the Heart...
May 30 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — The cameras were rolling Monday night and thousands of Albertans were tuned to their favourite TV anchors, waiting for news of who would form the next provincial government. And waiting. And waiting. "You generally have a window in your min...
May 8 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — FRANK, ALBERTA — Some residents of Crowsnest Pass say a planned twinning of Highway 3 through the community in southwestern Alberta will amount to a "desecration" of the site of Canada's deadliest rock slide. It was 120 years ago that 82 million tonnes...
May 5 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says she won't be campaigning on some of her party's more contentious ideas — sovereignty legislation, a provincial police force and an Alberta pension plan — ahead of the May 29 election. Smith was ...
Apr 25 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — The Alberta government says it will create a team of sheriffs to track down and arrest offenders accused or convicted of serious crimes. The government says the Fugitive Apprehension Sheriffs Support Team will help police services throughout ...
Apr 14 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — The Alberta government says it will fund mental health and addiction supports for people being held in police custody in Calgary and expand community-led harm reduction teams in the city. Nicholas Milliken, minister of mental health and addic...
Apr 3 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — Canada may have to consider updating future supports for Ukrainians seeking refuge from war, federal Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Monday. "I've been hearing from provinces and from municipalities across the country who have seen larg...
Mar 22 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — An Alberta education official told a fatality inquiry Wednesday that different rules were in place in 2013 that allowed a malnourished 15-year-old Calgary boy who died of sepsis and untreated diabetes from being seen by school staff. Alexandr...
Mar 2 2023 — Bill Graveland — The Canadian Press — CALGARY — A Calgary woman says she can finally look forward to the future after a judge granted an interim injunction Thursday that allows her to continue taking a potent opioid three times a day. Ophelia Black, 22, was diagnosed with severe opioid us...