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EDMONTON — Alberta Education Minister David Eggen is directing 28 privately run schools to post rules affirming the rights of LGBTQ students or risk having their funding pulled by next school year. Eggen says he […]

EDMONTON — Alexander Archbold knew the homeless man as a friendly, kind guy who sometimes came into his antique shop to sell various trinkets and treasures dug out of dumpsters. Whether Archbold wanted the items […]

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is tightening up spending, contribution and disclosure rules around municipal elections. The changes mirror rules already brought in by Premier Rachel Notley’s government to limit contributions and increase transparency around […]

DRUMHELLER, Alta. — A southern Alberta woman who abused her animals was sentenced Friday to 90 days in jail for what the judge called her “substandard and criminal behaviour.” Catherine Adams, 25, was found guilty […]

Thursday’s Google doodle features a man standing among large dinosaur bones in the Alberta Badlands. It’s in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, who was born 160 years ago in Weston, Ont. “It was a wonderful […]

AIRDRIE, Alta. — Michelle Straschnitzki had a moment of panic when her 16-year-old son, Jett, was preparing to board a team bus for a recent hockey game. “I didn’t watch him go get on the […]

CALGARY — A hodge-podge of public transportation services are already starting to fill the gap as Greyhound Canada moves steadily towards its midnight Halloween disappearance from most of Western Canada. The venerable national motor coach […]

COLEMAN, Alta. — A swath of land in southwestern Alberta has been protected and named in honour of former premier Jim Prentice. The Jim Prentice Wildlife Corridor, which is in the Crowsnest Pass, is roughly […]