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Alberta budget 2024: Province projects a $376 million surplus while still borrowing money

The province projects a meager surplus in its 2024 budget, and funding will not keep pace with Alberta’s growing population

Feb 29, 2024 4:50 PM Read more >

ALBERTA BUDGET 2024: Olds College to get $63 million for building redevelopment

WJ Elliot Building at Olds College to get a makeover

Feb 29, 2024 4:14 PM Read more >

Alberta budget 2024: Vaping, tobacco and electric vehicle taxes

Alberta is introducing new taxes in the provincial budget, with vaping, tobacco, and electric vehicles getting dinged.

Feb 29, 2024 3:40 PM Read more >

Innisfail still confident alongside new renewable energy rules

Mayor Jean Barclay is optimistic planned Municipal Solar Farm will go through despite province’s strict new guidelines on renewable power development

Feb 29, 2024 3:15 PM Read more >

Alberta Budget 2024: Health spending climbs to $26 billion, 4.4% increase

With an eye on "refocusing Alberta's health care system," Alberta's 2024 budget adds $1.1 billion in health spending

Feb 29, 2024 3:00 PM Read more >

Mountainview Colts extend playoff run with big home win

Didsbury-based HJHL team faces off in Game 4 in Rocky Mountain House on Friday night

Feb 29, 2024 3:00 PM Read more >

Olds, Sundre area weather advisory calls for rapid cool down Thursday

No advisory has been issued for the Red Deer - Ponoka - Innisfail – Stettler area

Feb 29, 2024 2:08 PM Read more >

Whitecap Resources pleads guilty in Didsbury-area gas well H2S release

Oil and gas company ordered to pay $80,000 penalty for Mountain View County incident

Feb 29, 2024 1:08 PM Read more >

Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta?

Online anti-LGBTQ+ harassment and engaging with small communities are documented foreign interference tactics, but they have so far not been observed in Canada.

Feb 29, 2024 12:15 PM Read more >

Mountain View County's land use bylaw review garners comments

A review is ongoing into all sections of a Mountain View County bylaw governing land use throughout the municipality

Feb 29, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >