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Labour Group Will Help Union Fight Government

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada Alberta

The Alberta Federation of Labour says it will help fight an attempt by the province to suspend the collection of dues by the union involved in the ill...

You've Been Robbed By the Supreme Court's Whatcott Decision

Marni Soupcoff | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada
Marni Soupcoff

Dear Supreme Court of Canada, While I personally find Mr. Whatcott's message repugnant, I am nonetheless in favour of his being able to peacefully express his religious and political opinion without being silenced by the government and forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars in damages. (I'm a little like Voltaire that way, though your decision has moved me to blog rather than to put my life on the line.) Canada, which will lose more in the breadth and honesty of public expression and debate as a result of your opinion than you seem to realize.

3 YEARS

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.28.2013 | Canada Alberta

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - An Alberta judge choked back tears as he told a packed courtroom how he struggled to decide a just punishment for a driver who...

More Proof Alberta's Elite Get Preferential Health Treatment

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.27.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - A high-ranking Calgary doctor at the centre of queue-jumping allegations conceded Monday he booked his patients outside the normal routine, ...

What Role Did U of C Play In Queue Jumping?

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Taking stage Monday at a public inquiry is what role, if any, the University of Calgary played in a queue-jumping scandal that occurred on ...

Design-Savvy Tips from a Professional Home Stager

Terri Higgins | Posted 04.16.2013 | Canada Alberta
Terri Higgins

Today I'll be interviewing Janet Voth, owner of Designing Spacez. She holds the accredited title of Canadian Real Estate Staging Specialist (CRSS) and has extensive experience in the design industry, which allows her to truly understand what her clients both want and need in order to make their house sell.

Time Running Out For Canadian Oil Producers

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - A research paper is reinforcing the idea that Canada's resource industry is at risk of being left behind internationally if it doesn't find ...

Son Of Former Edmonton Police Chief Ordered To Stand Trial

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.03.2013 | Canada Alberta

RED DEER, Alta. - A man accused in the death of a woman whose body was discovered in central Alberta has been ordered to stand trial.Mark Lindsay is c...

Community Remembers Antarctica Plane Crash Crew

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada Alberta

The aviation community along with friends and well-wishers remembered the Canadian crew that was missing in Antarctica for several days. The wrecka...

Canada Investigating Antarctica Crash

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.28.2013 | Canada Alberta

A Canadian plane that crashed in Antarctica appears to have been on course but may have turned too early while flying through a mountain range, says a...

Toddler Who Drowned Should Not Have Been Left Unattended: Crown

CP | Posted 01.14.2013 | Canada Alberta

SASKATOON _ A Saskatchewan judge will rule next week on whether a foster parent is criminally responsible for the drowning death of a nearly two-year-...

Amber Alert Pregnant Teen Brought To RCMP By Family Of Boy

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.14.2013 | Canada Alberta

MAPLE CREEK, Sask. - A missing, pregnant teenager who was the subject of an Amber Alert in Saskatchewan was declared safe after she and her boyfriend ...

LOOK: The Cheapest Houses For Sale In Calgary

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 02.27.2013 | Canada Alberta

Calgary was the only city that saw an increase in home sales from a year ago in Canada, according to the latest figures from the Canadian Real Estate ...

Health Exec Ousted For $370K, Says He Didn't Charge Enough

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.13.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - An Alberta health executive who quit after it was revealed he had billed taxpayers for almost $370,000 for lavish meals, car repairs and a ...

Robbery Suspect Dies After Being Shot By Police

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 12.12.2012 | Canada Alberta

A suspect in an Edmonton bank robbery who was shot by police officers Tuesday afternoon has died, despite undergoing surgery for his injuries. The ...

Accusations 'Absolutely Inaccurate And False'

CBC | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada Alberta

Premier Alison Redford told the Alberta legislature that accusations she was in conflict of interest when she chose her ex-husband's law firm for a go...

Soldier Wounded In Afghanistan Thought Taliban Were Attacking

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.20.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - A soldier wounded during a fatal training accident in Afghanistan more than two years ago says he thought his platoon was under attack by th...

Klein's Wife Tears Up At Order of Canada Ceremony

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.13.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - The wife of former Alberta premier Ralph Klein dabbed at her tears Tuesday as she accepted an Order of Canada medal on her ailing husband's ...

Living Under A Rocket: Life In Israel

Ryan Doherty | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada Alberta
Ryan Doherty

You drive down the same old highway, looking at the same old signs and the same old stores. Suddenly, a rocket slams into the highway, shattering your normalcy with a sobering dose of reality.

XL Foods Plant Reopens

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Production has resumed at the Alberta plant that has been at the heart of a massive beef recall over an E. coli outbreak.About 2,000 worker...

Alberta First Nation Want Shell Oilsands Hearing Adjourned

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada Alberta

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - An Alberta First Nation want regulatory hearings on Shell's Jackpine oilsands mine expansion to be adjourned.The Athabasca Chip...

It's About Quantity, Not Quality At Troubled Meat Plant, Says Doherty

Ryan Doherty | Posted 12.21.2012 | Canada Alberta
Ryan Doherty

I love beef. Burgers, steaks, roasts, tacos and even meatloaf. As an Albertan, I can proudly say I eat some of the finest beef in the entire world. My dad has been a Red Seal Chef for close to 40 years, and I'm not too shabby in a kitchen myself. So did we feel bad when we had throw out a ton of beef we bought on sale from Wal-Mart, because it might be contaminated by E.Coli? Yes we did.

Legless Activist To Handwalk From Edmonton To Calgary

The Huffington Post Canada | Joshua Ostroff | Posted 10.25.2012 | Canada Alberta

It’s not quite climbing Kilimanjaro, but walking from Edmonton to Calgary is a pretty impressive feat, especially if you are Spencer West, a young m...

10 Bills The Alberta Government Plans To Pass This Sitting

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 10.23.2012 | Canada Alberta

The Alberta government began the fall sitting of legislature on Tuesday, and begins its third attempt today to pass its overhaul of legislation for g...

Should Bullies Really Be Punished By Criminal Law?

Dyanoosh Youssefi | Posted 12.24.2012 | Canada Living
Dyanoosh Youssefi

It has been just over a week since Amanda Todd's tragic and heart-breaking suicide, which she committed to end the pain from the endless torment of the bullies in her life. We deservedly feel guilt and shame over Amanda's fate and our inaction as bystanders to other cases of bullying. But the desire to do something, and perhaps to relieve our sense of guilt, should not lead us to precipitously arrest every bully.