Notices like this one have already been sent out in Vulcan County and Stettler County Foothills County, south of Calgary, has bad growing conditions because of a lack of early-season rain, unseasonably high temperatures, and changing winter snowpack. On Wednesday, the municipal district declared a municipal agricultural disaster. Caleb Scott, the manager of agricultural services…
Police say the people who did it said hateful things about the LGBTQ community Three teens have been charged in a robbery that happened in west Ottawa on Wednesday night, which police are calling “hate-motivated.” Around 8:20 p.m., a group of men punched, kicked, and stole from a man in the street near Greenbank Road…
The pilot project will run in places that aren’t well served by public transportation or have few people using it This fall, OC Transpo wants to start a pilot project for on-demand transit on the weekends, just like other Canadian cities have done. Ottawa’s transit commission heard Thursday that the plan is to use spare…
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says that the policy will go into effect before there is any legal action A national civil liberties group has given the New Brunswick government an ultimatum: change the policy on gender identity in schools right away or we’ll sue. The changes to Policy 713 are “illegal and against the…
As Mayhem, a young Bactrian camel, sheds his shaggy coat, he is getting a lot of attention Alysha Bartlett has been interested in camels for as long as she can remember. Since she grew up in a family that raised Arabian horses, she always thought the two went together. Even a camel saddle and art…
Millions of hectares of land could be changed by fires that burn them down It starts with a branch from a poplar tree. With a light touch and a sharp knife, the bark comes off easily. The carver makes a series of cuts in the soft wood by applying just the right amount of pressure…
The UCP won, but the vote was close, which means that the conservatives will no longer be in charge Doreen Barrie is a political scientist at the University of Calgary, and she wrote this piece.For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). For people who have lived in Alberta…
Calgary police have laid a number of charges and say that more could come This story has some upsetting things in it. A Calgary mom and dad are in shock after learning that a stranger has been taking pictures of their young daughter from the family’s social media accounts and using them to make people…
A housing advocate says that the number of empty homes in the province dropped from 7% in 2018 to 3% in 2019 Kathryn Hewlett’s whole life has been packed into a 20-foot-long vehicle for the past two years. She has a small bed, a bathroom, a stove, and a table for eating that are all…
There are still ambulance services in Hope and the surrounding towns: hospita The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. is looking into the death of a man who was shot by an RCMP officer in the Fraser Canyon Hospital in Hope, B.C., on Wednesday. Hope is about 152 kilometers east of Vancouver. Mounties say the…