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Repeat offenders may wear electronic monitors

Posted 23 January 2025

Repeat offenders who are a threat to public safety are subject to electronic monitoring in Alberta. The government last week…Continue Reading

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Kyle McKearney brings alt-country to Empress

Posted 23 January 2025

Alberta alternative country singer-songwriter Kyle McKearney is headed to Fort Macleod’s Empress Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 25 as part of…Continue Reading

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Indigenous consultation on AI data centres missing

Posted 23 January 2025

An early glitch in Alberta’s plan to reach the global stage in the artificial intelligence industry has the NDP again…Continue Reading

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Alberta’s calling — but is AI listening?

Posted 23 January 2025

Artificial intelligence and Alberta fit together like prairies and barley, the province has suggested in its push to make data…Continue Reading

Blackfoot Guardianship of the Eastern Slopes project launched

Posted 16 January 2025

Parks Canada and the Blackfoot Confederacy Tribal Council have launched the Blackfoot Guardianship of the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies project. This program will be Siksikaitsitapi-led, with support from Parks Canada staff in Waterton Lakes National Park. “As stewards of these ancestral lands, the Blackfoot Confederacy takes great pride in this opportunity to ensure the…Continue Reading

Community foundation accepting grant applications

Posted 16 January 2025

The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta is now accepting grant applications for the Community Priorities, Henry S. Varley…Continue Reading

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Tracy Millar’s roots will be showing at the Empress

Posted 16 January 2025

Nurse-turned-musician Tracy Millar, considered one of Alberta’s most talented disciples of traditional country music, is kicking off a new season…Continue Reading

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NDP leader reflects on goals, challenges of coming year

Posted 16 January 2025

A barely touched hamburger and fries at his side, Naheed Nenshi had completed six year-end interviews back-to-back at the Citadel Theatre in downtown Edmonton. It was the day after the final 2024 sitting of the Alberta legislature, and thieves had smashed through a window to get into his car. But his staff had accomplished the…Continue Reading

Rural concerns stay high on UCP’s agenda — Premier

Posted 08 January 2025

Alberta’s rural heartland will continue to inform the UCP agenda in 2025, Premier Danielle Smith said in a year-end interview aimed at audiences beyond Calgary and Edmonton. Health care, public safety and housing for seniors are among the issues that small-town, small-city and countryside Alberta can expect continued progress on, Smith told The Macleod Gazette.…Continue Reading

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