great news from Alberta
|
|
Equine amputee puts her best foot forwardCalgary, Alberta - If cats do indeed have nine lives, Sweet Nothing is living proof that horses have at least three. |
|
|
Alberta halts grizzly hunt for bear countEdmonton, Alberta - Alberta has suspended its annual spring grizzly bear hunt for three years while the province attempts to estimate the exact number of bears in the province. |
|
|
Not a cure, but it’s closeAlberta - An herbal cold formula created by Canadian scientists works better than chicken soup, and pharmacologist Jacqueline Shan has the studies to prove it. |
|
|
Flooding fears ease off in southern AlbertaMedicine Hat, Alberta - Surging flood waters in the South Saskatchewan River finally peaked Friday, easing fears of flooding for residents of Medicine Hat in southern Alberta. |
|
|
McNally coach puts boot to child labourEdmonton, Alberta - Coaches and teachers Ron Sperling and Brian Pike opted this year to spend a few extra dollars to buy balls certified under the "fair trade" system. |
|
|
Alberta promises to monitor air faster after firesEdmonton - Alberta Environment plans to have a quick-response air-monitoring unit ready by next month, after it took hours to find out whether an Edmonton fire was spewing out toxins. |
|
|
Health minister promises to help ill boyCalgary - Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh says he will work with his Alberta counterpart to help a gravely ill 10-year-old boy get the expensive experimental drug he needs. |
|
|
Insurers told to cut rates by 6 per centEdmonton - The province is imposing a six per cent premium reduction on auto insurers, a month after the companies said they would voluntarily rollback the rates. |
national news
- Cannabis electric car to be made in Canada
- Fortune 500 Companies Flex Market Muscle, Reject Tar Sands
- Fair trade goes mainstream
- Crime rate fell 17% in past decade: Stats Can report
- Canada’s boreal forest primed to be world’s best-protected ecosystem
- Canada to phase out older coal-fired power plants
- Fruits and veggies becoming bigger part of Canadian diet
- Canada, U.S. to regulate emissions of heavy vehicles
- Greenpeace lauds historic new pact to save Canada’s Boreal Forest
- Canadian Cement Plant Becomes First to Capture CO2 in Algae
- more news...
news by province
