Alberta’s H1N1 vaccination program will open up to the general public on Monday.

Farmers and ranchers shouldn’t be blamed for low-flying aircraft suspected of being used by big game hunters, a rancher says.

A Rocky Mountain House trucking firm will appear in court in December facing environmental charges for waste burning.

Two people face drug trafficking charges after Rimbey RCMP busted a marijuana growing operation on Wednesday near Gull Lake.

Students from the Samson Band High School and the Muskwachees Cultural College in Hobbema take to the streets in Hobbema on Thursday to celebrate National Addictions Awareness Week.

CALGARY - Warrants for attempted murder have been issued for two people after an improvised explosive device was left at a Rundlehorn Drive NE home over the weekend.

CALGARY - Council's first two attempts to trim the city budget have failed, as aldermen refused to cut grants Monday morning to partner agencies like the zoo, Talisman Centre and Tourism Calgary.

EDMONTON - Edmonton's Influenza Assessment Centre will close at midnight Monday. It's closing because of a significantly decreased volume of patients seen at the centre located at the Duggan Health Centre over the past week, says a news release from Alberta Health Services.

After a two-year, $70-million makeover, Edmonton's second-largest enclosed mall is taking its new slogan-- "Let your light shine" --quite literally.

While everyone was gushing over Southgate Centre's expansion and fancy new decor this summer, Kingsway Mall was putting the finishing touches on a pretty extravagant makeover of its own on the other side of the city.

The man accused of taking nine people hostage at the Workers' Compensation Board building in Edmonton last month has been sent to Alberta Hospital for a psychiatric assessment.

Two Calgary men are being sought for attempted murder in connection with explosive devices that were left outside an apartment unit and detonated in the parking lot.

Charges laid against a Red Deer man for allegedly forcing a girl into the sex trade should be a wake-up call for police in smaller towns and cities, according to a former Edmonton vice squad detective.

The Flames' Jarome Iginla, the Senators' Filip Kuba, and the Stars' Brad Richards are the weekend's top three stars.

Two men are in hospital after a stabbing in the southwest Calgary district of Killarney.

City council has begun the process of making adjustments to the budget to deal with a 4.8 per cent property tax hike. But as of Monday afternoon, not much has been added or taken out of the budget. Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart tried to chop 1. 7 per cent from the budget of civic partners, which includes the zoo, Heritage Park and the Science Centre among others. She says she's hoping to add ...

About a dozen people calling for more action on climate change from the Canadian government occupied federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice's Calgary office on Monday. The protesters took over at 10 a.m. Some stood outside Prentice's office carrying a large banner and others were seated in the waiting area inside the office. The signs say say "Canada Needs Climate Justice" and "Canada Stand ...

Two people are dead after two pickups collided head on near Brooks Saturday. 45-year-old Nikolia Slepko of Airdrie and 42-year-old Andrian Tityk of Edmonton were pronounced dead at the scene. The 29-year-old driver of the other truck was airlifted to the Foothills Hospital in Calgary in critical condition. Alcohol and weather conditions are not considered to be factors in the collision but speed ...

Monday is the first day H1N1 clinics across the city are offering vaccinations to everyone, not just those in high-risk categories. The message from Alberta Health Services is there are plenty of doses available so there is no rush to get the vaccine. But that didn't stop dozens of Calgarians from getting up to the crack of dawn to get their shots Monday morning. Casey showed up at the Avenida ...

Alberta Health Services is opening a 7th H1N1 vaccination clinic in Calgary. Starting at 8:30 Monday morning, all Albertans over 6 months old, can also get their shot on the 3rd floor of the South Calgary Health Centre at Sunpark Plaza S.E. However, officials are still encouraging people to attend the Stampede Grandstand site because it is the largest and has the shortest lineups. More ...

This past year's spring drought has continued to have ripple effects beyond the fall harvest. Chole Cartwright owns Hummingbird B+B and hay farm near Bottrel. She still has hay sitting in her shed since she decided not to sell it to a hay plant, but keep it in the area for the local market.[...]

Thanks to some good years and proper fiscal management, the Town of Cochrane will be able to deal with a rough 2010 and prepare for brighter times ahead, said the Mayor. Mayor Truper McBride said Nov.[...]

The Cochrane Environmental Action Committee (CEAC) and its members are a testament to the power a small group of dedicated citizens can wield. As 2009 draws to a close, so to does the 20th anniversary of CEAC.[...]

Reagen Sulewski sports@cochranetimes.com The Cochrane Movie House will temporarily close up shop for two days to finish renovations, but some movie buffs will get a sneak peak at the brand new layout of the theatre this week.[...]

Cochrane's cowboys had a rough ride at the Canadian Finals Rodeo. Three local cowboys were in competition at the CFR in Edmonton from Nov. 11 to 15, brothers Tanner and Baillie Milan in steer wrestling, and Steven Turner in bullriding, with none of them coming away with a championship.[...]

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Larry Gilmour, 55, unsuccessfully panhandles former federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion in downtown Victoria, where Dion attended a meeting on homelessness in November 2007.

VICTORIA – All B.C. residents are now eligible for the H1N1 influenza vaccine, and the provincial health officer is hoping that available supplies available around the province are used up as soon as possible.

Finance Minister Colin Hansen has extended an extra break for new homes from next year's harmonized sales tax. VICTORIA – The B.C. government is giving a bigger break to new home buyers in the latest move to ease the impact of next year's harmonized sales tax.

A plan to triple the size of the emergency room at the Kootenay Lake Hospital became a little more real with the hospital announcing it awarded the contract for the project.