A strike by nearly 5,000 CP Rail employees will likely end by this weekend, after Parliament supported back-to-work legislation on Wednesday. Bill C-39 was ratified at approximately 1:30am Ottawa time, following a marathon session of the House. The Bill will not to become law, however, until Thursday at the earliest, when it could be...
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BC Premier Christy Clark is not happy that a disgraced Alberta RCMP officer has been sent to the West Coast. In a Vancouver Province article, she mentions her reasons for her discontent with having Sgt. Don Ray sent to BC. Clark thinks that RCMP Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens made the wrong decision in accepting...
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Fort Saskatchewan’s favorite lawnmowers will be back in two shakes of a lamb’s tail. The return of the sheep, which will be a highlight of Saturday’s Legacy Park festivities, marks their 20th consecutive year in Fort Saskatchewan. Other events at Legacy Park on Saturday will include an obstacle course, crafts, a teddy bear picnic,...
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Living here in Alberta, we happen to have “Beautiful British Columbia” next door, with its rugged untamed wilderness, hot summers, and cosmopolitan Vancouver a quick plane flight (or a day’s drive) away. But my home province also offers Albertans a perhaps far better gift: one you don’t even need to go there to receive....
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Headlined by one of the nation’s top country recording artists, Duane Steele, Canada Day’s entertainment lineup in Legacy Park will stretch from the end of the parade all the way to the fireworks this year. Steele – a two-time CCMA award winner – will bring his pure voice and natural stage presence to the...
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The Fort Saskatchewan Families First Society will be conducting a fundraiser for their Community Kitchens program, in partnership with Station Square Sobeys. The fundariser, which will enable customers to purchase and personalize, for $1, a paper cooking pot, runs from today (June 1) until June 10. Community Kitchens consists of a group of people...
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The Alberta Government announced Wednesday that they will be filing a lawsuit against tobacco manufacturers to recover $10 billion in health care costs associated with smoking-related illnesses. “Tobacco use has had a devastating impact on many generations of Albertans. The costs are not just to our health care system, but in the many lives...
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Well, I think it’s safe to say, without even havin’ to knock on a hunk of hickory, that spring is officially here and that dandruff from Hades is gone at last. In the words of a great man, we are free at last, free at last! As I sit here, listening to the sweet...
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The Fort’s Snap Fitness has added a workout studio and is now offering cycling, yoga and other fitness classes to members around the clock. Rather than live instructors, the studio utilizes stateof-the-art “Fitness On Demand” technology that enables members to choose from dozens of pre-recorded instructors and classes. After making their selection on a...
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Over two hundred and fifty participants and fifty volunteers helped ensure that the 2nd Annual Stephie’s Bike Tour for the Stollery was a resounding success. The Tour, which included a 30K and 5K course, truly lived up to the spirit of the event, helping collect donations for the Stollery Children’s Hospital, while also encouraging...
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