Month: April 2024

A nice blanket of spring snow covering the Edmonton region this morning.

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) shares moved sharply higher Wednesday, as the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, a global leader in providing essential elements for mobility, energy, connectivity and health, announced a $1-million donation to Cleveland Community College (CCC) for the purchase of equipment, supplies and facility improvements to benefit workforce training programs. The Shelby, North Carolina-based college’s programs are designed to strengthen the region’s pipeline of skilled and diverse workers to support the growth of businesses and projects, such as the redevelopment of…

The B.C. government is expected to make a TransLink funding announcement Wednesday morning.

With or without federal support, improvements to a major southern Alberta highway continue because of its critical economic importance as an east-west corridor, the province says.

British Columbia’s decriminalization pilot project has been a key topic of discussion at various levels of government in recent weeks, with the conversation re-igniting after comments about diversion by a high-ranking officer of the Vancouver Police Department.

A suspect was shot by a police officer during a confrontation that occurred following a traffic stop in a rural area near Cochrane, Alta., on Tuesday evening.

Though spring may be here, parts of Manitoba are set to get a blast of winter weather this week.

A Montreal music bookstore owner gives customers his honest book reviews…on post-its.

The Indy is up for six regional and national awards.

Bank robber This week, Finance Minister Freeland presented her budget for the Trudeau government. I thought that PM Trudeau would enter the House of Commons dressed up as a bank robber. After all, all he is doing is stealing from the people. Jeffrey Anderson (It’s a legal sort of stealing.) Bring out the clowns Well […]