Stelmach Downplays New parties' surge in Alberta polls

Recent polls in Alberta, published in a NP story, indicate that the Wildrose Alliance Party, a new party that emerged from the merger of the Wildrose Party and the Alliance Party in Alberta, enjoys a substantial...

Alberta Look Out - Here Comes the Wild Rose Alliance

The Conservative Party in Alberta has been in power since 1971.  Some of the noteworthy leaders were Peter Lougheed, Don Ghetty and Ralph Klein, who retired recently to make way for Ed Stelmach.  The...

U of Alberta & German Researchers Tackle Oilsands Issues

With the advent of the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change around the corner, the Alberta Oil Sands have been brought to the forefront again.  Greenpeace has been in the forefront in smearing the Alberta...

Alberta allocates $495M on Carbon Capture Pipeline

Alberta has come under pressure for its dismal record on the environment.  The Alberta Oil Sands, near Fort McMurray, have come  under the criticism by David Suzuki and Al Gore.  President Obama...

1 in 10 Children in Canada are in Poverty

More than 1 in every 10 families with kids in their household are in poverty.  The "2009 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada" released a report containing statistics on poverty.  It...

Protestors in Edmonton demand that Khadr be returned to Canada

Omar Khadr was arrested on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2002.  He is alleged to have murdered a U.S. soldier with a grenade. Supporters of Omar Khadr consider him a child soldier and want him brought back...

36th Canadian Finals Rodeo in the History books - Edmonton

Calgary holds the Calgary Stampede in the summer and now it was Edmonton's turn.  Cowboys from all over the United States and Canada gathered at Rexall Place, the Home of the Edmonton Oilers, for the 36th...

Nanaimo Raiders Football Team Canadian Champs

Nanaimo Raiders Junior Football Team clinched their second Canadian Campionship in as many years yesterday.  The final score was 51 for the Nanaimo Raiders 14 for the Edmonton Wildcats. " The BCFC champion...

H1N1 Vaccination Clinics Overwhelmed by Crowds in Canada

H1N1 Clinics have been overwhelmed across the country this week.  The vaccine was approved by Health Canada a week ago and clinics jumped into action.  In some cases, people waited up to eight hours...

Talk radio reports Godaddy registers fraudulent WHOis information

How easy it is for organizations potentially involved in criminal activity to register domain names for unlawful purposes?  Just go ask GoDaddy.  Genesmedia.com is registered with GoDaddy.  But, when we checked, only the email 'info@genesmedia.com' was actually...

Canadian Officer killed in Afghanistan - SW of Khandahar City

Lieutenant Justin Garrett Boyes, aged 26, of Saskatchewan was killed by a homemade bomb while on a foot patrol South West of Khandahar City.Lieutenant Boyes is a member of the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's...

Obama & Clinton to face runoff in Nov Afghan President Election

Obama & Hillary Clinton to face runoff on Nov 7 in Afghanistan Presidential Election    James Carvel a well known Democrat Political strategist, very close to Clintons & Rahm Emanuel the WH Chief of Staff has won the 2nd round on behalf of...

Edmonton Hostage Crisis: Armed Man Holds 4 to 8 Hostages at WCB

Police in Edmonton are responding to a hostage situation at the Workers' Compensation Board. According to reports, an armed man is holding between four to nine hostages at the WCB building located near the Alberta...

Real democracy’ in Alberta tops agenda for new Party

The newly elected leader of the upstart party Wildrose Alliance told a jam packed conference room in Edmonton,  "My No. 1 job is to turn Alberta into a real democracy again," Danielle Smith as won the...

Alberta Premier announces pay cut for him and his Executive Team

The Progressive Conservative Party, has been in power for 40 years in Alberta.  The primary reason is that there hasn't been a viable opposition, especially in the leadership department of both the...

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