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Despite provincial demand, Calgary mayor says Stampede noise debate is over
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (495+ words) Brandon 20" C, Sunny CALGARY " Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has given Calgary a Tuesday deadline to change its noise rules or face possible provincial intervention " but Mayor Jeromy Farkas says the issue is done. Farkas, asked by reporters Thursday about next…...
Alberta man charged with sex crimes was twice released from custody with conditions
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (479+ words) Brandon 22" C, Partly cloudy GRANDE PRAIRIE " A man from northern Alberta has been charged with numerous offences, including sexual assault, involving four complainants as young as 12. RCMP in Grande Prairie, northwest of Edmonton, said the charges against 32-year-old Joseph Kidd…...
Pro-separation billboard still up after removal deadline from Alberta town passes
1+ week, 5+ day ago (170+ words) TABER - An Alberta separatist has doubled down in his battle against a southern town over a three-metres-tall and six-metres-wide billboard urging the province leave Canada. | Cory Morgan says the sign he paid for is still standing in Taber in defiance…...
Alberta picks university to cost out separation, panel to assess ahead of referendum
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (218+ words) Brandon 14" C, Cloudy with wind " 2026 Brandon Sun EDMONTON " The Alberta government says it has picked the University of Calgary to study potential costs of the province leaving Canada. The province has also formed what it calls an expert advisory panel…...
Alberta town orders removal of pro-separation billboard, calling it a "nuisance
2+ week, 2+ day ago (594+ words) Brandon 16" C, Cloudy with wind " 2026 Brandon Sun CALGARY " The man who paid for a billboard urging Alberta leave Canada says the Town of Taber is ordering it be taken down. Cory Morgan says the town sent a letter last week…...
Tory MPs must lead way on Alberta issue " Brandon Sun
2+ week, 2+ day ago (500+ words) Brandon 21" C, Light rain with wind " 2026 Brandon Sun At a time when Canadians need the nation's leaders to commit to working toward maintaining national unity and defeating Alberta's separatist movement, too few of Canada's big-C Conservatives are giving their full-throated…...
New CO takes over 2 PPCLI " Brandon Sun
2+ week, 3+ day ago (94+ words) Brandon 14" C, Clear " 2026 Brandon Sun The 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based at CFB Shilo has a new commanding officer. Lt. -Col. Pat Brown assumed command of the unit at a ceremony on Monday. Brown's last posting was in…...
Alberta country music artist Corb Lund says anti-coal petition drive a success
2+ week, 4+ day ago (520+ words) Brandon 21" C, Windy " 2026 Brandon Sun EDMONTON " Alberta country music artist Corb Lund says his team has collected enough signatures to compel the province to take action to stop coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Lund didn't…...
Referendum rhetoric threatens Constitution and treaty rights " Brandon Sun
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (976+ words) Brandon 23" C, Cloudy with wind " 2026 Brandon Sun Alberta will hold a vote this fall on whether to pursue a referendum on separation from Canada. The situation might seem comical if it weren't so dangerous " both for the majority of Albertans…...
Alberta's finance, hospital ministers stepping down, won't seek re-election
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (588+ words) Brandon 13" C, Rain with wind " 2026 Brandon Sun EDMONTON " Two of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's longtime cabinet ministers are stepping down. "When the premier offered me this cabinet role, I told her it was likely that my second term would be…...