Super board first step toward privatization: critics
Creating a single health governance board is the first paving stone in the road to privatization and eventually perdition, critics charged Thursday in the hours following the province’s announcement.
May 16, 2008, 04:03


Two-year old killed in ATV accident near Taber
A two-year-old boy is dead after an all-terrain vehicle carrying more than double the intended number of passengers crashed near Taber.
May 16, 2008, 04:02


Survey to determine what’s valued in city
If Ipsos Reid calls to pick your brain during the next couple of weeks, Mayor Bob Tarleck is hoping you’ll be available.
May 16, 2008, 04:01


Search is on for performers for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
More than 15 years ago Tim Reevis pulled up stakes, moved from Montana to Paris and began performing in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.
May 16, 2008, 04:01


Hinman offers ways to strengthen democracy
The leader of the new Wildrose Alliance Party is pushing a few ideas he believes will strengthen democracy and weaken apathy in the province.
May 16, 2008, 04:00


City launches large item pickup service
Lethbridge residents have a new way to dispose of the unsightly waste littering some of the city’s alleyways.
May 16, 2008, 04:00


Students give mosquito nets for African children
Alberta, mosquito bites parallel the dangers of the Dark Continent’s malaria epidemic in geographic name only: West Nile Disease.
May 16, 2008, 03:59


Churchill again tops blood donor challenge
Thirty pizzas for 92 donated units of blood. Fair trade? Students at Winston Churchill High School think so.
May 16, 2008, 03:58


Taxpayers Federation calling on gov’t for gas tax reduction
Ah, summer. If thoughts of travel stir in the mind, the price of filling up at the pumps might be enough to kill any enthusiasm for a stretch of open road.
Would a reduction of five cents a litre stoke the wanderlust?
May 15, 2008, 04:52


Wait times large factor in emergency room satisfaction, according to survey
Patients in Alberta are generally happy with their experiences in the emergency room but — perhaps not surprising — their level of satisfaction dwindles at waiting times increase.
May 15, 2008, 04:52