5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (186+ words) COLD LAKE - Another Cold Lake childcare facility is on probationary licence, according to the Government of Alberta. Alberta Education and Childcare has put Kiddie Cove Academy on a probationary licence that will expire on Oct. 14, reads the media release. "Childcare…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (359+ words) It’s a rare moment of respite and catharsis amid the harsh realities of life in the Gaza Strip. The children, some wearing sliders on their feet, dance next to mangled metal rods jutting out from a mound of rubble and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (135+ words) COLD LAKE – Families had a chance to trade screens for board games, bouncy houses and friendly competition during Family Game Day at the Cold Lake Energy Centre on April 19. The event was held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Reid…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (580+ words) BONNYVILLE - The Bonnyville and District SPCA continues to be on the lookout for more permanent, loving homes for animals in its care. According to Lindsay McNaught, executive director of the SPCA, the shelter often operates at or near capacity. “The…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (456+ words) LAKELAND – Are you wearing green today? If so, you may be doing that in support of a cause that has saved countless lives, a cause that started with a tragic bus crash on April 7, 2018. That crash in Saskatchewan took the…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (307+ words) There was an old saying, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,” and once again this year, I guess we will find out whether that is true or not. Daylight Saving Time does get…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (931+ words) “It was a really therapeutic way to kind of distract yourself from either work or stress, but also just do something with your hands instead of doomscrolling,” she said. “We became completely obsessed.” MacTaggart is part of a throng of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (356+ words) BONNYVILLE – For more than a decade, the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs have stepped off the ice and into local schools with a message about how bullying has no place in their community. Each year, players and staff from the Pontiacs…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (560+ words) OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer predicts Canada's rate of population growth will remain flat in 2026, mainly due to cuts to non-permanent resident admissions in the latest federal Immigration Levels Plan. This would be the second year in a row with…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (283+ words) TORONTO — An organization that campaigns to end child poverty says the number of children living in households that struggle to pay bills and buy food has continued to grow. The 2025 report card from Campaign 2000 says 30,000 more kids fell into poverty…...