A 30-plus year agreement with the Town of Vauxhall has officially been updated. During their regular Aug. 17 meeting, Vauxhall town council reviewed an updated Oldman River Regional Services Commission member services agreement. The updated agreement had been ratified by ORRSC’s board of directors on June 4, 2026, and they have requested that council review […]

Wood, metal, concrete and mesh have transformed a 10-kilometre stretch of the open road in southern Alberta into a protective passageway for the motoring public. Strategically placed along a scenic foothills route to prevent the kind of wildlife encounter drivers would sooner avoid, all those posts, fences and cattleguards along Highway 3 are hard to […]

This reporting is part of an ongoing collaboration between Ricochet and the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent, funded through the Local Journalism Initiative. Today’s story builds on prior investigative reporting by The Independent, which you can read here. Last year, one of the world’s most trusted accounting firms produced a Health and Human Resources Plan for […]

Recovery Alberta is closing the addiction treatment program at Henwood Treatment Centre in Edmonton, the IJF has learned. The decision to end the program came as a shock to staff and hundreds of Albertans seeking addiction treatment, and the lack of transparency surrounding the closure is fuelling questions about the Alberta government’s plans for the […]

A contentious water aerodrome on Lake Couchiching is facing more scrutiny. Last month, on behalf of numerous residents worried an accident will happen, Ramara Mayor Basil Clarke wrote to several authorities, including Transport Canada, requesting a safety review of Lake Country Airways’ operations. In his response, the Minister of Transport, Steven MacKinnon, confirmed that the […]

International students at a community college in Alberta and immigration lawyers are raising the alarm about the presence of border enforcement officers at a recent Calgary protest.  Bikramjit Singh of the Naujawan Support Network, an international student advocacy organization, says that the recent Canada Border Services Agency, CBSA raid on the Calgary student protest at […]

YORKTON — The City of Yorkton is reminding residents to be cautious after reports of scammers falsely claiming to represent municipal services and programs. The warning comes after the city received reports of individuals posing as representatives of Yorkton’s water survey, offering prizes and attempting to gain access to residents’ homes. City officials say the […]

The Medicine Hat Police Service has more than tripled the number of body worn cameras it uses, raising the total from 26 to 86. The service said the expansion meets an Alberta government rule that requires all frontline officers to wear the cameras. It also said the change is meant to improve transparency, accountability and […]

A week after Mississauga became the first Ontario municipality to pause new data centre developments for one year, Green Party leader Mike Schreiner called for a province-wide moratorium until proper studies could be completed on the technology’s impact on the environment, energy and human health. AI data centres sprouting across Canada may have ignited a […]

A family’s routine evening walk ended on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, with a family dog fatally injured, two children saying goodbye to that pet at an emergency veterinary clinic, and a Kingston mother trying to determine who was responsible for responding to a dog she believed could remain a danger to her neighbourhood. Four days […]

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by local governments is a growing topic of discussion as high profile elected officials in other regions of B.C. have drawn criticism about their use of AI tools in their work. The Discourse reached out to local governments and public organizations in the Comox Valley to understand what […]

Concerns about status-quo literacy curriculum and website terms-of-service were repeatedly raised at a public consultation on how the provincial government can better protect internet users.  Roughly 50 people gathered in Winnipeg to weigh-in on how local governments should regulate personal data collection and artificial intelligence on Wednesday.  “The average person that selects ‘cookies’ has no […]