The Medicine Hat Police Service is testing drones flown by remote pilots from police headquarters to help respond to calls for service. The three-day pilot program is being run with Skydio, a drone technology company, ending Aug. 14. During the test, a drone is launched from the police station to support emergency and operational calls, […]

Two weeks after a cyberattack hit the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, officials still cannot say whether residents’ personal information was affected — even as most services have been restored. The municipality detected the breach July 29 and immediately brought in external cybersecurity specialists to investigate. The incident was announced in a July 30 news release. […]

The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River’s public works and enforcement teams have had a busy spring and summer dealing with rogue beavers, towering weeds, and run-down vehicles. During the July 29 Committee of the Whole meeting, administration presented its second-quarter operational updates, highlighting the daily challenges of keeping the rural municipality running smoothly. Beavers […]

YORKTON — Saskatchewan NDP MLA Aleana Young says documents obtained through Freedom of Information legislation show no funding has been allocated for a proposed new hospital in Yorkton over the next three fiscal years. Speaking in Yorkton, Young said records received from the Saskatchewan Health Authority contradict statements from the Saskatchewan Party government that money […]

Last week, The Bancroft Times wrote an update on the new library build, North Hastings Inspiration Place, that is steadily nearing completion in the downtown core, with a projected opening date of spring, 2027. In this piece, library board member and Bancroft Councillor Val Miles said that Faraday Township had not contributed $35,000 in operating […]

A recording at the heart of a dispute between Gananoque Mayor John Beddows and other town officials has been preserved, the town has confirmed, as that dispute was headed to the council table. Gananoque council was scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday to consider Mayor John Beddows’ July 31 open letter, in which the […]

Internal Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) records obtained through Ontario’s Freedom of Information (FOI) process show ministry officials approved the expansion of Atura Power’s Napanee Generating Station despite acoustic modelling that predicted one startup operating scenario would exceed the applicable provincial noise criterion before proposed mitigation measures were implemented. The records provide […]

A group of concerned residents invited members of the community to a public meeting to discuss the proposed boundary adjustment involving the Brantford Municipal Airport on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Although the airport is currently owned and operated by the City of Brantford, the lands currently fall within the boundary of the County of Brant. […]

Sunday’s deluge sent knee-deep floodwater through the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, destroying main-floor drywall, toppling freezers and damaging a century-old flag, photo albums and historical records. “It was disbelief,” said Megan Vanderlee, the Legion’s first vice-president and bar chair, of the feeling at the Legion as the flooding took place. The Legion […]

A team of researchers at the University of Manitoba wants adults to take the cloud they leave behind into special consideration when they envision heaven and their afterlife.  Led by Cecile Latulipe, the new computer science department project has a self-imposed mandate to better understand and improve “digital legacy planning.”  “Western society is very good […]

The fight over coal mining near the headwaters of the Oldman River is headed to court. Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal campaign has asked a judge to overturn Elections Alberta’s decision that its petition, signed by more than 200,000 Albertans, fell just short of forcing a referendum. One of the two projects the petition targeted […]

Two City of New Westminster employees topped the $300,000 mark in remuneration in 2026. Each year, B.C. municipalities release a Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) report, which contains a variety of financial documents. That includes a report on remuneration of council members, a statement on severance agreements and a report on employee remuneration and expenses.  […]