Wednesday March 18, 2026
- Northwestern Polytechnic in Fairview will be the Fairview Campus of Northern Lakes College, starting in September.
- Investigations are continuing into an accident that involved a snowplow in Downtown Peace River yesterday morning.
- Conseil Scolaire du Nord-Ouest has established future plans for the three schools in the Northwest.
CSNO has finalized their three-year Capital plan, with three priorities listed for future development.
The Division has also received information regarding their Budget, and have adopted their 2027 school calendar. - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday her long-term goal is to be able to balance the province’s books even with moderate oil prices.
In about 10 years, she said, she’d like Alberta to bring spending in line with revenues that US$60-per-barrel oil would bring to provincial coffers. - Access to safe and reliable transportation is one of the biggest barriers for those fleeing domestic violence in rural Alberta, a new report says.
The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters’ released a report yesterday that outlines how public transportation within and between rural communities can be unreliable, prohibitively expensive or unavailable. - Six games in the NHL tonight…
St. Louis is in Calgary, Ottawa is in Washington, New Jersey is at the Rangers, Pittsburgh is in Carolina, Dallas is in Colorado, and Philidelphia is at Anaheim. - The World Women’s Curling Championships are continuing in Calgary. Kerri Einerson has Team Canada at 6-1, as they beat Turkey 9-3 in six ends this morning.
Canada plays Scotland tonight. - Cloud cover enhabits this afternoon in the Northwest, with digits being around normal for the Peace and Big Lakes, but below normal in the Mackenzie.
Highs are just above zero, except for -8 up north.
A slight chance of precipitation remains in the forecast for tonight, and for the next few days, but skies clear off a little, maybe by the weekend.
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