Calgary Seniors News and Edmonton Seniors News monthly newspapers have a new look, new websites and new names. Now branded Calgary Prime Times and Edmonton Prime Times, the two publications are still published by Great West Newspaper Group out of St. Albert. 

Read Calgary and Edmonton Prime Times Newspapers

The 41st annual Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival features over 75 films and in-person appearances by the world's most iconic adventurers. Following the Festival in Banff, the World Tour hits the road bringing some of the audience favourites to a location near you.

The Writers' Guild of Alberta are inviting submissions for the 2017 Alberta Literary Awards. Submissions are evaluated on originality, creativity, and quality of writing, as well as appropriate fit within a category. Winners to be announced in June 2017. 

Mark Iype took over as Editor-in-Chief for both the Edmonton Sun  and Edmonton Journal  on October 1 from Lorne Motley, who has taken a role as vice-president of editorial for Postmedia's western region. Iype came to Edmonton in 2014, to oversee city and business coverage.

As Alberta Bureau Chief for CTV National News, Janet Dirks covers all major news breaking in the region. On any given day, she may pitch a story or be assigned a story, research, write, tape a segment, edit at the CTV station in Calgary or on the road, or do live hits when needed.

The Alberta School of Business has been publishing the UAlberta Business  Magazine twice a year since Fall 2004. Recently, it underwent a rebranding and redesign from which it emerged with a clean, modern, bold look, well illustrated and well designed pages, and interesting, well written and informative content, even if you're not one of their alumni. 

Read more about the UAlberta Business Magazine

On September 27, 2016, the CRTC held hearings  at the Radisson Hotel in Edmonton to consider 11 applications to operate  new ethnic commercial AM and FM radio stations, as well as an application for a new French language community radio station, to serve Edmonton.

Read more about new Edmonton radio stations

CTV Calgary (CFCN)  launched CTV Lethbridge in 1968 as a semi-satellite station. CTV Lethbridge shares some programming with its Calgary sister station and leases tower space for its transmitter from CISA-TV Lethbridge, a Global Television Network now operated by Bell Media.

Karen Unland, formerly a reporter with the Edmonton Journal,  interviews local bloggers and podcasters, and invites them to recommend their favourites. It is brought to you by businesses that want to reach engaged Edmontonians who are plugged into the new media scene.

Deadmonton, Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City  by Pamela Roth, a former crime reporter for the  Edmonton Sun , explores the dark, violent underside of Alberta's capital city. The collection explores more than 20 homicides. Some have been solved, and some have grown cold.

UPCOMING WEBINAR

Beginning in November, you'll be able to book your own private individual media training sessions at a date and time of your convenience using our new online booking system. It's not ready yet but it soon will be. We're just putting the finishing touches on it now. 

Purchase an annual self-service or full service subscription by October 31 and you'll get to take any   upcoming workshop or fundraising webinar for FREE.