The county of Forty Mile and Lethbridge county are having to extend their nomination deadlines as each municipality needs one more candidate to round out the ballot.

The bank has agreed with green energy retailer Bullfrog Power to buy the majority of the electricity produced by the project to be designed and built by BluEarth Renewables of Calgary.

Some people in southern Alberta are being told to prepare for a scorching hot start to the weekend as Environment Canada issued a number of heat warnings for that part of the province on Thursday.