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Sofia Goggia claims season-opening women's World Cup downhill in Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Sofia Goggia of Italy won the women's season-opening World Cup downhill Friday in Lake Louise, Alta. Goggia swept last year's races at the Banff National Park resort, winning both...
Dec 02, 2022

Market Watch: Dec. 2, 2022
Big Picture Fed Minutes Reveal Growing Sentiment to Slow Rate IncreasesU.S. stocks retreated Monday, weighed down by Covid protests across China and hawkish comments from Fed officials about the futur...
Dec 02, 2022

Red Deer region's unemployment rate rises in November
There was a rise in the Red Deer Region's unemployment rate last month, making it the highest rate among the province's economic regions.According to Statistics Canada, the Red Deer Region's jobless r...
Dec 02, 2022

ALERT seizes more than 100 vehicles across multiple jurisdictions
Police say more than 100 stolen vehicles, trailers, farming equipment and other machinery was seized in an investigation involving ALERT in Camrose.The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team's (ALERT) ...
Dec 02, 2022

Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed ...
Dec 02, 2022

Safe consumption forefront of countering the overdose crisis, prime minister says
RICHMOND, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he and new British Columbia Premier David Eby conferred about ways to counter the "horrific" drug poisoning epidemic. Trudeau told a crowd in Richmo...
Dec 02, 2022

Federal NDP leader says Alberta sovereignty act 'a distraction' from real problems
CALGARY - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Alberta's proposed sovereignty act is undemocratic and an unwelcome distraction from the struggles residents of the province are facing. After a meeting...
Dec 02, 2022

Métis Nation of Alberta approves Constitution in largest ratification by an Indigenous Nation in Canadian History
EDMONTON, AB - Citizens of the Mtis Nation of Alberta (MNA) have overwhelmingly adopted a new Constitution.In a province-wide ratification vote held throughout the month of November, which included ma...
Dec 02, 2022

Early childhood educators to receive wage top-up in 2023
Early childhood educators (ECEs) are set to receive some additional support in the new year.The provincial government says it's focused on attracting more ECEs and keeping them in the childcare sector...
Dec 02, 2022

Man arrested in fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff
Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, who was killed last month outside a bowling alley in Houston. Houston police announced Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark ...
Dec 02, 2022