Category Archives: Alberta
Fall from balcony at Edmonton job site kills construction worker
EDMONTON – Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is investigating after worker was killed in a fall at a construction site in Edmonton. The accident happened Wednesday morning in the city’...
Nov 02, 2017
Alberta moves to ban age discrimination in apartments, condominiums
EDMONTON – The NDP are proposing changes to its laws on condos and apartments to prevent age discrimination. Amendments to the Alberta Human Rights Act were introduced yesterday by Justice Minis...
Nov 02, 2017
Jobsite supervisor jailed after workplace death
EDMONTON- A four-month jail sentence has been handed down to a jobsite supervisor after a trench collapse killed a worker at a construction project in Edmonton. Sukhwinder Nagra was sentenced yesterda...
Nov 02, 2017
Province accepts call to bolster programs to reduce opioid deaths
EDMONTON – Opioid experts are recommending the Notley government expand programs to reduce the growing number of people who are dying from drug overdoses. The Opioid Emergency Response Commissio...
Nov 02, 2017
Viking RCMP investigate fatal crash between train and minivan
VIKING- RCMP were dispatched to a collision involving a minivan and a train at the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 14 in the Town of Viking on November 1, at approximately 1:00 p.m. The van was...
Nov 02, 2017
Alberta's privacy chief reviewing 800,000 deleted government emails
EDMONTON – Service Alberta Minister Stephanie McLean says the government is following the rules on how records are retained, but will work with the privacy commissioner on a probe into 800,000 d...
Nov 01, 2017
Ponoka RCMP investigate liquor store armed robbery
Ponoka RCMP are looking for public assistance in locating four suspects involved in an armed robbery. The incident took place Monday night just before 8 p.m. at the Ponoka Liquor Store on 54 Street. P...
Oct 31, 2017
Members of the legislature vote to keep daylight time
EDMONTON – Members of the legislature have officially voted to scrap a bill proposing the province ditch daylight time every spring and fall. The bill had been introduced by government backbench...
Oct 31, 2017
Ponoka's third annual Citizen Budget Survey results
PONOKA- The results of the third annual Citizen Budget Survey are in. The survey invited Town of Ponoka residents to offer input on the 2018 Town Budget. It asked residents what they feel the Town's b...
Oct 31, 2017
Grass fire ignited by discarded cigarette
BEISEKER- RCMP are calling on all smokers to keep their cigarette butts to themselves after yet another grass fire was ignited by a carelessly discarded cigarette. On Sunday afternoon, Beiseker RCMP r...
Oct 31, 2017