Category Archives: Alberta
UCP leader Jason Kenney's first question period
EDMONTON – Premier Rachel Notley and Opposition Leader Jason Kenney exchanged smiles and finger waves in the legislature yesterday before letting the accusations fly in their first question peri...
Mar 13, 2018
Education minister reviews superintendent salaries
EDMONTON – Alberta’s education minister has begun a review of salaries paid to school superintendents. David Eggen says all districts must forward the employment contracts of their superin...
Mar 13, 2018
Man accused of killing mother faces preliminary hearing
A preliminary hearing has been ordered for a Central Alberta man accused of killing his mother. Scott Ermineskin, 25, was charged with manslaughter and indignity to human remains following a lengthy p...
Mar 12, 2018
Alberta commits extra $1B on incentives for more oil upgrading
Alberta is committing up to $1 billion to grow its downstream oil production. Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd says the money is to be used for loan guarantees, grants and royalty credits to spur mor...
Mar 12, 2018
Three charged following pair of complaints over the weekend in Wetaskiwin
Three males have court dates following an alleged break and enter at the Wetaskiwin Legion. RCMP say on March 10 at 7 a.m., suspects entered the Legion by breaking through the front glass. Later that ...
Mar 12, 2018
UPDATE: 18-year-old Isaiah Threefingers of Maskwacis found deceased
An 18-year-old boy missing from the Maskwacis area has been found deceased. RCMP say Isaiah Threefingers was last seen by family members in the Louis Bull area on March 3. Mounties responded to a repo...
Mar 12, 2018
Edmonton Institution female guards file multi-millon dollar lawsuit
EDMONTON - Four female guards at Edmonton Institution have filed a lawsuit alleging bullying, harassment and sexual assaults by other staff. The suit against the Correctional Service of Canada and the...
Mar 12, 2018
Vehicle hits and kills two people near Edmonton
EDMONTON- Two people were killed after they were struck by a vehicle while walking on a highway west of Edmonton. Stony Plain RCMP say the pair died early yesterday morning when they were hit along th...
Mar 12, 2018
Province investing $10 million to help RCMP fight rural crime
The Alberta government has announced plans to hire 39 new RCMP officers to combat rural crime. The province is providing $10 million for a series of initiatives to protect rural Albertans and their pr...
Mar 09, 2018
Elderly Bragg Creek woman seriously injured in sword attack
UPDATE [March 12] As a result of the RCMP investigation, 19-year-old Marshall Rath of Bragg Creek has been charged with one count of Aggravated Assault and with one count of being in possession of a w...
Mar 09, 2018