Category Archives: Alberta

CALGARY- Last weekend’s Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer and more than 1,500 Riders raised $6.7 million for the Alberta Cancer Foundation. That brings the nine year total to over $66 million for ...

EDMONTON - A politician who has made a career championing taxpayers says he made mistakes when he wrongly billed the government for meals over a period of years. United Conservative Party member Derek...

An inmate at the P Skstw Centre in Maskwacis has died while in custody. At the time of his death on Saturday, Jessi Phillip Loyie was serving a sentence of five years, four months for possession of su...

LETHBRIDGE – A young boy allegedly abducted by his mother and taken out of the country three years ago is back in Canada. The four-year-old was returned to Lethbridge on Saturday and is in the c...

EDMONTON- A blue-green algae bloom advisory has been issued for a popular recreational area in central Alberta. Alberta Health Services is warning that the toxic blooms have been identified in Pigeon ...

LETHBRIDGE – A harm reduction agency in Lethbridge says it will reach out to surrounding businesses to listen to and address concerns, now that a site has been chosen for a supervised drug consu...

CALGARY- The former president and founder of the Wildrose party is running for the leadership of the United Conservative Party. Jeff Callaway wants to lead the new amalgamation of the Wildrose and the...

CANMORE – Alberta RCMP say a climber is dead following a fall from a mountain in the Rockies. RCMP say they were advised of a rescue mission Wednesday night after a climber fell on the “Mi...

LETHBRIDGE – **NOTE — This story has been up-dated to reflect the fact that the Crown requested, and was granted, a publication ban on the identity of the mother and child.** A new chapter...

EDMONTON – More than two-thirds of the 13,500 Albertans who responded to a government survey say the province should scrap Daylight Saving Time. Respondents were asked to weigh in on Bill 203 wh...