Category Archives: Alberta
UCP leader Jason Kenney calls abortion clinic legislation political game-playing
EDMONTON- United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney says proposed legislation creating safe zones around abortion clinics is political game-playing by the NDP government. He says he will abstain w...
Apr 10, 2018
Alberta proposes do-it-yourself beer, wine outlets and adds rules to cannabis
EDMONTON – Alberta is making changes to help do-it-yourself brewers and wine makers, along with laying out more rules underpinning the pending legalization of cannabis. The changes are in a bill...
Apr 9, 2018
Premier Notley vows Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will be built
EDMONTON- Premier Notley says Kinder Morgan’s deadline on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is a rebuke to the actions of the British Columbia government. The company announced yesterday it ...
Apr 9, 2018
Broncos player from Lethbridge signed donor card just weeks ago
A Humboldt Broncos player from Lethbridge could help as many as six lives after recently signing his organ donor card. According to a family statement shared Saturday, Logan Boulet was being kept on l...
Apr 8, 2018
Four charged in Wetaskiwin stolen property seizure
A tip that a stolen laptop was in the process of being sold led to four people being arrested last month in Wetaskiwin. It happened on March 28 when Westaskiwin RCMP were informed Beaumont Mounties we...
Apr 6, 2018
Edmonton man sentenced for 2014 murder of estranged wife
EDMONTON – An Edmonton man the Crown wanted jailed for at least 21 years for second-degree murder has instead been ordered to spend at least 13 years behind bars before parole eligibility. Gilbe...
Apr 6, 2018
Province looks to give local food industry a boost
EDMONTON- The Notley government has introduced new legislation it hopes will boost the local food industry. The Supporting Alberta’s Local Food Sector Act would see the establishment of a Local ...
Apr 6, 2018
Local schools part of court challenge against Alberta's GSA bill
A group of Alberta schools and parents has filed a court challenge against the province's bill to support gay-straight alliances (GSAs). An application filed Thursday by the Calgary-based Justice Cent...
Apr 5, 2018
Calgary police recover stolen Edmonton guitars
CALGARY- Thanks to staff at a Calgary pawn shop, police have recovered four of the five guitars belonging to the Rock and Roll Society of Edmonton after a suspect tried to pawn them. The guitars were ...
Apr 5, 2018
Redwater man's death ruled a homicide
REDWATER- RCMP and the Major Crimes Unit (MCU) are investigating the death of a 25-year old Redwater man as a homicide after an autopsy this morning at the Medical Examiner’s officer in Edmonton...
Apr 5, 2018