Category Archives: Alberta

Supervised consumption site to open at Edmonton's Royal Alex
EDMONTON – Another supervised drug consumption site is to open in Alberta next week as the province continues to fight a growing number of deaths from opioids such as fentanyl. The government sa...
Mar 27, 2018

Didsbury RCMP charge four people with conspiracy to commit murder
DIDSBURY- RCMP have executed a search warrant and laid a number of charges following an investigation into two assaults. The series of events started on March 14 when a male who was walking, was repea...
Mar 27, 2018

Lynx love is "not" in the air
GRANDE PRAIRIE- A catfight caught on tape has many people watching and listening in amazement. Amos Wiebe, the man behind the camera, was driving down a logging road last week near Grande Prairie when...
Mar 27, 2018

AHS reaches agreement with Health Sciences Association of Alberta
EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services (AHS) has ratified a three-year collective agreement with Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA). The agreement expires on March 31, 2020. It and sets out ter...
Mar 27, 2018

Mounties arrest four in Wetaskiwin crime spree
WETASKIWIN- On March 24, Wetaskiwin RCMP attended numerous calls involving a break and enter at the Royal Canadian Legion, mischief at Master Cell Tech, and a robbery at a home. At 3:07 a.m. police we...
Mar 27, 2018

New Federal - Provincial Ag partnership will invest $406 million in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE – Alberta’s agriculture sector should get a boost from a federal – provincial partnership to innovation, growth and sustainability. On Monday, federal agriculture minister...
Mar 26, 2018

David Swann calls for probe into doctors leaving Calgary's medical examiner's office
CALGARY- Alberta Liberal MLA David Swann is calling on Alberta Justice to find out why so many doctors are leaving the medical examiner’s office in Calgary. Swann says the office does critically...
Mar 26, 2018

Federal & Provincial Ag. Ministers visit ground zero of bovine TB outbreak
JENNER- The Osadczuk Cattle Company gave a tour on Sunday of their once quarantined ranch to Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Alberta Agriculture Minister, Oneil Carlier. A confirmed...
Mar 26, 2018

Suspect described as known property offender arrested in Alix
Stettler RCMP are thanking the public for the tips and timely reporting of suspicious activity this week that resulted in the arrest of a person Mounties describe as a known property offender. The ser...
Mar 24, 2018

No immediate windfall from cannabis revenue after legalization: Alberta premier
CALGARY - Alberta’s premier is warning that there will be no immediate tax windfall once recreational marijuana use becomes legal this year. For the first time, cannabis revenue is being factore...
Mar 23, 2018