Category Archives: Alberta

Province projects $8.8 billion deficit in 2018-19 budget
EDMONTON, AB - Finance Minister Joe Ceci said the province's economy is showing signs of improving for the coming year. Ceci tabled the budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year in the legislature Thursday a...
Mar 22, 2018

Lethbridge youth acquitted of attempted murder, found guilty of aggravated sexual assault
LETHBRIDGE - A 20-year-old Lethbridge man has been found not guilty of attempted murder but convicted on multiple other counts - including aggravated sexual assault - following hearings and a trial th...
Mar 22, 2018

CBSA officers make record seizure of suspected cocaine at Carway port of entry
RAYMOND, AB - The Canada Border Services Agency and RCMP are celebrating a significant bust of suspected cocaine at the Carway port of entry last weekend. During a media conference Thursday morning, M...
Mar 22, 2018

Snowmobile chase results in involvement of multiple RCMP detachments
CHAMPION – A scene that could have been from the movies played out in Southern Alberta early Wednesday morning, involving multiple RCMP detachments, a canine unit and the Calgary Police Service ...
Mar 22, 2018

Semi hits train near Beiseker
BEISEKER- RCMP were called to a collision between a semi and a train yesterday morning on Highway 575 at approximately 11 a.m. The semi, which was loaded with grain, struck the train and caused a mino...
Mar 22, 2018

Former Alberta political candidate imprisoned for sexual touching
CALGARY – A man who once ran for the Alberta Party has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to internet luring and sexually touching a teenage girl. Terrence Lo, 48, entered the plea y...
Mar 22, 2018

Judge wants changes to how Peace Officers handle unstable people
CALGARY – A judge is recommending changes to how peace officers deal with mentally unstable people after the death of an officer in 2012. Judge Bruce Fraser oversaw a fatality inquiry into the d...
Mar 22, 2018

Lawsuit over RCMP gun seizure during 2013 Alberta flood abandoned
CALGARY – A proposed class-action lawsuit against the RCMP over the seizure of guns during the 2013 floods in southern Alberta has been abandoned due to lack of interest. The lawsuit was initial...
Mar 22, 2018

Alberta EMS system 'broken', says union leader
The head of the Union of Health Sciences Association of Alberta says government data proves Alberta does not have enough ambulances or paramedics. Mike Parker says the emergency medical services syste...
Mar 21, 2018

Saskatchewan's trade minister says no need to meet over licence plate dispute
REGINA- Saskatchewan’s minister of trade says there is no need to meet with Alberta officials to discuss a short-lived ban on Alberta licence plates on government construction projects. Jeremy H...
Mar 21, 2018