Category Archives: Alberta
Grizzly that killed two in Banff National Park was old, had bad teeth: Parks Canada
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada says a grizzly bear that killed a couple and their dog in Banff National Park on the weekend was old, underweight and had bad teeth. Two people were attacked and killed by ...
Oct 03, 2023
Alberta mountain town loses appeal on order by tribunal to allow major developments
CALGARY - Alberta's highest court has dismissed an appeal by a popular mountain community to reverse a decision by a provincial tribunal ordering it to allow two major developments that would almost d...
Oct 03, 2023
Direct Energy Regulated Services announces electricity rates for October
Direct Energy Regulated Services has announced the default electric rates for October.Residential customers in the ATCO Electric service territory will be charged 20.484 cents per Kilowatt in October,...
Oct 03, 2023
First steps to reform Alberta Health Services potentially coming this fall
EDMONTON, AB - Premier Danielle Smith says the first steps are coming this fall to reconfigure Alberta's health delivery system - a plan the Opposition calls a recipe for more chaos from a government ...
Oct 03, 2023
Pat King asks to move trial out of Ottawa, claims more notoriety than Randy Hillier
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King has asked the court once again to move his criminal trial out of Ottawa, even though others who were charged during the demonstration have been denied simi...
Oct 03, 2023
Couple killed by bear in Banff National Park experienced in outdoors: family friend
BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA - A bear expert who's a family friend of one of two people killed by a grizzly bear in Banff National Park says the couple was experienced in the outdoors and could have b...
Oct 02, 2023
Imperial, Alberta regulator knew for years about tailings seepage at mine: documents
EDMONTON - Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated f...
Oct 02, 2023
Speeder caught going extremely fast in Sturgeon County
RCMP say they nabbed a speeder on Sept. 28 allegedly going 197 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.It was about 6:15 p.m. when a member of Fort Saskatchewan RCMP observed a Toyota GR86 -- a sports car -- travelli...
Oct 01, 2023
Two killed in bear attack at Banff National Park, grizzly euthanized: Parks Canada
Parks Canada says a bear attack in Alberta's Banff National Park has left two people dead. Banff field unit external relations manager Natalie Fay says the agency received an alert from a GPS device o...
Sep 30, 2023
Province unveils Kihciy Maskikiy/Aakaakmotaani on Legislature grounds
On the grounds of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, the city also known as amiskwacwskahikan, a new garden now grows.The garden, the province says, is meant to be a place to reflect, seek guidance ...
Sep 30, 2023