Category Archives: Alberta
Kenney calls Alberta sovereignty act idea backed by UCP leadership candidate 'nuts'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has so far declined to pick a favourite in the race to succeed him, but when asked to comment on a prominent platform plank of one of the leading candidates, re...
Aug 15, 2022
Alberta claims 61 medals at first week of Canada Summer Games
Albertan athletes are off to a successful start at the Canada Summer Games.The competition is being held in Niagara, Ontario, from August 6-21, 2022.After the conclusion of the first week of the Games...
Aug 15, 2022
Alzheimer’s Society contributing $5M for dementia research in Alberta
The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories is partnering with Campus Alberta Neuroscience to launch a funding competition for innovative research. Starting in September 2022, researche...
Aug 12, 2022
Part of Hwy 93 north of Lake Louise collapses into river
Crews spent much of the morning on Friday, August 12, 2022, getting traffic back into order after part of a highway collapsed.511 Alberta reports that there is a washout on Highway 93 near the North S...
Aug 12, 2022
Voting deadline looms in race to replace Jason Kenney as Alberta UCP leader, premier
It's deadline day to buy $10 Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) memberships to vote for the next leader and premier.The party is accepting drop-offs until 5:00 p.m. and online memberships until m...
Aug 12, 2022
Lethbridge gymnastics coach faces additional sexual assault charges
A gymnastics coach in Lethbridge previously charged by police faces new sexual assault charges.33-year-old Jamie Ellacott was initially charged by the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) with sexual assau...
Aug 11, 2022
Police say part of stolen ‘Cool Runnings’ bobsled has been found, returned to owner
CALGARY, AB - Calgary police say they have located part of a stolen bobsled that appeared in the 1993 movie "Cool Runnings" and returned it to its rightful owner.Police said in a social media post tha...
Aug 11, 2022
U of L researchers earn support to study viable solutions to mitigate Bovine Respiratory Disease
Researchers at the University of Lethbridge's Southern Alberta Genome Science Centre (SAGSC) and its bioinformatics core are working with scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to find ...
Aug 11, 2022
AMBER ALERT CANCELLED: Police say children located in South Dakota
UPDATE: Police say two children who were the subjects of an Amber Alert have been located safe in South Dakota. -- ORIGINAL (with identifying information now redacted) Saskatchewan RCMP say the safety...
Aug 09, 2022
Province moves to next step of developing 18 new rest areas
The Alberta Government is seeking proposals for the construction of commercial safety rest areas.This follows two years of gathering feedback, the province says, from municipalities and the trucking i...
Aug 09, 2022