Category Archives: Alberta

Province announces $154M for continuing care in Indigenous communities
The Government of Alberta announced Thursday it is investing $154 million under its Continuing Care Capital Program to help Indigenous communities.The program offers one-time grants to support the bui...
Aug 19, 2021

Day parole denied again for man who strangled wife, buried body in their Calgary home
BOWDEN, ALBERTA - A man who strangled his wife and cemented her body in a basement wall has again been denied day parole eight months before his statutory release from prison. Allan Shyback was convic...
Aug 19, 2021

STARS receives $1 million donation from Tourmaline Oil Corp.
STARS air ambulance says they will be receiving $1 million dollars from Tourmaline Oil Corp. The donation, which is pledged over a five-year term, is to help support missions flown from STARS' six Wes...
Aug 18, 2021

Arrest warrant out after suspect in attack on Muslim women no show in Edmonton court
EDMONTON - A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a man who failed to appear in court Wednesday on charges related to an attack on two Muslim women in an Edmonton parking lot. Richard Bradley Steven...
Aug 18, 2021

Women's world hockey championship revived in Calgary after pandemic hiatus
CALGARY - The puck drops Friday on a women's world hockey championship 859 days after the last one. Who's counting? American forward Kendall Coyne Schofield is, for one. "The pinnacle of women's hocke...
Aug 18, 2021

AHS files labour practice complaint against nurses union
Alberta Health Services has filed an unfair labour practice complaint with the Alberta Labour Relations Board, saying the nurses union is bargaining in bad faith.The government agency alleges the Unit...
Aug 18, 2021

ASIRT releases more details about deadly officer-involved shooting
EDITOR'S NOTE (Aug. 20): Edmonton Police and RCMP clarify that the death in Edmonton linked to this case occurred at 93 Street and 103 Avenue (not 111 Avenue as previously stated)--New details are eme...
Aug 16, 2021

'Keeping these people alive': A volunteer team works to reverse overdoses in Edmonton
EDMONTON - A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg. "You need to go to the hospital right now," Angie Staines says, as the ...
Aug 16, 2021

ASIRT investigating officer-involved shooting near Rocky Mountain House
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating an officer-involved shooting near Rocky Mountain House. Members of Rocky Mountain House RCMP are said to have responded at about 12:20 a.m. ...
Aug 15, 2021

ShelterBox preparing response in wake of devastating Haiti earthquake
Editor's note: Images in this story may be triggering. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the small Caribbean nation of Haiti Saturday morning (Aug. 14). The U.S. Geological Survey says to expect many ...
Aug 14, 2021 Dave Eby and Wayne Robinson with the ShelterBox Response Team offload ShelterBoxes in Port Au Prince on Jan. 18, 2010 (Mark Pearson)