Category Archives: Alberta

Crop and cattle prices going strong in Alberta
Prices for canola, wheat and cattle, some of Alberta's staple agricultural exports, have been on the rise of late.ATB Financial points out that according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, ...
Jun 8, 2021

Independent MLAs say Kenney must step down
EDMONTON - Alberta's two independent MLAs want Jason Kenney to live up to his own standards and resign as party leader and Premier.Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes and Central Peace-Notley member ...
Jun 8, 2021

Bonnyville man fined over $269K, handed jail time for tax evasion
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says a man from Bonnyville has been fined nearly $300,000 and sentenced to jail time for tax evasion. On November 27, 2020, Clayton Kubbernus pleaded guilty in the Albe...
Jun 7, 2021

Estimated $117 million in total LOTTO MAX prizes Tuesday
The Western Canada Lottery Corporation says the estimated jackpot for the Tuesday, June 8 LOTTO MAX draw is $70 million.There will also be an estimated 47 MAXMILLIONS prizes of $1 million each - that'...
Jun 7, 2021

Missing Alberta swimmer found deceased
The search for a missing swimmer on the McLeod River northeast of Edson has sadly, ended tragically.On the evening of June 6, Edson RCMP's search for a missing 32-year-old male swimmer that had been s...
Jun 7, 2021

Kenney apologizes for Sky Palace dinner
Alberta's premier is apologizing for an outside dinner at the Sky Palace where public health measures were not consistently followed. Kenney says the government has to set a higher example in issuing ...
Jun 7, 2021

Kenney to introduce motion in legislature for equalization referendum question
Premier Jason Kenney will introduce a motion in the legislature today to put a referendum question on equalization on the ballot for the municipal elections this fall.Kenney says Albertans will be hea...
Jun 7, 2021

Man seriously injured after small plane crashes in eastern Alberta
HEINSBURG, ALBERTA, CANADA - Police say a man is recovering from serious injuries after a small plane crashed in eastern Alberta on Sunday evening.RCMP say the plane crashed near Heinsburg, Alta., whi...
Jun 7, 2021

Worker operating excavator killed at Syncrude mine site in northern Alberta
FORT MCMURRAY - Occupational Health and Safety says a Syncrude employee operating an excavator was killed Sunday at an oilsands mine in northern Alberta.Government spokeswoman Natasha McKenzie says it...
Jun 7, 2021

Three-wheel cycle rider killed in collision with pickup truck
EDMONTON - The RCMP say a person is dead after a three wheel cycle collided with a pickup truck Sunday evening just west of Edmonton.Police issued a release that says the incident occurred around 7;30...
Jun 7, 2021