Alberta

Climber dies on Crowsnest Mountain

RCMP say a 31-year-old man has died while climbing alone on Crowsnest Mountain in southwestern Alberta.The Mounties say they were dispatched to an area known as "the chutes" on Saturday night followin...

Jan 14, 2021

Teachers call on province to reverse pension takeover

Alberta teachers are calling on the United Conservative government to reverse a decision about how their pensions are managed.Just before Christmas the government quietly signed an order giving the Al...

Jan 14, 2021

Many Alberta communities set all-time records for wind speed Wednesday

Many Albertans were left holding their hats Wednesday.A strong Alberta Clipper low pressure system raced across the province, bringing with it damaging wind gusts to much of the southern and central p...

Jan 14, 2021

Kenney kicks Pat Rehn out of UCP caucus after municipal complaints

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has kicked Lesser Slave Lake backbencher Pat Rehn out of the United Conservative caucus, saying the member of the legislature failed to represent his constituen...

Jan 14, 2021

Former Alberta mayor nears 600 songs recorded during pandemic

A former mayor of the northern Alberta town of Sexsmith has been taking to YouTube to sing away the COVID blues.It started as a small tribute to one of his favourite singers and now, Bob Rycroft has p...

Jan 13, 2021

Group concerned with potential gas developments in Milk River Natural Area

MILK RIVER, AB - An environmental protection group is speaking out as the Government of Alberta looks to auction off several pieces of land for petroleum-natural gas (PNG) development.The province pos...

Jan 13, 2021

Kenney says Alberta aims to offer COVID-19 vaccines to public by summer

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province hopes to start rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to the general public as early as this summer.He made the comments during a Facebook Live broadcast Tuesday ...

Jan 13, 2021

Report shows more doctors registered in Alberta last year than in 2019

Alberta lost 32 physicians over the last few months of 2020, but overall there were 172 more doctors registered in the province than in 2019.The numbers are in a year-end report posted Wednesday by th...

Jan 13, 2021

Alberta firefighters ask to be added to Phase 1A COVID vaccine list

LETHBRIDGE, AB - If paramedics are being added to the top priority list for COVID-19 vaccinations, the province's firefighters say they should be as well.Earlier this week, Premier Jason Kenney announ...

Jan 13, 2021

Alberta musician Corb Lund comes out against proposed coal mines in Rocky Mountains

An Alberta musician is coming out against proposed coal mines for the province's Rocky Mountains. Corb Lund, who has sung around the world about cowboy culture and rural life for decades, has released...

Jan 13, 2021