Alberta

Province investing $10 million to build two new addiction recovery centres in southern Alberta

STAND OFF, AB - Premier Jason Kenney announced Saturday morning that the province will invest $10 million to build two new addiction recovery communities in southern Alberta.An addiction recovery comm...

Jul 26, 2020

NHL players take assortment of creature comforts with them to hub cities

Coffee, pillows, musical instruments, golf clubs, family photos and a lot of video game gear accompany NHL players as they head into relative isolation. The 24 teams playing for th...

Jul 26, 2020

Canadian welterweight Jordan (Young Gun) Mein loses by decision in Bellator debut

UNCASAVILLE, Conn. - Canadian welterweight Jordan (Young Gun) Mein, back fighting after a two-year break, lost his Bellator debut by decision to Jason (The Ass-Kicking Machine) Jackson on Friday ...

Jul 25, 2020

Calgary's Turk the turkey presumed dead in apparent coyote attack

CALGARY - A Calgary turkey named Turk appears to have died. Avery Maxwell, one of the moderators for a Facebook paged called Loyal Followers of the Ramsay Turkey, says in a post to the group's 6,500 f...

Jul 24, 2020

Two charged in Maskwacis homicide

The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has arrested and charged two males in connection with the July 21 death of a 38-year-old man on the Samson Cree Nation.At 5:12 p.m. on July 21, Maskwacis RCMP were called to...

Jul 24, 2020

Town of Whitecourt forecasting budget deficit from COVID-19

An update on the financial impact of COVID-19 on the Town of Whitecourt' pocketbook was presented to council this week, and it forecasts a net financial deficit of $405,165 to the end of 2020. Accordi...

Jul 24, 2020

Notley questions Alberta's parks plan

EDMONTON- Alberta's Opposition leader is calling out the province's environment minister for hypocrisy because of his refusal to consult the public over sweeping plans to shrink the province's parks s...

Jul 24, 2020

Edmonton makes masks mandatory on public transit, at city facilities

EDMONTON- The City will require people to wear masks on public transit and at all city facilities starting August 1.Edmonton is the latest municipality to mandate masks to slow the spread of COVID-19....

Jul 24, 2020

Irresponsible human behaviour leads to young bear being euthanized in Waterton

WATERTON- Officials at Parks Canada are urging people to clean up after themselves and put their waste into garbage bins.On Friday, July 10, they received reports that a food-conditioned black bear bi...

Jul 24, 2020

Alberta updates COVID-19 numbers for July 23

Alberta is reporting 114 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. That brings the province's total number of cases to 9,975. The number of active cases in the province rose by 42 to 1,293.Another 70 Alberta...

Jul 23, 2020