Alberta

Justice Minister on SCS issues in Lethbridge, what the future could hold

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Minister of Justice says Lethbridge needs continued investments and strategies to deal with the drug crisis, supervised consumption or not.LNN spoke to Doug Schweitzer follo...

Jul 18, 2020

Wildrose Independence Party picks interim leader

The newly-formed Wildrose Independence Party has selected Paul Hinman as its interim leader. Hinman served two terms as an Alberta MLA 2004-2008 and 2009-2012. He was leader of the Alberta Alliance an...

Jul 18, 2020

Alberta man charged for allegedly stealing identities to get hundreds of tax returns

CALGARY, AB - A man from Calgary faces numerous charges after allegedly committing wide-scale fraud.According to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Chun Zhu started gathering personal information from i...

Jul 17, 2020

Central zone with 92 active COVID-19 cases

For the second day in a row Alberta is reporting more than 100 new cases of COVID-19.The province reported 105 new cases on Friday to bring the overall total to 9,219.Recoveries are up 51 to 8,193. Ac...

Jul 17, 2020

Arrest warrant issued for Hinton man in connection to June 21 B&E

JULY 20 - Hinton RCMP have located and arrested Jakob Brian Martens. Hinton RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance. === Hinton RCMP are searching for one of two men charged this week...

Jul 17, 2020

Two men, teen charged in Calgary homicide

CALGARY- Two adults and a teen from Ottawa have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man in a south Calgary park earlier this week.Police officers were sent out on Tuesday after wit...

Jul 17, 2020

Story of Alberta doctors quitting is bargaining tactic: health minister

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says it's not true that doctors are quitting or withdrawing services in large numbers because of changes to fees and billing.Shandro says in a statemen...

Jul 17, 2020

Alberta changing access rules for continuing care facility visits

Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly hard on people in continuing care facilities and their families, and that changes are being made.As of July 2...

Jul 16, 2020

Alberta reports more than 100 new COVID-19 cases

Alberta's daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen above 100 for the first time in more than two months.Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported 120 new cases of the virus on Thursday. The last time the da...

Jul 16, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for July 16

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. You can watch th...

Jul 16, 2020