Alberta

Lethbridge police say notification of Phillips surveillance investigation was provided to justice minister

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Justice is confirming proper notification was provided in 2018 regarding the investigation of two Lethbridge police officers who were found to be involved in unauthorized surv...

Jul 16, 2020

Province pulling funding from Lethbridge's supervised consumption site

LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the busiest Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) in the world is losing its provincial government funding.The government of Alberta has halted funding to the Lethbridge SCS. The ...

Jul 16, 2020

Woman missing from Drayton Valley may be in B.C.

The search for a missing Drayton Valley woman has been expanded into B.C. Drayton Valley RCMP say Ashley Collins, also known by the name Ashley Fricke, went missing on June 16, in the middle of the ni...

Jul 16, 2020

Province boosts funding support for unemployed apprentices during training

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Eligible apprentices can now qualify to receive $1,500 from the Government of Alberta during their classroom instruction period.When the Apprentice Training Award (ATA) commenced in 2...

Jul 16, 2020

ASIRT investigates fatal cash in Edmonton

EDMONTON- Alberta's police watchdog is investigating a deadly crash that happened after a police pursuit in Edmonton.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says officers were attempting to pull ov...

Jul 16, 2020

Alberta escalates pay fight with doctors, asks regulatory college to intervene

EDMONTON- Health Minister Tyler Shandro is escalating his pay dispute with doctors, asking the College of Physician and Surgeons to make rules stopping doctors from withdrawing services en masse.Shand...

Jul 16, 2020

Premier’s former campaign manager gets senior post with Alberta Energy Regulator

EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney is dismissing accusations that the appointment of his former campaign manager to a senior post with the Alberta Energy Regulator is a patronage plum.Kenney says he wasn'...

Jul 16, 2020

Bertha armyworm infestations low in Central Alberta

Alberta Agriculture says infestations of Betha armyworms are low in all of the spots it is monitoring in the central part of the province.Anything from zero to 300 is considered "low," which means inf...

Jul 15, 2020

Nature Conservancy of Canada working to Keep the Beaver Hills Wild

Nature Conservancy of Canada working to Keep the Beaver Hills WildEDMONTON - The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) says it is showing major progress in its campaign to expand and connect the Beaver H...

Jul 15, 2020

U of Lethbridge researchers part of group to develop COVID-19 treatment

LETHBRIDGE, AB- University of Lethbridge researchers, in partnership with scientists at Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API), have received funding from MITACS to develop a drug to treat the SARS-C...

Jul 15, 2020