Alberta

Alberta to build five "recovery communities" for mental health and addictions

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced the next step in their plan to address issues surrounding mental health and addictions.An investment of $25-million will support the creation of ...

Jul 15, 2020

Target of Lethbridge police surveillance stunned at revelations

BANFF - A well-known conservationist who met with an Alberta cabinet minister at a diner says he's stunned two police officers did unauthorized surveillance before one followed his vehicle.Harvey Lock...

Jul 15, 2020

Feds urged to do own review of proposed Alberta coal mine expansion

OTTAWA - A lawyer at the centre of a lobbying effort to stop a coal mine from expanding in Alberta says the federal government's refusal to do its own environmental review of the project is ...

Jul 15, 2020

Calgary murder suspect arrested in B.C.

CALGARY- A 58-year-old man from B.C. has been arrested in a killing in Calgary last year.Police say 66-year-old Harry Vincent Jones died in an altercation at a hotel in March of of 2019 in what they b...

Jul 15, 2020

Body of suspect in Edmonton woman's death found dead in B.C.

SICAMOUS B.C.- RCMP says officers from Sicamous have located the body of a man near a suspect vehicle in the suspicious death of a woman in Edmonton.Police say an officer spotted the vehicle shortly a...

Jul 14, 2020

Body found in creek near Edson

EDSON- RCMP say a man who allegedly fled officers during a vehicle stop late last month has been found dead in a creek, just downstream from where they say he'd crashed.Mounties say officers attempted...

Jul 14, 2020

CHAT NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Lethbridge police officers temporarily demoted in connection with surveillance of NDP cabinet minister

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two veteran Lethbridge police officers have been demoted over unauthorized surveillance of former Alberta environment minister Shannon Phillips and people she met with over a controve...

Jul 14, 2020

Father and son rescued from central Alberta lake

Alberta RCMP are crediting several partner agencies that worked together over the weekend in helping rescue a father and his nine-year-old son left stranded on a lake southeast of Edmonton The man and...

Jul 13, 2020

Stage 3 of relaunch on the horizon if Albertans keep doing their part

Alberta recorded 54, 96 and 80 new cases of COVID-19 daily from July 10-12.There are 676 active cases, up 84 since Friday. There are currently 35 active cases in Central Zone and nine in Red Deer. The...

Jul 13, 2020

Alberta opens organ and tissue registry to Northwest Territories

Alberta is expanding its organ and tissue registry to residents of the Northwest Territories.In a release, the Government of Alberta notes that due to low population density and medical availability i...

Jul 13, 2020