Alberta

Calgary school board rife with 'turmoil,' short-term thinking: report

CALGARY- An independent review has found the Calgary Board of Education focuses too much on protecting individual members and not enough on its long-term financial sustainability.Alberta Education Min...

May 22, 2020

Notley supports Kenney’s decision to delay release of ‘fair deal’ panel report

EDMONTON- Alberta's Opposition leader says it's a good idea for Premier Jason Kenney to delay releasing a report by his "fair deal'' panel.The NDP's Rachel Notley says it would be foolish for Kenney t...

May 22, 2020

WATCH: Alberta's COVID-19 update for May 21

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, will be speaking at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.She will provide the latest numbers with relation to COVID-19 in Alberta.As of Wednesday af...

May 21, 2020

Terry Fox Run going virtual for 2020

The spirit of Terry Fox is alive and well across Canada and around the world, and that's why the annual run won't be stopped by COVID-19.The Terry Fox Foundation has announced the first-ever virtual T...

May 21, 2020

Four in Medicine Hat charged with child exploitation offences

MEDICINE HAT, ALTA - Four Medicine Hat residents have been charged with child exploitation offences following arrests made by ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit."Sadly, our ICE unit has been inu...

May 21, 2020

Murder charge laid in stabbing of young Edmonton girl

EDMONTON- Police have charged a man in the killing of a seven-year-old girl.David Michael Moss, 34, faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Bella Rose Desrosiers.Police say Moss had bee...

May 21, 2020

LaGrange announces stimulus plan for school upkeep and renewal

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announced on Wednesday that capital funding for school divisions has been increased by $250 million in a bid to boost the economy, while also accelerating i...

May 20, 2020

Fewer than 1,000 active COVID-19 cases in Alberta

Alberta now has fewer than 1,000 active cases of COVID-19.The latest numbers released Wednesday afternoon by Alberta Health show there are 970 active cases in the province and 5,637 recoveries.Alberta...

May 20, 2020

Grande Prairie man facing firearms trafficking charges

Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) has arrested a Grande Prairie man who was allegedly involved in trafficking restricted handguns.Fifty-year-old Allan Salud was arrested by ALERT Grande P...

May 20, 2020

Group urges rehab for three Alberta grizzly cubs, upgrades to bear protection

BANFF - A group of scientists and animal advocates wants the Alberta government to rehabilitate three orphaned grizzly cubs rather than allow them to be sent to zoos.In an open letter to the governmen...

May 20, 2020