Alberta

Fort McMurray floods caused over $228-million in insured damages

FORT MCMURRAY, AB - The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reports that just over a quarter of a billion dollars in insurable damages this spring.An ice jam formed on the Athabasca River on April 26 nea...

Jun 1, 2020

The Weather Network's Summer 2020 forecast

OAKVILLE, ON,- After a sluggish spring, summer has burst onto the scene across much of Canada. Is the hot summer weather here to stay? To answer that question, The Weather Network has released its sum...

Jun 1, 2020

'It's unsettling:' Ranchers and feedlots worried about future impact of COVID-19

CREMONA, Alta. - A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming. Bird runs a cow-calf operation and had to shout to be heard&n...

Jun 1, 2020

Alberta reaches two COVID-19 milestones on Sunday

For the first time since March 30, Alberta has fewer than 600 active cases of COVID-19.The actual number is 584, with 38 people recovering in the past day.There were also 18 new cases confirmed since ...

May 31, 2020

Shots fired during High Prairie traffic stop, suspects in custody

High Prairie RCMP say all suspects have been brought into custody following an incident this morning where shots were fired during an attempted traffic stop.A spokesman with the High Prairie RCMP tell...

May 31, 2020

'Makes no sense:' Woman can't fathom why husband, uncle slain on hunting trip

Sarah Sansom didn't think she had any reason to worry when her husband and his uncle ventured into the woods to go moose hunting. Jacob Sansom, 39, and Maurice Cardinal, 57, were found shot ...

May 31, 2020

'Little orange dot:' Lone Alberta NDP MP says she offers different perspective

EDMONTON - Not long after she became a member of Parliament last fall, Heather McPherson was at an event with one of her favourite Olympians. She had just met former downhill ...

May 31, 2020

No new COVID-19 deaths in Alberta for consecutive days

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta is down to 604 on Saturday, 16 less than a day ago.Another 27 people have recovered for a total of 6,245, while the province has now confirmed 6,992 case...

May 30, 2020

Province shares where some previously announced mental health funding will go

The provincial government is announcing where some of the money from its $53 million Mental Health Action Plan promise in April will go.The Government of Alberta says it will put $21.6 million of that...

May 30, 2020

Deaths in central Alberta and Ontario appear to be linked

Police in Ontario and Alberta are investigating a pair of deaths that appear to be connected.On Tuesday, May 26, members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), as well as the local M...

May 29, 2020