Alberta

A champion, again: Humphries wins 3rd women's bobsled title

Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. is a bobsled champion again, winning her third world title Saturday to put an emphatic cap on her comeback season. Humphries teamed with Lauren Gibbs to finish four runs ...

Feb 22, 2020

Albertans to lose coverage for out-of-country elective, non-urgent care

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced a healthcare change for Albertans who are traveling to other countries.Effective April 1, 2020, they will no longer be covered for elective, no...

Feb 20, 2020

Alberta ends master agreement with doctors, announces new pay structure

EDMONTON - The Alberta government, fresh off failed contract talks with doctors, is ending its long-standing master agreement with them and putting new rules in place April 1.Changes include new fee r...

Feb 20, 2020

Blockade on CN rail line in Edmonton removed, injunction granted

EDMONTON - A blockade set up on a Canadian National rail line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs was being dismantled - at least temporarily - Wednesday after...

Feb 19, 2020 Supporters of the Wet'suwet'en who are against the LNG pipeline, block a CN Rail line just west of Edmonton on Wednesday February 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Stolen trucks and snowmobiles recovered east of Olds

Charges have been laid after Mounties recovered three stolen trucks and two stolen snowmobiles from a rural residence east of Olds last Friday. A search warrant resulted in the seizure of two stolen F...

Feb 19, 2020

Mounties seize drugs, stolen property, weapons from Olds residence

Olds RCMP have charged three men and one woman in connection to a search warrant that turned up drugs, weapons and stolen property.Police executed the search at a home in Olds on Feb. 13 and found mul...

Feb 19, 2020

Input needed on auto insurance reform in Alberta

The Government of Alberta is asking for your thoughts on what the province's automobile insurance system should look like.They launched their review in the fall of 2019, which sought to address "press...

Feb 19, 2020 (Government of Alberta)

Province to appeal court ruling forcing oilsands project decision

CALGARY - The Alberta government says it will appeal a ruling that gives the province 10 days to make a decision on a bitumen recovery project in the oilsands.Prosper Petroleum Limited had asked a jud...

Feb 18, 2020

Supreme Court grants Alberta woman new trial in husband's shooting death

OTTAWA - An Alberta woman sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting her husband and setting her home on fire will get a new trial. Deborah Doonanco was found guilty in November 2016 of second-d...

Feb 18, 2020

WATCH: Province announces new K-12 education funding model

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it is changing the way it will fund kindergarten and grade schools starting this fall.The plan announced Tuesday by Education Minister Adriana LaGrange includes ...

Feb 18, 2020