Alberta

Teen recovering after Edmonton police shooting

EDMONTON- A teenager is in hospital recovering from injuries after being shot by police.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has taken over the investigation after the unnamed youth was ...

Feb 04, 2020

Report advises changes to Alberta Health Services, could save $2 billion per year

EDMONTON, AB - A benchmark review of health-care delivery in Alberta says the province needs to get better value for the money it spends.The report by Ernst and Young urges the province to make 57 cha...

Feb 03, 2020 AHS

New regulations for Alberta farmers and ranchers now in effect

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Farm Freedom and Safety Act (FFSA) is now in effect across Alberta.It was one of the United Conservative Party's big election campaign promises in 2019, as the party looked to ove...

Feb 03, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Risk management key as Alberta ag producers start 2020 behind the eight ball

After a difficult 2019, agriculture professionals in the province are asking producers to take risk management seriously with the 2020 growing season upcoming.Some of the sector's top minds, including...

Feb 03, 2020 (farmnewsNOW file photo)

Suspect dead after RCMP officer involved shooting in Lloydminster

LLOYDMINSTER- The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been called in to investigate an officer involved shooting that left a male suspect dead in Lloydminster, Alta.The RCMP say that when offic...

Feb 03, 2020

Trial to begin in Calgary for man charged in death of four-year-old daughter

CALGARY- A murder trial is scheduled to begin today for a man charged in the death of his young daughter.Police have said they were called in December of 2014 to a home in Calgary, where they found th...

Feb 03, 2020

'A roof over my head:' Tiny homes provide hope for homeless military veterans

CALGARY - Dirk Lemcke spent 8 1/2 years in a combat regiment with the United States military before he became a truck driver and a painter. He never expected to be homeless. Suffering f...

Feb 03, 2020

Premier Kenney heads to Montreal and Washington, D.C. to talk business and pipelines

EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney will travel to Montreal and Washington, D.C., this week.A statement from Kenney's office says the trip, which starts Monday and continues until next Sunday, will promote...

Feb 03, 2020

Alberta premier announces money for 76 new addiction treatment beds

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has announced funding for dozens of spaces at private addictions treatment facilities, saying that addressing addictions is a priority even as the province trims...

Feb 02, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jason Luan, local MLAs, and recovery advocates celebrate a historic investment in addiction treatment spaces. (Government of Alberta

'We want this to happen:' First Nation moves on own child welfare law

COWESSESS, Sask. - A Saskatchewan chief says his First Nation is not waiting on Ottawa to announce funding before the band works toward taking over its own child welfare. Cowessess First Nat...

Feb 02, 2020