Alberta

Charges laid in fatal collision on Highway 9

OYEN, AB - A 37-year-old man is facing multiple charges following a fatal collision on Highway 9 last summer that killed an 11-year-old boy and injured members of his family.Lowell Nathan Dyck has bee...

Jan 29, 2020

Alberta panel suggests schools 'balance' lessons about climate change, oilsands

CALGARY - Alberta's education minister is endorsing a panel report that recommends school children learn all views about climate change along with the value of the province's oil and gas sector. Adria...

Jan 29, 2020

Calgary man found guilty of brutal 2017 sexual assault

CALGARY - A man has been convicted of the brutal sexual assault of a woman he met on an internet dating website.Vasilios Georgopoulos was found guilty Tuesday for the 2017 attack that lasted 11 hours ...

Jan 29, 2020

Cold Lake RCMP use of force justified

EDMONTON- The organization that reviews Alberta police has cleared Mounties of wrongdoing in the 2018 arrest of suspect who was mauled by a police dog while handcuffed.The Alberta Serious Incident Res...

Jan 29, 2020

Over 30 individuals facing charges after undercover investigation into illegal fish trafficking

EDMONTON- An undercover investigation into fish trafficking in Northern and Central Alberta has ended after two years with over 30 arrests..The investigation began in November 2017 after Fish and Wild...

Jan 29, 2020 Photo from the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Facebook

AISH, income support payment dates changing in March

EDMONTON- The provincial government has changed the date for when Albertans receiving Income Support of Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) will receive their monthly payments.Starting ...

Jan 29, 2020

RCMP searching for man charged with first-degree murder in Wetaskiwin

WETASKIWIN - RCMP in central Alberta say they are searching for a 27-year-old man charged with first-degree murder.Mounties say that Ryan Jake Applegarth is wanted in a homicide earlier this month in ...

Jan 28, 2020 Ryan Jake Applegarth

Lethbridge College campus evacuated over threat

LETHBRIDGE - Thousands of students and staff were evacuated from the Lethbridge College campus just before 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday.Inspector Jason Dobirstein with Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says an ...

Jan 28, 2020 Police on scene at Lethbridge College Tuesday afternoon(Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta's climate plan part of cabinet decision on new oilsands mine: Wilkinson

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says cabinet's decision on a massive new oilsands mine in Alberta will take into consideration what the province is doing to help Canada meet...

Jan 28, 2020

Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation launches

EDMONTON - A new first-of-its-kind Crown Corporation aims to help Indigenous groups in Alberta become the owners of resource projects.The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC) will alloc...

Jan 28, 2020 (Photo: Government of Alberta)