Alberta

Provincial funding for Alberta’s fish hatcheries

EDMONTON- The province is investing in Alberta's fish hatchery facilities to better support sustainable recreational fishing opportunities and a healthy aquatic environment.The province will replace t...

Jan 28, 2020 Minister Nixon learning how to spawn trout at the Raven Creek Brood Trout Station near Caroline.

Suspicious death in Edmonton under investigation

EDMONTON- A false report of a fire in an alley has led to the discovery of a man's body.Firefighters contacted police when they failed to find a fire after being called the scene Sunday night.Police c...

Jan 28, 2020

FORTISALBERTA launches power outage alerts

CALGARY- Have you ever been away from your home or business and need proactive communication about a power outage that takes place? FortisAlberta has released Power Outage Alerts for minimal impact to...

Jan 28, 2020

'Necessary' for Edmonton officers to shoot armed suspect in 2017: watchdog

EDMONTON - Alberta's police watchdog says three Edmonton officers used "necessary" force in the fatal shooting of an armed suspect in 2017.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says the 30-year-o...

Jan 27, 2020

Kenney wants Ottawa to approve Teck mine for benefit of First Nations

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to move swiftly to approve the Teck Frontier oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray. Jason Kenney says there is no reason to del...

Jan 27, 2020

Billboard pleas: Alberta man hopes sign will find him a kidney donor

CARBON, Alta. - The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads:...

Jan 27, 2020

Province may extend deadline for report on growing high-tech sector

EDMONTON - Alberta's economic development minister says she's open to extending the deadline for a looming benchmark panel report on growing the high-tech sector.But Tanya Fir but says she wants to st...

Jan 26, 2020

B.C. man dies from “firearms-related injury” east of Airdrie

Police are investigating after a man from B.C is dead after suffering a "firearms-related injury" east of Airdrie. It was on Thursday at around 3:00 p.m. when Beiseker RCMP received a complaint of a f...

Jan 25, 2020

Body found in burned out Wetaskiwin hotel, RCMP investigating

Wetaskiwin RCMP and the Major Crimes Unit are investigating after human remains were discovered in what was left of a local hotel that went up in flames earlier this month.Shortly before midnight on J...

Jan 25, 2020

Alberta municipalities seek power to collect property taxes owed by failed oil & gas companies

The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) is calling on the province to change legislation to allow local governments to collect property taxes from oil and gas properties when they fail.AUM...

Jan 25, 2020 AUMA president Barry Morishita (rdnewsNOW file photo)