Alberta

Man accused in Lethbridge & Edmonton homicides arrested in Regina

LETHBRIDGE- Police in Regina have apprehended a man charged with two separate counts of second-degree murder.According to Edmonton Police Service (EPS), Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, was arrested at a re...

Mar 9, 2020 Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

'Wonderful little bird': Alberta man retrieves his first plane 48 years later

CREMONA, Alta. - Richard Reid never forgot his first love. Growing up on a farm near Cremona, Alta., about 80 kilometres northwest of Calgary, he was obsessed with airplanes as a kid and became&n...

Mar 9, 2020

Third and fourth presumptive cases of COVID-19 identified in Alberta

The province of Alberta has announced its third and fourth presumptive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).One case is a male in his sixties who lives in the Edmonton Zone of Alberta Health Services...

Mar 8, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)

Valuable haul of contraband seized at Drumheller Institution

Thanks to the vigilance of staff, a significant amount of contraband was seized at Drumheller Institution this week.Officials with the Correctional Service of Canada say the seizure took place at arou...

Mar 7, 2020 (Government of Canada)

Alberta chief medical officer provides COVID-19 update

Alberta's chief medical officer of health has confirmed the province's second presumptive case of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.The individual is a man in his 40s who lives in the Ed...

Mar 6, 2020

Three new judges appointed to Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

EDMONTON - Three new judges appointed to Alberta Court of Queen's Bench are all from Edmonton.Melanie Hayes-Richards, Nathan Whitling and Shaina Leonard have been named to the superior court.Hayes-Ric...

Mar 6, 2020

Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Kenney

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023....

Mar 6, 2020

Kenney says he agrees with survey urging end to daylight time

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says a large majority of Albertans recently surveyed want to end daylight time and he's in favour of it.About 90 per cent of 141,000 survey respondents said they wanted...

Mar 6, 2020

Alberta reports first presumptive case of novel coronavirus

Alberta's chief medical officer of health has confirmed the province's first presumptive case of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.The individual is a woman in her fifties who lives in t...

Mar 5, 2020 The Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco Feb. 11, 2020. A Calgary area woman believed to have contracted novel coronavirus was aboard the ship and is now recovering at home. (Scott Strazzante/The Associated Press/San Francisco Chronicle)

WATCH: Province releases report on supervised consumption services in Alberta

CALGARY - A report says the social impacts of supervised drug consumption sites in Alberta include increased needle debris and a growing risk to public safety in surrounding neighbourhoods.Associate h...

Mar 5, 2020