Alberta

Appeal Court rules on anti-abortion protest at the University of Alberta

EDMONTON- A campus group that staged an anti-abortion protest at the University of Alberta that led to a counter-demonstration has lost an appeal over how the school handled the event, but won a secon...

Jan 07, 2020

Canada won't be sending civilian “volunteer firefighters” to Australia

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Australia is currently dealing with one of its worst wildfire seasons ever, but the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) says there are better ways that civilians can help ...

Jan 06, 2020 Bushfires in Australia. (Credit: Matthew Abbott / The New York Times)

Wetaskiwin RCMP trying to locate wanted man

RCMP are seeking public assistance to locate Ryan Jake Applegarth, 27, of the Samson First Nation. Applegarth is currently wanted on arrest warrants for charges stemming from different incidents. His ...

Jan 06, 2020 Ryan Jake Applegarth, 27, of Samson First Nation is wanted by RCMP. (Wetaskiwin RCMP)

Alberta NDP says $30M energy war room a cavalcade of errors, should be shut down

EDMONTON - The Opposition in Alberta says the government's $30-million energy war room has been such a cavalcade of flubs and mistakes that it should be shut down.NDP energy critic Irfan Sabir says th...

Jan 06, 2020 The second, and current, logo for the Canadian Energy Centre.

Parks Canada opens online campsite bookings this week

EDMONTON- Registrations for Jasper National Park campgrounds will open to the public starting on Tuesday, January 7 at 8 a.m.Reservations for backcountry camping in Jasper will open on January 22.Othe...

Jan 06, 2020

Deadly weekend in Calgary

CALGARY- Police warned the public that response times would be affected yesterday after three deaths in the span of just 12 hours.The homicide unit is investigating the death of a man who was stabbed ...

Jan 06, 2020

Fire damaged Edmonton hotel unfit for human habitation

EDMONTON- Alberta Health Services has declared a hotel in west Edmonton that was the home to 41 people unfit for human habitation.A fire at the Jasper Place Hotel last Monday caused an estimated $301,...

Jan 06, 2020

Pair wanted in connection to body found west of Calgary arrested in Edmonton

RCMP Major Crimes Unit has made two arrests in connection to a stolen vehicle and the death of a man who was found near Springbank Airport on Dec. 29. Police appealed to the public earlier this week f...

Josh Hall Jan 05, 2020

Police looking into homicide of 34-year-old in Wetaskiwin

The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating the death of a 34-year-old man in Wetaskiwin, and have deemed it a homicide.Members from Wetaskiwin detachment responded to a complaint of a deceased male a...

Jan 04, 2020

Calgary police investigate possible hate crime

CALGARY- Police in Calgary say they have charged a 28-year-old man in relation to an unprovoked assault that may be a hate crime.Investigators say the attack may also be linked to several other simila...

Jan 03, 2020