Alberta

Rural Alberta plagued by post office thefts

Several communities across central Alberta have had their Canada Post office broken into this month. The list of communities that have been hit so far includes: - Delburne on Dec. 2- Sangudo and Wabam...

Dec 17, 2019 Clive post office (Google Maps)

Alberta man charged in abduction of three children fails to show up in court

GRANDE PRAIRIE - An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged following an Amber Alert involving three children earlier this year that ended with them being located near Sylvan Lake.D'artangan ...

Dec 17, 2019

IBD patients say they weren't consulted on forced switch to biosimilars

Crohn's and colitis patients currently on Remicade say they feel belittled by a lack of consultation leading up to the Alberta government's decision to switch patients to new medicine (biosimilars).He...

Dec 16, 2019

Government announces revised carbon-tax rebate amounts for four provinces

OTTAWA - The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces that have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal requirem...

Dec 16, 2019

Alberta liquor and cannabis stores now allowed to open on Christmas Day

The Government of Alberta and Alberta Gaming, Liquor Cannabis (AGLC) will now allow liquor and cannabis businesses to be open on Dec. 25. The province says this is another example of their commitment ...

Andrew Snook Dec 16, 2019

Jason Kenney heads to London

EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney heads to the UK today for a trip his office says will highlight the province's ``responsible energy sector'' and to counter what Kenney says is a campaign against invest...

Dec 16, 2019

Alberta, Ottawa head to province's Appeal Court over carbon tax dispute

EDMONTON - About a year ago, Alberta's United Conservative Party leader stood in front of 1,500 raucous supporters and called the federal carbon tax an act of "economic masochism" that he would f...

Dec 16, 2019

House fire in Glendale neighbourhood of Calgary results in one death

CALGARY - The Calgary Fire Department says a person has died in hospital after being pulled from a burning home in the city's Glendale neighbourhood.A release from the department says fire crews were ...

Dec 14, 2019

AHS reminds residents of food safety during the holiday season

You're at a party this holiday season; maybe you're the one hosting, maybe it's an office party or a gathering at someone else's home. There are all kinds of meats, seafood, cheese, nogs and toddies t...

Dec 14, 2019

Grizzly bears move north in High Arctic as climate change expands range

Some unlikely neighbours are moving in around the northernmost communities of the Northwest Territories, across the icy tundra of Canada's High Arctic. Inuvialuit hunters and trappers say grizzly bear...

Dec 14, 2019