Alberta

'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)

Province hosting telephone town halls for Budget 2020

The Province is hosting two telephone town halls to get public input for Budget 2020. The two town hall conference calls will give Albertans an opportunity to ask questions, share their thoughts and i...

Jan 24, 2020

Firearms petition introduced in southern Alberta surpasses 100,000 signatures

CARDSTON, AB - More than 100,000 Canadians have expressed their opposition to a proposed ban on "military-style assault rifles".Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz created the e-2341 petition on...

Jan 24, 2020 Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz. (Supplied by GlenMotzMP.com)

Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts

A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites. "The...

Jan 24, 2020