Alberta

UPDATE: Privacy commissioner launches investigation into liquor store I.D. scanners

EDMONTON - Alberta's privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into a liquor retailer's decision to test ID-scanning technology at its stores. Edmonton-based Alcanna Ltd., which runs Liquor Dep...

Andrew Snook Jan 23, 2020

Summer 2019 hailstorms caused $181-million in insured damages

LETHBRIDGE- The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says the hailstorms in Western Canada last July and August was among the top weather events of the year when it comes to damages.Causing an estimated $...

Jan 23, 2020 A squash that was hit by hail on the Molnar's Taber Corn farm. Taken August 7, 2019. (Lethbridge News Now)

Former Alberta MLA goes on tax strike over unpaid oilpatch property levies

A former member of the Alberta legislature says he won't pay his provincial taxes until oilpatch players pay theirs.David Swann, who once led the Alberta Liberals, says his tax strike is in response t...

Jan 22, 2020

Alberta Energy Regulator laying off staff due to budget cuts

CALGARY- The agency responsible for approving and assessing energy development in Alberta is laying off staff as it deals with budget cuts.The Alberta Energy Regulator says it laid off "a couple of do...

Jan 22, 2020

No RCMP wrongdoing in fatal 2018 crash

EDMONTON- The agency that investigates serious police actions has concluded RCMP officers did not contribute to a rollover that killed a 16-year-old in August 2018.The Alberta Serious Incident Respons...

Jan 22, 2020

Tax evasion charges lead to fine, conditional sentence for Grande Prairie restaurant owner

GRANDE PRAIRIE- Tax charges have led to a heavy fine and a conditional sentence against a Grande Prairie restaurant owner.The Canada Revenue Agency says in a news release that Balasem Salame, the owne...

Jan 22, 2020

Premier Kenney says province may close or relocate some drug consumption sites

Premier Jason Kenney says it's possible Alberta could close or relocate some supervised drug consumption sites.The United Conservative government struck a panel last summer to look at the impact of th...

Jan 21, 2020

Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The agency has been considering ...

Jan 21, 2020

Cold snap helpful in the fight against mountain pine beetle

EDMONTON- Albertans may have survived last week's extreme cold, but experts are hoping mountain pine beetles did not.Temperatures in Jasper, Hinton and Sundre -- key battlegrounds in the fight against...

Jan 21, 2020

Alberta companies face charges after hydrogen sulphide leak

SPIRIT RIVER- Alberta's energy regulator has laid charges against three oil and gas companies after a release of poisonous hydrogen sulphide that affected human health.Five charges have been laid agai...

Jan 21, 2020