Alberta

Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton

EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton.Premier Jason Kenney announced last month that t...

Dec 03, 2019

Premiers ask for more health funding, express hesitation on pharmacare

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Canada's provincial and territorial leaders agreed Monday to press the federal government for higher increases to health-care funding, but most expressed hesitation about a nationa...

Dec 02, 2019

Alberta legislature adjourns after body found on steps, police say 'non-criminal'

EDMONTON- Police in Edmonton are investigating a fatal shooting outside the legislature.The legislature adjourned for a few hours yesterday after a shooting on the front steps.Edmonton police say the ...

Dec 02, 2019 (file photo)

Student in critical condition after school bus crash in northern Alberta

SMOKY LAKE- The chairwoman of the Aspen View Public Schools board of trustees called yesterday's school bus crash ``the fear of every parent in rural Alberta who puts their child on a school bus each ...

Dec 02, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Edmonton man charged with second-degree murder

EDMONTON- A murder charge has been laid in a death in Edmonton last week.Police say the body of 22-year-old Douglas Crossman was discovered inside a west-end apartment building on Thursday when police...

Dec 02, 2019

NDP refutes claim the UCP is keeping its promises

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says the Opposition and union leaders are treating public sector cuts as though they are the arrival of the apocalypse.But Jason Kenney says his United Conservative governm...

Dec 01, 2019 Delegates vote during the UCP AGM this weekend in Calgary. (The Canadian Press/Dave Chidley)

Voters keeping pressure on Kenney, Moe, survey results suggest

OTTAWA - As provincial and territorial leaders prepare to gather, new survey results suggest two western premiers pushing Ottawa to help kickstart their economies face some uneasin...

Dec 01, 2019

Three arrests made after lengthy pursuit on the QEII

A litany of charges are pending against three people following a dangerous incident on the QEII Friday night.RCMP say around 7:40 in the evening of Nov. 29, Leduc members were called out to the Premiu...

Dec 01, 2019

Alberta public sector union bracing for up to 5,900 government job cuts

EDMONTON - The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) says the government plans to cut up to 5,900 positions as part of its plan to balance the province's budget by the 2022-23 fiscal year.AUPE ...

Nov 30, 2019

AHS to roll out redesigned ambulances

Nearly 420 ambulances across the province are being replaced by Alberta Health Services (AHS). Mike Plato, EMS Associate Executive Director of Business Standards and Operations Support says this follo...

Nov 30, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)