Alberta

Avalanche Canada issues warning for mountains across southern B.C. and Alberta

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A special public avalanche warning has been issued for southern Alberta and B.C. going into the holiday season.The warning is intended for recreational users of backcountry and fron...

Dec 24, 2019

Father involved in Hinton Amber Alert charged

Cody Shane Armstrong, the 41-year-old father accused in relation to an Amber Alert last week, has been formally charged by RCMP.It was in the early morning hours of Friday, Dec. 20 when RCMP issued th...

Dec 23, 2019

Province giving more money to MADD and SADD ahead of Christmas

The Government of Alberta is boosting funding for work being done my Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD).MADD will receive $25,000 to cover the cost of expan...

Dec 22, 2019

Sixty-nine Canadians giving up holidays to help with Australian wildfires

TORONTO - Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states. The C...

Dec 22, 2019

Road conditions suspected factor in double fatal highway crash

REDWATER, Alta. - Two people have been killed in crash on a highway in Redwater, just northeast of Edmonton.RCMP say two vehicles collided on Highway 28 late Saturday afternoon and that the driver and...

Dec 22, 2019

'Wexit' should heed pitfalls faced by other separatist movements: experts

CALGARY - Recent secessionist movements in the world offer few encouraging examples to western Canadians who are miffed at the federal government and think they'd be better off living in a s...

Dec 22, 2019

'Intimidating:' Alberta's energy war room singles out climate campaigner

Steven Lee has spoken in hundreds of classrooms around the country about challenges for today's young people posed by everything from genetic engineering to artificial intelligence to climate cha...

Dec 21, 2019

Amber Alert cancelled for 14-month-old abducted near Hinton

BRULE, Alta. - There's a successful conclusion to an Amber Alert in Alberta. RCMP say a toddler has been found unharmed and his father is in custody, after an alert was issued early yesterday for a 14...

Josh Hall Dec 20, 2019

Charges laid in online cannabis money laundering scheme

EDMONTON- Staff at an Edmonton-based company are facing charges in relation to a multimillion-dollar money-laundering scheme involving unlicensed online cannabis dispensaries.RCMP allege the illegal d...

Dec 20, 2019

U.S. software giant checking on logo used by Alberta’s energy war room

EDMONTON- Alberta's energy war room says it is pulling and replacing its logo after learning that it was already being used by another company.The war room, officially known as the Canadian Energy Cen...

Dec 20, 2019