Alberta

Alberta nurses file bargaining complaint over proposed 3% wage cut

EDMONTON- The union for Alberta nurses has filed a complaint with the provincial labour relations board over a proposed 3% wage cut.The United Nurses of Alberta says the directive from the government ...

Nov 01, 2019

Record breaking Alberta Lotto Max win

CALGARY- A 63-year-old Calgary man has claimed the largest Lotto Max jackpot in Alberta history -- $65-million.Tai Trinh says he is a regular buyer of a coffee and a Lotto Max ticket at the same Shell...

Nov 01, 2019

Province to double funding for drug treatment courts

EDMONTON- The UCP is doubling its funding for drug treatment courts so as to expand the alternative justice program across the province.Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer says the government is putting ...

Nov 01, 2019 Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, and Jason Luan, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, with organizational partners, participants and graduates of Alberta’s drug treatment courts, announced $20 million more to expand drug treatment courts.

Alberta adds $5 million to fight against mountain pine beetle

EDMONTON - Alberta is increasing what it spends to fight the mountain pine beetle in the province's forests.Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen says the amount is going up by $5 million to a total of $30...

Oct 31, 2019 (Associated Press)

Encana moves headquarters from Calgary to U.S., changes name to Ovintiv

Encana Corp., one of Canada's oldest and largest energy companies, is moving its corporate headquarters from Calgary to the United States to bolster its access to deep-pocketed investors.The company, ...

Oct 31, 2019

Alberta easing curtailment limits as long as operators ship more crude by rail

EDMONTON -The Alberta government will work with oil companies on a program that will allow them to produce more - as long as they agree to ship more of their crude by rail.Industry approached the gove...

Oct 31, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Alberta doctors say proposed new pay plan cynical and heavy-handed

EDMONTON- Alberta's doctors say proposed changes to their pay and practice rules are cynical and heavy-handed and will make future physicians think twice about working in the province.Dr. Christine Mo...

Oct 31, 2019

Former Calgary police officer guilty of criminal harassment

CALGARY- A former Calgary police detective has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a campaign of harassment against a mother during a bitter child custody dispute.Steve Walton ran ...

Oct 31, 2019

Charges laid after Edmonton police helicopter targeted by laser

EDMONTON- Charges have been laid against a man who allegedly pointed a laser beam at the Edmonton police helicopter.Police say Air 1 had two crew members aboard and was flying over the city's north en...

Oct 31, 2019

Fox Creek mother charged with abducting her children pleads guilty

An Alberta woman charged for abducting her own children has changed her mind and entered guilty pleas.Alberta Justice says that on Sept. 30 Charmaine Annette Darnel of Whitecourt admitted to charges o...

Oct 30, 2019