Alberta

Alberta asking arbitrators to cut public service pay by two per cent

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is seeking wage rollbacks as binding arbitration gets set to resume with more than 180,000 public sector workers. Finance Minister Travis Toews says the government wi...

Oct 29, 2019

Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation

EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...

Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Province increases student apprenticeship funding

EDMONTON- The Government of Alberta will triple the amount of annual funding to CAREERS: The Next Generation to more than $6 million a year by 2022-23, providing 6,000 students with paid internships a...

Oct 29, 2019 Registered Apprenticeship Program student Aurora Erickson demonstrates her welding skills following Premier Kenney’s announcement

Jury trial for pair accused in Calgary quadruple murder begins

CALGARY- A jury trial for two people in a quadruple homicide in Calgary has heard one of the victims was held for ransom and tortured before his death.Tewodros Kebede and Yu Chieh Liao, who also goes ...

Oct 29, 2019

Calgary woman found not guilty of human trafficking in sex slave case

CALGARY- A woman who was accused of holding a sex slave hostage in her downtown apartment for five days has been found not guilty of human trafficking and forcible confinement.Court of Queen's Bench J...

Oct 29, 2019

Alberta introduces bill affecting pay rules for doctors, public-sector workers

EDMONTON - Alberta is proposing new legislation that could affect where doctors work and how much they get paid as well as allow the government more freedom to bring in replacement workers for union j...

Oct 28, 2019

Large crowd braves chill weather to honour legacy of Logan Boulet

LETHBRIDGE - Saturday (Oct 26) was an overwhelming day for Toby and Bernadine Boulet, the parents of Logan Boulet. As Bernadine said, "I knew we had a few friends and family that were coming but, I am...

Oct 28, 2019 Crowd gathers at renaming of Logan Boulet arena -- LNN

Body found in Calgary apartment unit gutted by fire

CALGARY- The Calgary Fire Department says the body of a man was found in an apartment where a fire erupted early Sunday morning.Crews responded to the fire in a second storey unit of a building on Ran...

Oct 28, 2019

Albertans invited to share feedback on tobacco, smoking and vaping

EDMONTON- The province wants to hear feedback from Albertans on tobacco, smoking and vaping as part of a review of legislation that is currently underway."As promised, we are reviewing Alberta's Tobac...

Oct 28, 2019

Academic project succeeds in slowing motorists on Leduc stretch of QEII

Leduc RCMP have concluded a five-year analysis of collisions which occur in the six kilometre corridor of the QEII highway from one end of that city to the other.Analysis shows the collision rate was ...

Oct 26, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)