Category Archives: Alberta
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...
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
Edmonton man sentenced in road-rage attack
EDMONTON- An Edmonton man sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for breaking a woman's arms with a crowbar in a road-rage attack won't be going to jail for now.Jared Eliasson is seeking a mistrial and wa...
Dec 20, 2019
No Stork required, Red Arrow Motorcoach now handles baby deliveries
LETHBRIDGE- When it comes to customer service, Red Arrow Motorcoach leads the way. However, the company admits they've never had an employee take it to the level that was required in late November.Aft...
Dec 20, 2019 Baby Darius -- Courtesy of Red Arrow website