Alberta

Amber Alert ended 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

Olds College needs to beef up financial reporting process: Auditor General

Alberta's Auditor General says Olds College needs to improve its processes to sustain accurate and timely financial reporting to Albertans."Olds College has processes to prepare accurate financial sta...

Dec 19, 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 Ce...

Dec 19, 2019

Alberta strikes panel to review auto insurance, won't bring back rate cap

EDMONTON - Alberta has launched a review of auto insurance in the province to ensure that the industry can remain viable and drivers can get affordable coverage.Finance Minister Travis Toews says Albe...

Dec 18, 2019 (freeimages.com/Silvia McCabe)

Calgary police lay assault charge after disturbing online video

CALGARY- An assault charge has been laid after a livestreamed video that police say showed two young children being physically abused by their mother as they interrupted her online game-playing.The de...

Dec 18, 2019

Impaired charges pending against Spruce Grove school bus driver

SPRUCE GROVE- The RCMP says charges are pending against a school bus driver who was arrested for impaired driving outside a school in Spruce Grove.Police say staff called officers to the school Monday...

Dec 18, 2019

Rural Alberta plagued by post office thefts

Several communities across central Alberta have had their Canada Post office broken into this month. The list of communities that have been hit so far includes: - Delburne on Dec. 2- Sangudo and Wabam...

Dec 17, 2019 Clive post office (Google Maps)

Alberta man charged in abduction of three children fails to show up in court

GRANDE PRAIRIE - An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged following an Amber Alert involving three children earlier this year that ended with them being located near Sylvan Lake.D'artangan ...

Dec 17, 2019

IBD patients say they weren't consulted on forced switch to biosimilars

Crohn's and colitis patients currently on Remicade say they feel belittled by a lack of consultation leading up to the Alberta government's decision to switch patients to new medicine (biosimilars).He...

Dec 16, 2019

Government announces revised carbon-tax rebate amounts for four provinces

OTTAWA - The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces that have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal requirem...

Dec 16, 2019