Alberta

Calgary police charge two men after multiple swatting calls

CALGARY- Police have charged two men, aged 25 and 31, in relation to multiple swatting calls.Swatting is the reporting of false emergencies to get police, particularly SWAT teams, to respond to specif...

Oct 10, 2019

Province calls on Ottawa to reverse military health funding change

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro is calling on the federal government to reverse a decision that will see provinces pick up more of the cost of treating members of the military for med...

Oct 09, 2019 Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro

Alberta fires board of real estate regulator, cites paralyzing dysfunction

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is moving to fire the entire board that regulates the provincial real-estate industry on the grounds it is hopelessly dysfunctional and wracked by infighting.Service ...

Oct 09, 2019

Alberta's "energy war room" launching soon

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room is now on a legal footing and will soon be up and running.Energy Minister Sonya Savage told the legislature the war room is now incorporated and will be formally t...

Oct 09, 2019 (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Another early Autumn snowfall

CALGARY- An active cold front raced through a large area of Alberta late Monday and into Tuesday, prompting snowfall warnings and special weather statements. Police in Calgary responded to over 140 no...

Oct 09, 2019

Anti-abortion group takes Edmonton to court over refusing bridge light colours

EDMONTON- The Alberta March for Life Association is asking a judge to review a City of Edmonton decision to cancel lighting on the High Level Bridge in the group's requested colours.The pro-life assoc...

Oct 09, 2019

Man missing in Jasper National Park found dead

JASPER- The body of a man who went missing in Jasper National Park in August has been found.Zexin ``Joe'' Yue, 23, was last seen in the resort town on August 19.RCMP say there is no indication that hi...

Oct 09, 2019

Tour bus crash near Banff

BANFF- RCMP responded to a bus rollover on Highway 1, eastbound, east of the Mt. Norquay exit at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.The tour bus, carrying 24 people, including the driver and the tour guide, lost co...

Oct 09, 2019

Southern Alberta man files counterclaim against intruder he shot in 2018

CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who is being sued by an intruder he shot on his property last year has filed a counterclaim alleging mental anguish. Court documents filed on behalf of Edouard Ma...

Oct 08, 2019

Kenney, Notley trade barbs on economy, budget as legislature resumes

EDMONTON - Alberta politicians began sharpening their attack lines for the upcoming budget as the fall sitting of the legislature resumed today.NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley told Premier Jason K...

Oct 08, 2019