Alberta

No jail time for Cardston gun shop owner who pleaded guilty to firearms offences

LETHBRIDGE- The owner and president of K & D Implements Ltd. who pleaded guilty to four firearms related offences in September, has been handed a 13-month Conditional Sentence Order (CSO) and a $2...

Dec 11, 2019 Police Seize guns and ammunition from K & D Implements in 2017

Calgary teacher cuts can be averted, but provincial audit, review going ahead

CALGARY - The Alberta government is moving ahead with a financial audit and governance review of the Calgary Board of Education even though it appears hundreds of teacher layoffs can be averted.A spok...

Dec 11, 2019

Guns stolen from Bashaw sports store

Mounties are turning to the public for help in finding the men who stole firearms from a sporting goods store in Bashaw. The break-in happened during the 4 a.m. hour on Dec. 7 at Bashaw Sports.Accordi...

Dec 10, 2019 Suspect photos provided by RCMP

Teen seriously injured in Lethbridge swarming, 5 people charged

LETHBRIDGE- Five people in have been charged in what police say was the swarming of a 16-year-old boy who had made arrangements to meet with a young woman before he was attacked.The Lethbridge Police ...

Dec 10, 2019

Kenney aims for clear signs of federal action on two-day Ottawa trip

OTTAWA -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney set out a dire picture of the economic and social impact of federal policy on Alberta Monday as he embarked on a two-day political trade mission in the capital.T...

Dec 9, 2019 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney speaks to the Canadian Club of Ottawa, Monday December 9, 2019 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Body found in burnt-out vehicle near Coal Lake

Mounties in central Alberta are investigating after human remains were found inside a burnt-out vehicle. Wetaskiwin RCMP responded at 3 p.m. on Dec. 5, to a previous complaint of an abandoned vehicle ...

Dec 9, 2019

Man dead after lengthy standoff with RCMP at home near Calgary

COCHRANE, Alta. - A man in Alberta has died after an officer shot him following a lengthy standoff in a home northeast of Calgary.RCMP say in a news release that they were called to the residence in C...

Dec 7, 2019

'Kids will fall through the cracks:' Advocates critical of child-welfare changes

WINNIPEG - Advocates for children and First Nations say the federal government hasn't provided funding for or details about extensive child-welfare changes coming next month and they su...

Dec 7, 2019

Five deceased in house fire northwest of Edmonton

RCMP say two adults and three children have died in a house fire northwest of Edmonton.Emergency crews were called about the blaze in the hamlet of Rochfort Bridge near Mayerthorpe on Thursday afterno...

Dec 6, 2019

Kenney headed to Ottawa to push Trudeau for "fair deal for Alberta within Canada"

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and eight cabinet ministers are travelling to Ottawa next week to push for federal co-operation to grow the economy.Kenney says he will head into a meeting with Prime Mini...

Dec 6, 2019 (The Canadian Press)