Alberta

Alberta youth advocate urges more support for young adults no longer in care

CALGARY - Alberta's child and youth advocate is urging better support for young adults who are no longer in government care.A report released today outlines the cases of six people between 20 and 22 w...

Nov 25, 2019 Del Graff (Jason Franson / The Canadian Press)

Alberta man charged in death of infant son, assault on another child

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. - Police say a 30-year old man has been charged with murder after the death of his baby boy in Fort Saskatchewan.Insp. Mike McCauley, detachment commander of the Fort Saskatch...

Nov 25, 2019

Alert Ready system test this Wednesday

This Wednesday, November 27, a public test message will be issued through Alert Ready, Canada's emergency alerting system, by most provincial and territorial emergency management organizations. Each p...

Nov 25, 2019

Northern Alberta crash kills two people

SLAVE LAKE- Two people -- a 23-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman -- have died in a crash between a sedan and an S-U-V in northern Alberta.RCMP say the two died at the scene northwest of Slave Lake ...

Nov 25, 2019

Alberta premier dismisses concerns over firing of election commissioner

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is dismissing concerns over a new law that fired the man who was investigating wrongdoing within the United Conservative Party. The legislat...

Nov 24, 2019

Red Tape Ministry struggling to keep up with submissions, says associate minister

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The ministry created to reduce red tape has been overwhelmed with thousands of requests and is "not moving as smoothly and efficiently" as first hoped.That's according to Grant Hunter...

Nov 24, 2019 (LethbridgeNewsNow)

Teen dies following crash in Fort Saskatchewan

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. - A 15-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a vehicle in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.RCMP say the crash happened at about 6 a.m. on Saturday.They say the teen was a pedestria...

Nov 24, 2019

Universities failing to protect athletes from abusive coaches, students say

VANCOUVER - Meredith Goldhawk has loved hockey since she was four. But she says since a coach at the University of Windsor harassed and bullied her, she can't even bring herself to play a pickup game ...

Nov 24, 2019

Police confirm five Lethbridge College students charged with sexual assault

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Staff Sgt. Robin Klassen has independently confirmed to LethbridgeNewsNow that five Lethbridge College students have been charged with sexual assault.Four of those w...

Nov 23, 2019 (LethbridgeNewsNow)

Metis Nation looks to join forces with other minorities on human rights issues

OTTAWA - As the temperature rises in debates about separatist sentiment in the West and legally enforced secularism in Quebec, minorities and Indigenous communities alike...

Nov 23, 2019