Alberta

Appeal of Calgary triple murderer Douglas Garland dismissed by Alberta court

WARNING: This story contains graphic content that some readers might find disturbing. Discretion is advised. Alberta's top court has dismissed the appeal filed by a man found guilty of killing a Calga...

Dec 6, 2019

Feds approve Alberta's carbon tax on big industrial emitters

OTTAWA - The federal government is giving the Alberta government a passing grade for its industrial carbon tax.Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says today his department agrees Alberta's planne...

Dec 6, 2019

Closing arguments heard in Calgary quadruple murder trial

CALGAR - Defence lawyers for a pair accused in a Calgary quadruple killing say the Crown has not proven its case.The remains of Hanock Afowerk were found at the side of a rural highway in July 2017.Th...

Dec 6, 2019

Legislature fall sitting ends with cross-party fight over room booking

EDMONTON- The fall sitting of the Alberta legislature has wrapped up, delivering 16 bills while serving up acrimony, controversy and a dash of pettiness.The last day came with both sides accusing each...

Dec 6, 2019

Supreme Court will not hear Travis Vader's appeal

OTTAWA- The case of an Alberta man convicted of killing two Edmonton-area seniors will not be argued before Canada's highest court.The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Travis Vader, wh...

Dec 6, 2019 Travis Vader

Olds area RCMP make stolen property arrests

OLDS- During the evening of December 3, members of the Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit located a man driving a vehicle with a stolen licence plate. Team members arrested 45-year-old Cha...

Dec 6, 2019

Maskwacis RCMP arrest wanted man, weapons seized

MASKWACIS- A 28-year-old man has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, resisting a peace officer and other related charges following a difficul...

Dec 6, 2019

Southern Alberta woman banned for life from owning dogs

LETHBRIDGE, AB - She is never allowed to own a dog in the province of Alberta againHowever, 59-year-old April Dawn Irving was not present to hear those words spoken by Judge Derek Redman in Lethbridge...

Dec 5, 2019 April Irving

It's official: Calgary signs deal with Flames and Stampede for new arena

CALGARY - A deal to build a new arena in downtown Calgary is official after definitive agreements were signed between the city, the Calgary Flames hockey organization and the Calgary Stampede. Th...

Dec 5, 2019

Investigator's hunch helps identify missing Calgary man

CALGARY- Police say human remains found in northern Alberta last fall have been identified as those of a Calgary man who disappeared under suspicious circumstances more than four years ago.Bradley Sha...

Dec 5, 2019 Model render of Bradley Shaw (Slave Lake RCMP)