Alberta

Scientist finds fossil evidence of sabre-toothed cat in southern Alberta

MEDICINE HAT - Scientists have found fossil evidence from the last ice age of a sabre-toothed cat in southern Alberta - the northern-most record of the predator.A study by the Royal Ontario Museum and...

Oct 04, 2019

$430 million Cavendish potato processing facility now officially open

LETHBRIDGE - As the clich goes, the official opening of the Cavendish plant in Lethbridge was no small potatoes. Premier Jason Kenney, Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen, Mayor Chris Spear...

Oct 03, 2019 (LethbridgeNewsNOW)

Alberta beefing up penalties for farm trespassers

GRANUM, AB - Premier Jason Kenney says legislation is coming this fall to crack down on protesters who trespass on farms and agricultural land.Kenney says free speech must be protected but not when pr...

Oct 03, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Doug Schweitzer, and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen announce new protections for farmers

Alberta justice minister pushes for changes after killer allowed more freedom

CALGARY - Alberta's justice minister says he'll be pushing for changes after a review board ruled a schizophrenic man who killed five young people in Calgary can be eased back into the community....

Oct 03, 2019

Workplace fatality in Airdrie under investigation

AIRDRIE- RCMP and Occupational Health and Safety are investigating a workplace death.On October 2, at approximately 2:28 p.m, RCMP responded to an incident in the 100 block of Windford Street in Airdr...

Oct 03, 2019

Fire and rain prompts disaster designations

EDMONTON- Wildfires and too much rain this year have prompted the UCP government to declare some official disasters.They include wildfires that damaged the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement, Lamont County...

Oct 03, 2019

New evidence leads to second stay in case against suspected Calgary gang leader

CALGARY- Charges against a suspected Calgary gang leader that include one count of first-degree murder in a 10-year-old homicide have been stayed for a second time.Nick Chan, 41, was first charged in ...

Oct 03, 2019

Crown opens arguments at trial of suspect in Edmonton officer stabbing

EDMONTON- A Crown prosecutor says a man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van wanted to kill them.Elizabeth Wheaton delivered an opening statement on ...

Oct 03, 2019

Province to review vaping regulations

The Alberta government is launching a review into the tobacco and smoking reduction act, with an aim on regulating vaping.With 25 per cent of high school students admitting to vaping in the last month...

Oct 02, 2019

Humboldt Broncos families upset by Alberta trucking regulation review

EDMONTON - Several families affected by the deadly Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash say they are upset by an Alberta review of trucking regulations. Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba ...

Oct 02, 2019