Alberta

Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton

EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton. United Conservative Premier Jason Kenney announ...

Dec 3, 2019

Alberta RCMP pens parody, “Thieves’ Favourite Things,” for theft awareness

LETHBRIDGE- The holiday season brings joy and presents to many, and according to Alberta RCMP, a lot of theft.There were 130 mail thefts across the province in December 2018 and over 120 in January 20...

Dec 3, 2019

Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton

EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton.Premier Jason Kenney announced last month that t...

Dec 3, 2019

Premiers ask for more health funding, express hesitation on pharmacare

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Canada's provincial and territorial leaders agreed Monday to press the federal government for higher increases to health-care funding, but most expressed hesitation about a nationa...

Dec 2, 2019

Alberta legislature adjourns after body found on steps, police say 'non-criminal'

EDMONTON- Police in Edmonton are investigating a fatal shooting outside the legislature.The legislature adjourned for a few hours yesterday after a shooting on the front steps.Edmonton police say the ...

Dec 2, 2019 (file photo)

Student in critical condition after school bus crash in northern Alberta

SMOKY LAKE- The chairwoman of the Aspen View Public Schools board of trustees called yesterday's school bus crash ``the fear of every parent in rural Alberta who puts their child on a school bus each ...

Dec 2, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Edmonton man charged with second-degree murder

EDMONTON- A murder charge has been laid in a death in Edmonton last week.Police say the body of 22-year-old Douglas Crossman was discovered inside a west-end apartment building on Thursday when police...

Dec 2, 2019

NDP refutes claim the UCP is keeping its promises

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says the Opposition and union leaders are treating public sector cuts as though they are the arrival of the apocalypse.But Jason Kenney says his United Conservative governm...

Dec 1, 2019 Delegates vote during the UCP AGM this weekend in Calgary. (The Canadian Press/Dave Chidley)

Voters keeping pressure on Kenney, Moe, survey results suggest

OTTAWA - As provincial and territorial leaders prepare to gather, new survey results suggest two western premiers pushing Ottawa to help kickstart their economies face some uneasin...

Dec 1, 2019

Three arrests made after lengthy pursuit on the QEII

A litany of charges are pending against three people following a dangerous incident on the QEII Friday night.RCMP say around 7:40 in the evening of Nov. 29, Leduc members were called out to the Premiu...

Dec 1, 2019