Alberta

Alberta adds private road test examiners

EDMONTON- Transportation Minister Rick McIver has announced plans to licence qualified people from outside of government to deliver road tests.McIver says the former NDP government rushed a government...

Sep 13, 2019

Premier Kenney responds to letter from Amnesty International

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has responded to an open letter from Amnesty International that criticized his government's aggressive approach in defending the oil and gas industry. Alex Neve, secretary...

Sep 12, 2019

Medicine Hat to abandon majority of gas wells through $90 million program

Medicine Hat, AB - The City of Medicine Hat will be spending $90 million over the next three years as it commences a program to abandon more than 2000 of its gas wells, officials announced on Wednesda...

Sep 12, 2019

Jason Kenney: MLAs encouraged to stump for Scheer on own time and dime

CALGARY- Premier Kenney is encouraging UCP legislature members to help oust Justin Trudeau's Liberals in the October 21 federal election.He commends those who have already gone to help out in swing ri...

Sep 12, 2019

Edmonton area Mountie charged with assault

STRATHCONA- RCMP say a veteran officer has been charged with assault.Police say the Strathcona detachment member was involved in a fight at his home while off-duty.Constable Matthew Howson, 35, is to ...

Sep 12, 2019

Province announces funding for 4,000 treatment spaces

The Alberta government says it's funding 4,000 addiction treatment beds and spaces, outpatient services and medically assisted detox spaces. It's part of the $140 million dollars for addiction and men...

Josh Hall Sep 11, 2019

Alberta investigating after medical examiner uses truck trailer for body storage

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is investigating after video surfaced showing a medical examiner's office using a truck trailer to store dead bodies and one corpse being roughly haule...

Sep 11, 2019

Man severely burned in Calgary fire pit explosion

CALGARY- A man is in critical condition after suffering burns from an apparent flare-up in a backyard fire pit.Emergency responders were called to a northeast home Tuesday evening after reports of an ...

Sep 11, 2019

Suicide-prevention resources for Indigenous youth

CALGARY- The Alberta government is using comic books to help prevent suicide among Indigenous and Metis youth.Alberta has one of the highest provincial rates of youth suicide in Canada and the rate am...

Sep 11, 2019 (L to R) Elder Travis Plaited Hair, Jennifer Houle-Famakine, Minister Rebecca Schulz, MLA Peter Singh, Elder Gloria Laird, Mara Grundy and MLA Jeremy Nixon support the launch of new suicide prevention graphic novels for First Nations and Metis youth.

Province appeals Bill C-69

EDMONTON- The Kenney government has asked the province's Appeal Court to rule on whether Ottawa's new way of handling environmental assessments for major projects such as pipelines is constitutional.A...

Sep 11, 2019