Alberta

Lethbridge Conservative candidate denounces anti-Trudeau election signs

LETHBRIDGE - The city's candidate with the Conservative Party of Canada is decrying a series of signs that encourage people to vote for the Conservatives this month.Rachael Harder, who is the riding's...

Oct 10, 2019 An unofficial anti-Justin Trudeau election sign. (Supplied by Rachael Harder, MP on Facebook)

RCMP gears up for Operation Impact over Thanksgiving long weekend

EDMONTON- As many Albertans will be hitting the road this Thanksgiving long weekend, road users can expect more traffic on roads.Between October 11-14, RCMP officers will be patrolling roads across Al...

Oct 10, 2019

Calgary police charge two men after multiple swatting calls

CALGARY- Police have charged two men, aged 25 and 31, in relation to multiple swatting calls.Swatting is the reporting of false emergencies to get police, particularly SWAT teams, to respond to specif...

Oct 10, 2019

Province calls on Ottawa to reverse military health funding change

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro is calling on the federal government to reverse a decision that will see provinces pick up more of the cost of treating members of the military for med...

Oct 9, 2019 Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro

Alberta fires board of real estate regulator, cites paralyzing dysfunction

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is moving to fire the entire board that regulates the provincial real-estate industry on the grounds it is hopelessly dysfunctional and wracked by infighting.Service ...

Oct 9, 2019

Alberta's "energy war room" launching soon

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room is now on a legal footing and will soon be up and running.Energy Minister Sonya Savage told the legislature the war room is now incorporated and will be formally t...

Oct 9, 2019 (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Another early Autumn snowfall

CALGARY- An active cold front raced through a large area of Alberta late Monday and into Tuesday, prompting snowfall warnings and special weather statements. Police in Calgary responded to over 140 no...

Oct 9, 2019

Anti-abortion group takes Edmonton to court over refusing bridge light colours

EDMONTON- The Alberta March for Life Association is asking a judge to review a City of Edmonton decision to cancel lighting on the High Level Bridge in the group's requested colours.The pro-life assoc...

Oct 9, 2019

Man missing in Jasper National Park found dead

JASPER- The body of a man who went missing in Jasper National Park in August has been found.Zexin ``Joe'' Yue, 23, was last seen in the resort town on August 19.RCMP say there is no indication that hi...

Oct 9, 2019

Tour bus crash near Banff

BANFF- RCMP responded to a bus rollover on Highway 1, eastbound, east of the Mt. Norquay exit at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.The tour bus, carrying 24 people, including the driver and the tour guide, lost co...

Oct 9, 2019