Alberta

Alberta finance minister hosting two telephone town halls on budget

EDMONTON- Finance minister Travis Toews will host two telephone town halls next week to take questions and advice from the public on his upcoming budget.Toews will dial in to speak to and hear from Al...

Oct 4, 2019

Edmonton medical clinic employee fined for health data breaches

EDMONTON- An office assistant has been fined for snooping into two people's health records while she was an employee at an Edmonton medical clinic.Glenda Garcia admitted that she looked at the data on...

Oct 4, 2019

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 4, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 2019