Category Archives: Alberta

Serial Edmonton pedophile denied day parole
EDMONTON- Day parole has been denied to a serial pedophile convicted of abducting and sexually assaulting two young Edmonton girls.Danial Gratton, 55, pleaded guilty to separately abducting and sexual...
Oct 1, 2019

Jury selected in trial of Edmonton attack suspect
EDMONTON- Jurors have been selected for the trial of a man accused of trying to kill a police officer and of running down pedestrians two years ago in Edmonton.Constable Mike Chernyk was on duty outsi...
Oct 1, 2019

Calgary councillors unanimously oppose Bill 21 Quebec's religious symbols law
CALGARY- City council has unanimously passed a motion formally opposing Quebec's law that bans some public figures from wearing religious symbols and clothing, such as turbans or hijabs.Even before th...
Oct 1, 2019

Leduc Mountie charged with sexual assault
EDMONTON - A Leduc RCMP member has been charged following a Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigation.Const. Kelly Brown, 37, of the Leduc Detachment has been charged with one count of sexu...
Sep 30, 2019

Southern Alberta's snowy weekend
Environment Canada has lifted all of its snowfall watches and warnings for Alberta after a weekend storm blanketed much of the province in the white stuff.Meteorologist Kyle Fougere says a large chunk...
Sep 30, 2019

Plane crash near Camrose kills pilot
The Transportation Safety Board says one person is dead following a small airplane crash near Camrose.It says a team is investigating the crash that happened at about 4:45 p.m. mountain time on Friday...
Sep 29, 2019

'What a role model:' Paralyzed Bronco makes Adidas ad, hall of fame nominee list
AIRDRIE, Alta. - An ad shows a serious Ryan Straschnitzki taping up his hockey stick and pulling on an Adidas jersey before he slides away on an ice sled. "As a kid I always dreamed of ...
Sep 29, 2019 (File Photo/The Canadian Press)

Kenney says restraint coming, but not Klein-era budget cuts
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there will be spending restraint in the upcoming budget but it won't resemble the fiscal bloodletting of the early 1990s.The United Conservative leader, in...
Sep 27, 2019

Kenney defends oil curtailment program as maximum output inches higher
Alberta's United Conservative government is again easing oil production limits for producers, setting a maximum production quota of 3.81 million barrels per day for December, up 250,000 bpd from the o...
Sep 27, 2019

Edmonton police charge 60-year-old man accused of trying to lure 13-year-old girl
EDMONTON- Police have charged a 60-year-old man accused of twice trying to lure a 13-year-old girl into his vehicle.Investigators say they received a report earlier this month that a man had tried to ...
Sep 27, 2019