Category Archives: Alberta

Alberta declares province-wide outbreak of syphilis
A rapid increase in syphilis cases has led Alberta's chief medical officer of health declare a provincial outbreak. Dr. Deena Hinshaw is also encouraging Albertans to get tested and protect themselves...
Jul 16, 2019

2019 Calgary Stampede attendance second-best ever
CALGARY- 1,275,465 people made their way to this year's Calgary Stampede over the last 10 days.According to official numbers, this was the second-highest attendance in Stampede history behind only the...
Jul 16, 2019

PETA takes to legislature to call for chuckwagons ban
EDMONTON - About 20 people, some wearing cardboard horseface masks, protested at the Alberta legislature against Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races.They held up signs urging the races be scrapped, stat...
Jul 16, 2019

Pair wanted for attempted murder in Whitecourt
Whitecourt RCMP say they are looking for a pair of suspects in what police are calling an attempted murder investigation.Warrants are out for 20-year-old Elvis Parker Mustooch of Alexis First Nation a...
Jul 15, 2019

Saskatchewan youth dies in Provost crash
RCMP are investigating the cause of a crash that killed a Saskatchewan youth in Provost over the weekend.On July 13 at approximately 2:00 a.m., Mounties responded to a single fatal collision on Highwa...
Jul 15, 2019

Trial begins for Alberta youth charged with shooting German tourist
CALGARY - A court has heard that a German tourist shot while driving on a highway west of Calgary last year had eight bullet fragments removed from his brain during surgery. A trial has begun for...
Jul 15, 2019

MISSING: 15 y/o Alicia Buffalo-Crane from Maskwacis
Maskwacis RCMP are asking for public assistance to locate 15-year-old Alicia Buffalo-Crane. She was last seen in Maskwacis on June 25 and is believed to be in the Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin or Edmonton are...
Jul 15, 2019 Alicia Buffalo-Crane

Tornado touches down near Crossfield
A tornado was spotted near Crossfield on Sunday afternoon prompting a Tornado Alert for Kneehill County. The alert was issued the tornado was first spotted at around 2:10 p.m. and was lifted at about ...
Jul 14, 2019 (Kyle Brittain, The Weather Network)

'They're home:' Hike to see Banff bison a spiritual journey for group of women
BANFF, Alta. - Marie-Eve Marchand and Tanealle Shade stand on a grassy knoll in Alberta's Banff National Park hoping to catch a glimpse of the bison herd. As they look at a small warden's cabin, ...
Jul 14, 2019

Trudeau visits Alberta pipeline site, says national unity is not under threat
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is dismissing claims by conservative politicians that national unity is under threat. The Liberal leader says conservative politicians are playi...
Jul 14, 2019