Alberta

Summer prairie storms cause $900 million in insured losses

EDMONTON- The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the severe storms that hit Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba from July 13 to 15 and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan on July 30 caused over $130 million...

Sep 13, 2019 Lightning strikes during a summer 2019 storm looking east from Setters Place in Red Deer. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Northwestern Alberta Pipeline leaks 500,000 litres of produced salt water

GRANDE PRAIRIE- The AER is investigating the cause of a pipeline leak in the Grande Prairie area.Calgary-based NuVista Energy says a pipeline from a gas facility has been shut down after it leaked an ...

Sep 13, 2019

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