Alberta

Suicide-prevention resources for Indigenous youth

CALGARY- The Alberta government is using comic books to help prevent suicide among Indigenous and Metis youth.Alberta has one of the highest provincial rates of youth suicide in Canada and the rate am...

Sep 11, 2019 (L to R) Elder Travis Plaited Hair, Jennifer Houle-Famakine, Minister Rebecca Schulz, MLA Peter Singh, Elder Gloria Laird, Mara Grundy and MLA Jeremy Nixon support the launch of new suicide prevention graphic novels for First Nations and Metis youth.

Province appeals Bill C-69

EDMONTON- The Kenney government has asked the province's Appeal Court to rule on whether Ottawa's new way of handling environmental assessments for major projects such as pipelines is constitutional.A...

Sep 11, 2019

Second man charged in Lethbridge hockey tournament assault

LETHBRIDGE- A second man has been charged in connection with an altercation at a youth hockey tournament over the weekend.On Sunday, video footage was captured of a referee being accosted by a group o...

Sep 11, 2019 A screenshot from the video captured by Dean Millard (@DuckMillard on Twitter)

Alberta group urges women to get more confident talking about politics

OTTAWA - A group with roots in the oil and gas industry is encouraging women to talk about politics this fall, even if they hold widely different views. The non-profit organization, called Canada Powe...

Sep 11, 2019

Doctors believe man who killed mom experienced cannabis-induced psychosis

EDMONTON- Court documents show that two doctors who assessed an Edmonton man after he killed his mother said they believed he was experiencing an acute cannabis-induced psychosis.Jason Glenn Dickout, ...

Sep 10, 2019 Edmonton Courthouse

One person dead, another injured after morning crash near Westlock

WESTLOCK, Alta. - A man has been killed in a head-on collision on a northern Alberta highway.RCMP at Westlock say a truck was headed south on Highway 44 shortly after 5 a.m. today when an oncoming nor...

Sep 9, 2019

Alberta's child advocate calls for changes to segregation, use of pepper spray at young offender centres

EDMONTON - Alberta's child advocate wants the province to decrease the use of segregation and pepper spray in young offender centres.Del Graff says in a report that Alberta needs legislation similar t...

Sep 9, 2019 Del Graff (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Charges laid following altercation at Lethbridge hockey tournament

Police in Lethbridge have charged a man after an altercation Sunday at a youth hockey tournament.Robert Farrell Creighton of Standoff, AB has been charged with one count of assault. The 55-year-old is...

Sep 9, 2019

Farm safety consultation reached thousands

EDMONTON- Albertans weren't shy about providing in-person and online feedback on the repeal and replacement of the failed 2015 Farm Bill - Bill 6.Provincial farmers and ranchers were given the opportu...

Sep 9, 2019

MISSING: Twyla Evans, 39, of Wetaskiwin

WETASKIWIN- RCMP are seeking the public's assistance to locate 39-year-old Twyla Evans. Twyla was last seen on September 6, between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. at her residence in Wetaskiwin. She was on her way...

Sep 9, 2019