Category Archives: Alberta

A 26-year-old man is in hospital after being shot late Tuesday afternoon at Maskwacis. RCMP responded to a report of gunshots at about 5 p.m. at the Samson First Nation. Witnesses had taken the victim...

The Alberta government says a special out-of-province prosecutor will assist in a criminal fraud investigation into the United Conservative Party leadership race won by Jason Kenney before he became p...

EDMONTON- The Kenney government is being accused by the Opposition NDP of misleading the public about the province's finances.A quarterly fiscal report released last Friday shows the province's defici...

EDMONTON- Alberta Environment and Parks says one of two rehabilitated black bears released in a remote forest last month has been killed.Provincial officials say the 16-month-old male was shot after i...

CALGARY- Police are investigating a suspected targeted shooting that left two men in hospital.Investigators say the victims, who are in their 20s, were inside a home's attached garage when the shootin...

EDMONTON- Corporations in Alberta will pay less in taxes this summer with further decreases down the line.As of Canada Day, the province's "Job Creation Tax Cut" will lower rates from 12% to 11%. On J...

EDMONTON- Provincial fire officials say the massive Chuckegg Creek wildfire that's forced thousands of people to flee their communities over the past two months is now considered 60% held.The blaze is...

EDMONTON- It's been a deadly long weekend on Alberta's lakes and rivers.RCMP say a man in his 20s disappeared under the water at Lake Herbert in Banff National Park on Sunday when he fell off a paddle...

TORONTO - The federal government's carbon pricing scheme is constitutionally sound and has the critical purpose of fighting climate change, Ontario's top court ruled in a split decision on Friday.The ...

NISKU, Alta. - The federal government is announcing projects to help western workers and communities dependent on coal mining to become less reliant on the industry.Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet...