Alberta

Murder investigation underway into Edmonton woman's disappearance

NORTH BATTLEFORD- RCMP in Saskatchewan who have been investigating the disappearance of an Edmonton woman now say foul play is involved, and they're treating the case as a homicide.Police had said las...

Jun 11, 2019

Cash for class; UCP promises to fund fall school enrolment growth

EDMONTON- The provincial government is fully funding new students going into grade school classrooms this fall.Finance Minister Travis Toews made the announcement yesterday in response to Opposition q...

Jun 11, 2019

RCMP officer charged with assault

SLAVE LAKE- An RCMP officer is accused of beating up a man while he was under arrest at the Slave Lake detachment in September 2017.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says the Mountie had take...

Jun 11, 2019

Southwest Alberta ranch signs Nature Conservancy of Canada agreement

CALGARY - On World Environment Day (June 5), the owners of Hansen Ranch, just east of Waterton Lakes National Park, made a commitment with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to conserve its land a...

Jun 10, 2019 Hansen Ranch -Nature Conservancy of Canada -Photo credit Brent Calver

RCMP detachments in southern, central Alberta unite to arrest three near Olds

A lengthy police pursuit on June 1 eventually led to the arrests of three people near Olds.The incident began in the morning when Chestermere RCMP attempted a traffic stop on Hwy 9, but the suspect tr...

Jun 09, 2019

'Climate change in action:' Scientist says fires in Alberta linked to climate change

albertaEDMONTON - In May 2016, a wildfire near Fort McMurray forced more than 80,000 people to flee the northern Alberta city, destroyed 2,400 buildings and burned nearly 6,000 square kilometres of fo...

Jun 09, 2019

Drugs, guns, body armour seized from Peace River property

Seven people have been arrested, and 176 charges laid after ALERT and Peace River RCMP seized a dozen firearms, body armour and $200,000 worth of drugs.At the end of May, a search warrant was executed...

Jun 08, 2019 (ALERT)

Kenney promises constitutional challenge if Bill C-48 is passed

EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney says he is deeply disappointed the Senate has voted not to kill the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic in the environmentally sensitive waters off north...

Jun 07, 2019

Filibustered minimum wage cut bill passes second reading

EDMONTON- The marathon debate over the Kenney government's plan to cut the minimum wage for young people and change rules on calculating overtime pay is over, at least for now.The legislature has pass...

Jun 07, 2019

Premiers Kenney, Moe to work together on rig rules

WEYBURN, Sask.- The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are pledging to harmonize regulations governing the movement of oil and gas rigs in the two provinces.Jason Kenney and Scott Moe have signed a ...

Jun 06, 2019 Jason Kenney and Scott Moe