Alberta

22 tornadoes in Alberta so far this year

With summer not yet over, Alberta has already seen its busiest tornado season in 20 years. Our province has had 22 confirmed touchdowns in 2019, according to Environment Canada, including two EF2 and ...

Aug 9, 2019 July 14 tornado near Crossfield (Photo: Kyle Brittain)

Taber corn crops wiped out by storm

BARNWELL, AB - Hail the size of golf balls this week wiped out nearly all crops at Molnar's Taber Corn, a farm that includes a lot more than just corn.Most significant among the losses, says owner Jam...

Aug 9, 2019 The damaged crops at Johnson Fresh Farms near Taber (Photo courtesy James Johnson)

List of accused up to seven in Edmonton woman's disappearance and death

LLOYDMINSTER- A seventh person has been charged in the death of an Edmonton woman who disappeared this past spring after travelling to North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to attend a funeral.RCMP say Niki...

Aug 9, 2019 Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere, 25, disappeared from North Battleford on May 1 while visiting for a funeral at the Thunderchild First Nation. Her remains were found near North Battleford in July. (Photo: RCMP)

Province seeks public feedback for AHS review

LETHBRIDGE- You can help to shape the future of Alberta Health Services.The United Conservative government has hired independent contractor Ernst and Young to complete "the first comprehensive review ...

Aug 9, 2019

Judge stays child porn case after police mistakenly name youth charged

EDMONTON- A judge has stayed charges in a child pornography case because police mistakenly released the name of a teen suspect.The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams, or ALERT, published a news re...

Aug 9, 2019

Hunt is on for classic car thief

STRATHMORE- A classic car owner has been reunited with his vintage 1961 Impala as a result of a joint investigation between the Strathmore RCMP and the Calgary Police Service Auto Theft Team. As a res...

Aug 9, 2019

Calgary basketball coach accused of sexually assaulting teenage boy

CALGARY- A Calgary man who police say had ties to a youth basketball initiative is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy he had coached and sponsored through the Keepers' Club International...

Aug 9, 2019

Boy killed, three injured in crash near Oyen

OYEN, Alta. - A boy is dead and four members of his family were sent to hospital after a semi-trailer truck slammed into the back of an SUV that was stopped on a southeastern Alberta highway by constr...

Aug 8, 2019

LOCATED: 14-year-old Kilie Saddleback

WETASKIWIN- Kilie Saddleback has been located and the RCMP is no longer seeking public assistance in relation to her whereabouts.

Aug 8, 2019

Two Drumheller Institution inmates charged for assault that killed third

Two inmates face charges after an assault left another inmate dead at the Drumheller Institution earlier this week.RCMP were called to the federal prison shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Sunday to a complai...

Aug 7, 2019