Category Archives: Alberta
More residents put on alert as northern Alberta wildfires burn on
GRANDE PRAIRIE - Another 12,000 residents in Mackenzie County have been placed on evacuation alert due to wildfires in the province's North Peace region.In a news release put out Saturday night, the p...
Jun 02, 2019 (Photo: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry)
Amber Alert cancelled after three kids and mom found near Sylvan Lake
An Amber Alert for three kids believed to have been abducted from their home in Fox Creek was cancelled Saturday morning after police discovered the trio and their mother near Sylvan Lake. Alberta RCM...
Jun 01, 2019
'You killed me too:' Mother of slain Calgary Stampeder addresses killer in court
CALGARY - The mother of a Calgary Stampeders football player told a sentencing hearing Thursday that she's angry her son survived the crime-filled streets of Detroit only to be gunned down in Can...
Jun 01, 2019
Kenney says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that. Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change,...
May 31, 2019
AGLC plans to grant five cannabis retail licenses each week from now on
MEDICINE HAT - The freeze on cannabis retail licenses has been lifted in Alberta.Alberta Gaming Liquor Cannabis (AGLC) has decided there's enough producers to sustain more cannabis retail stores."We'v...
May 30, 2019
Provincial officials update wildfire situation
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen, Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu and officials provide an update Thursday afternoon on the Alberta wildfire situation.About 10,000 Albertans hav...
May 30, 2019
Out-of-Alberta prosecutor sought to advise on UCP leadership investigation
EDMONTON - A prosecutor from outside Alberta is being sought to advise police investigating irregularities in the United Conservative Party leadership race.The RCMP is looking into whether voter fraud...
May 30, 2019 Jason Kenney, centre, celebrates his victory as the first official leader of the Alberta United Conservative Party with his opponents Brian Jean, right, and Doug Schweitzer in Calgary - Oct. 28, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
Northern Alberta wildfires force more evacuations
HIGH LEVEL- Hot, dry conditions and gusty winds are leading to what fire watchers call a red-flag warning across northern Alberta's forest as more people were forced from their homes.Mandatory evacuat...
May 30, 2019
UCP introduces Red Tape Reduction Act
EDMONTON- The Kenney government has introduced legislation to slash what it calls unnecessary regulations hindering economic growth and business development.Premier Kenney symbolically used scissors t...
May 30, 2019
Province launches "Yes to TMX" campaign in Ottawa
Alberta's new energy minister travelled to Ottawa today to announce a new ad campaign in support of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.Sonya Savage says the "Yes to TMX" campaign shows Alberta's ne...
May 29, 2019