Alberta

Petroleum Services Association of Canada lowers 2019 drilling forecast

A small drop is now forecasted in the number of wells to be drilled across Canada this year.That according to the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC), which issued its third update to its ...

Aug 1, 2019 (Canadian Press)

AUPE wage talks to resume next week

EDMONTON- The head of Alberta's largest union says arbitration wage talks are to resume next Wednesday for 60,000 workers following a successful court challenge.But Guy Smith, head of the Alberta Unio...

Aug 1, 2019

Lethbridge man fined $500,000 on fraud convictions

LETHBRIDGE- A former Alberta pastor and his associated firms have been fined $500,000 for bilking Saskatchewan investors.According to the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan, Rona...

Aug 1, 2019

CN freight train derails in Calgary

CALGARY- Traffic was blocked and power was knocked out in some areas when more than a dozen cars in a Canadian National Railway train derailed in Calgary.CN says that 14 cars left the tracks early Tue...

Jul 31, 2019

B.C.trucker killed in rollover near Hanna

HANNA- On July 29, at approximately 8:30 p.m., RCMP, Hanna EMS and Hanna Fire Department responded to a single vehicle rollover on Highway 9. A semi carrying lumber was travelling eastbound on Highway...

Jul 31, 2019

RCMP officer given probation for 2017 assault of fellow officer

FORT MCMURRAY- A former staff sergeant with the Wood Buffalo RCMP detachment has been given probation for touching a female colleague without consent at a Christmas party.Jason Keays, 44, was charged ...

Jul 31, 2019

Edmonton police seize dozens of dogs from property

EDMONTON- Police say 72 dogs have been seized from an alleged puppy mill.Investigators say the dogs, most of them Havanese puppies, showed signs of severe neglect and possible illness when they were f...

Jul 31, 2019

Judge grants AUPE injunction against Bill 9

EDMONTON- Alberta's largest union says a judge has ruled that wage arbitration hearings for ten of thousands of public sector workers can go ahead sooner rather than later.The Alberta Union of Provinc...

Jul 31, 2019 AUPE members and other union representatives rallied in front of Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Calgary city council approves arena deal with NHL’s Flames

CALGARY- City council has voted to approve a financial agreement with the Calgary Flames to build a new arena.Council voted 11-4 on Tuesday to build an event centre which will be the new home of the N...

Jul 31, 2019

Hanna plane crash sends pilot to hospital

Hanna RCMP, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the Department of National Defence teamed up on Tuesday to investigate a plane crash.On July 30 at approximately 1:27 a.m., RCMP responded wit...

Jul 30, 2019