Alberta

Trial ordered in Alberta case highlighting bail delays

EDMONTON - Alberta's solution to one problem facing its justice system has created another. A man is to face trial following an Appeal Court ruling on bail hearings brought in after the shooting death...

May 29, 2019

Alberta introduces bill to slash corporate income taxes by a third over three years

EDMONTON - Alberta has put the legal wheels in motion to cut corporate income taxes by one third.The changes are part of a bill introduced in the legislature by Finance Minister Travis Toews.Bill 3, i...

May 28, 2019 L-R: Terry O’Flynn, Rick More, Minister Travis Toews, Todd MacKay, Sandip Lalli and Janet Riopel (Gov't of Alberta)

Kenney did not violate Conflicts of Interest Act: Ethics Commissioner

EDMONTON, AB - The office of the ethics commissioner says Premier Jason Kenney did not violate the Conflicts of Interest act with a recent fundraising letter.The ruling, released by Ethics Commissione...

May 28, 2019

AER moves to restrict fracking near Brazeau Reservoir

CALGARY- The Alberta Energy Regulator is moving to restrict oilfield fracking activity near the Brazeau Reservoir as a precaution following a 4.3-magnitude earthquake south of the area in March.It say...

May 28, 2019

Donation bin death ruled accidental

MEDICINE HAT- Police say the death of a woman found in a charitable donation bin was accidental.Officers and emergency medical personnel found the unconscious woman trapped in the opening of the bin e...

May 28, 2019

Calgary woman fined for cruelty, banned from having animals

CALGARY- A city woman who wrapped a cat's head in duct tape and put the animal in a plastic bin left in a storage unit has been fined $250 and banned from owning animals for 15-years.A dog was also ab...

May 28, 2019

UCP introduces bill to reduce youth minimum wage, change overtime pay

EDMONTON - Alberta is proposing legislation to cut the minimum wage for young workers, and is making changes to overtime pay.Premier Jason Kenney's government has introduced a bill, which --if passed ...

May 28, 2019

Attorney general questioned by RCMP about UCP leadership race

EDMONTON - Alberta Attorney General Doug Schweitzer says he's been questioned by the RCMP in their investigation into his party's leadership race.Mounties are looking into whether voter fraud was comm...

May 27, 2019

Green Party calls for Canada to stop using foreign oil

Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century.In the meantime, she wants Canada off foreign oil as soon as ...

May 27, 2019

Wildfire threatens another northern Alberta community

RED EARTH CREEK- Another northern Alberta community is facing a looming wildfire threat.Provincial fire authorities have issued an emergency alert for Trout Lake because of a blaze 14 kilometres south...

May 27, 2019