Alberta

Emergency funds for High Level evacuees to start flowing by Monday

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Alberta's municipal affairs minister says emergency funds should be available to northwestern Alberta fire evacuees by Monday.Kaycee Madu says every adult will get $1,250 - plus $5...

May 24, 2019

Alberta legislature changing rules to allow MLAs to abstain

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney's government is changing the rules to give MLAs a third option on votes in the Alberta legislature.Legislators will soon be free to remain in their seats and abstain fr...

May 24, 2019

Supreme Court orders new trial for controversial case of Alberta woman found dead in motel

The country's highest court says Ontario trucker Bradley Barton should be retried for manslaughter, but not murder, in the case of Cindy Gladue, who bled to death in the bathroom of his Edmonton motel...

May 24, 2019

Court says B.C. can't restrict oil shipments in key case for Trans Mountain

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal says the province cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expans...

May 24, 2019

Three killed in May Long Weekend collisions: RCMP

Three people died as a result of motor vehicle collisions in Alberta on May Long Weekend, according to Alberta RCMP. Mounties also say there were 27 collision-related injuries reported across the prov...

May 24, 2019

Conservative MPs from Alberta blast Liberals for shrugging off rural crime

EDMONTON - A year ago, Shannon Stubbs, Conservative MP for Lakeland, put forward a motion to study the issues of rural crime and the effects it can have on communities.The motion passed unanimously in...

May 23, 2019

Kenney, Notley swap misconduct allegations in Alberta legislature

EDMONTON - The first question period for the new government at the Alberta legislature got dirty in a hurry.Premier Jason Kenney and Opposition Leader Rachel Notley swapped accusations of criminal beh...

May 23, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley after a photo-op with senators in Edmonton on Thursday. (Amber Bracken/Canadian Press)

School bus crash in Edmonton sends 12 to hospital, 2 with broken bones

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says 12 patients, including 11 children, have been taken to hospital after a school bus crash on one of Edmonton's busiest freeways.The collision took place about 8:...

May 23, 2019

Alberta throne speech promises changes to expand economy, end carbon tax

EDMONTON - The new Alberta government has set its first legislature sitting in motion with a promise to repeal the provincial carbon tax, roll back the corporate tax and cut red tape.Lt. Gov. Lois Mit...

May 22, 2019

Fire, off-highway vehicle bans expanded in northern Alberta

The fire ban prohibiting campfires and unauthorized burning and restricting the recreational use of off-highway vehicles throughout most of northern Alberta has been expanded.The fire ban now includes...

May 22, 2019