Alberta

Northern Alberta school district cancels classes for remainder of year

Classes have been cancelled for the rest of the school year in a northern Alberta school district due to smoke from wildfires in the region.Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the closure of scho...

Jun 3, 2019

Man falls to his death in climbing accident in Jasper National Park

JASPER - Police say a 63-year old man has died in Jasper National Park after falling in a climbing accident.Jasper RCMP say they responded to the Leech Lake area with Parks Canada and emergency medica...

Jun 3, 2019

Northern Alberta residents start returning home after two-week evacuation due to fire

Some residents in northern Alberta have started to return home after being forced by wildfires to leave their communities two weeks ago. An evacuation order was lifted this morning for resid...

Jun 3, 2019

Manslaughter trial begins for Calgary man charged in grandson's death

CALGARY - A trial is set to begin for a Calgary man accused of killing of his five-year-old grandson.Allan Perdomo, 59, faces a charge of manslaughter in the 2015 death of Eneas Emilio Perdomo.Police ...

Jun 3, 2019

Three killed in southern Alberta plane crash

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Three people are confirmed to have died after a small plane that took off from the Medicine Hat Airport on Saturday crashed into a field outside of Irvine.According to the Transpo...

Jun 2, 2019 Taylor Chartrand

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 2, 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...

Josh Hall Jun 1, 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 1, 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