Category Archives: Alberta
Winsport can't afford $25M price tag for renovations at Olympic Park
CALGARY- Yesterday was the last day of the season to race on the luge track at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, and there are doubts about whether there will ever be another season the...
Mar 04, 2019
Syncrude wants judge to dismiss lawsuit of former firefighter with PTSD
CALGARY - Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former first responder who claims he was wrongfully fired following a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. Mich...
Mar 03, 2019
Alienated: Alberta project seeks to find common language on climate change
EDMONTON - Mentioning climate change can kill a conversation. But a new Alberta project is using the topic to start one - and is showing people from geologists to farmers to environmentalists that the...
Mar 03, 2019
Parks Canada worried spilled grain from derailed CP train will attract grizzlies
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada is worried spilled grain from a derailed train in Banff National Park will attract hungry grizzly bears to the tracks as they emerge from hibernation in the coming weeks. T...
Mar 01, 2019
No injuries as CP train derails near Banff
Canadian Pacific Railway says one of its freight trains has derailed west of Banff. CP says no one was hurt and there are no public safety concerns. The company says railcars went off the tracks aroun...
Mar 01, 2019
Family of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victim promotes organ donation
LETHBRIDGE - For Toby and Bernadine Boulet, time may pass but the legacy of their son Logan and the impact of his passing continues to resonate, in Lethbridge and around North America, thanks to his c...
Mar 01, 2019
Edmonton police charge man with murder in 2016 death of baby boy
EDMONTON- Police have charged a 29-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of an infant. Police say the six-month-old boy was left with a family friend to babysit on July 5, 2016, while th...
Feb 28, 2019
TSB rules on fatal B.C. plane crash
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says an Alberta pilot flew into deteriorating weather before his small plane crashed in southeastern British Columbia, killing him and his girlfr...
Feb 28, 2019
Charges laid in Calgary dog attack
CALGARY- Two men have been charged following a dog attack on a woman walking near a Calgary intersection last month. Police say the woman in her 60s was approached by a large black dog and, while she ...
Feb 28, 2019
Labour code issues flagged after fatal Canadian Pacific accident in Calgary
CALGARY - Documents show a federal investigator flagged labour code contraventions after a Canadian Pacific Railway train conductor died in a workplace accident in a Calgary rail yard last November. A...
Feb 27, 2019