Alberta

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

Cooper elected new Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Nathan Cooper, a member of the United Conservative caucus, will preside over and keep order on debates in the house.Cooper is a second-term member representing the riding of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills....

May 21, 2019

Woman injured in ATV crash, driver charged

Mounties believe alcohol may have been a factor in an ATV crash in northern Alberta that sent a 23-year-old woman to hospital.Boyle/Athabasca RCMP officers and Alberta Fish and Wildlife were patrollin...

May 21, 2019

Natural gas blast rips apart Alberta workshop

DE WINTON, Alta. - A man is being treated for serious injuries after a natural gas explosion that tore apart a workshop on a rural property just south of Calgary.Witnesses report seeing chunks of debr...

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Alberta legislature session to begin under new Premier Jason Kenney

EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature is to start a new session today with a lot of new faces and a new government in charge. Premier Jason Kenney and the 63 members of his United Conservative caucu...

May 21, 2019

Alberta Health Services confirms measles case in Edmonton area

A case of measles has been confirmed by Alberta Health Services in the EdmontoN region.An individual with lab-confirmed measles has been in public settings in Sherwood Park, Nisku and Edmonton while i...

May 20, 2019