Category Archives: Alberta

Education minister slams UCP leader
EDMONTON- Provincial education minister David Eggen says Opposition Leader Jason Kenney is being ignorant, deceptive, and deceitful about the ongoing curriculum review for all school grades. Eggen say...
Feb 19, 2019

Body found after apparent house explosion in Calgary, police investigating
Calgary police say a body has been recovered from the site of an apparent house explosion in the city’s southeast. Sgt. Dwayne Lepchuk declined to say whose remains were found. Fire department s...
Feb 18, 2019

Pro-pipeline protest convoy approaches Ottawa after rolling across country
OTTAWA - A convoy of angry Albertans and other westerners rolls into Ottawa Tuesday for a mass protest against federal energy and environmental policies that has also become a magnet for extremist, an...
Feb 18, 2019

Two dead following highway collision near Beiseker
BEISEKER- Two people have died in a collision on Highway 9 near Beiseker. According to a release from the Beiseker RCMP, the highway was closed overnight between Range Road 251 and Range Road 253. Bot...
Feb 15, 2019

'Will you marry me?' Edmonton man surprises woman with billboard proposal
EDMONTON - Laurie Moring had an inkling something was up by the time she and her boyfriend were on their way to a Valentine’s Day lunch. Her suspicions grew stronger when Mike Dagenais unexpecte...
Feb 14, 2019

AHS offering free program to screen newborns for hearing loss
EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services is now offering a test to screen newborns for permanent hearing loss. The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program checks babies before they turn one m...
Feb 14, 2019

Alberta announces $100 million, five-year investment in artificial intelligence
CALGARY — The Notley government plans to spend $100 million over five years to attract investment from artificial intelligence-focused tech companies. The money will go to Alberta Innovates, the...
Feb 14, 2019

Charges stayed in Edmonton area animal cruelty case
EVANSBURG- Dozens of charges against a man involved in a horse cruelty case west of Edmonton have been stayed due to a lack of reasonable likelihood of conviction. In December, RCMP and the Alberta SP...
Feb 14, 2019

Heart Report focuses on women's health, brain health, signs of heart attack and stroke
February is Heart Month for the Heat and Stroke Foundation, and in 2019 the organization is focusing on women's heart and brain health, and the signs of a heart attack and stroke. According to this ye...
Feb 13, 2019

'Squiggles in the sediment:' Complex life may have evolved earlier than thought
EDMONTON - A closer look at some unimaginably ancient fossils suggests complex life may have evolved much earlier and more quickly than scientists previously thought. “If these are complex life ...
Feb 13, 2019