Category Archives: Alberta
Main line through Field, B.C. reopened following fatal derailment
FIELD, BC – Canadian Pacific Railway says it has reopened the main line through Field where 99 grain cars and two locomotives jumped the tracks in a deadly derailment on Monday. Three Calgary-ba...
Feb 07, 2019
Coaldale man convicted of sex related crimes a 5th time as Dangerous Offender assessment ordered
LETHBRIDGE- Coaldale resident Trevor Pritchard, 34, now has a 5th conviction added to the multitude of others in 2004, 2009, 2010, and in January 2019. This time, the conviction related to the sexual ...
Feb 07, 2019
Conservatives' Kenney criticized for response to hate letter at Edmonton mosque
EDMONTON - A hate letter bearing a United Conservative logo dropped off at an Edmonton mosque has Muslim advocates and Premier Rachel Notley demanding party leader Jason Kenney take a stronger stand a...
Feb 06, 2019
'Lives are changed forever:' Outpouring for families of B.C. train crash victims
CALGARY - A veteran Canadian Pacific Railway engineer says railroaders are supporting each other after a derailment in the Rocky Mountains this week claimed three of their own. “All the people I...
Feb 06, 2019
Ceci hosting telephone town halls for Budget 2019
Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci is hosting two telephone town halls to gather feedback for the next provincial budget. The first is taking place today for residents in northern Alberta starting at 6...
Feb 06, 2019
AMA reporting record number of service calls over weekend
EDMONTON- The Alberta Motor Association says it has received a record number of calls for service since temperatures in the province plunged on the weekend. There were more than 31-thousand requests f...
Feb 06, 2019
Alberta cold records begin to fall
RED DEER- A bitterly cold arctic airmass continues to bring extremely cold temperatures to the province of Alberta. The following locations set new record low temperatures on Wednesday: Cold Lake New ...
Feb 06, 2019
Woman charged with animal abuse says she's getting death threats
LETHBRIDGE- A 59-year-old woman facing multiple animal abuse charges has told a Lethbridge judge that she is facing death threats in jail and wants to be moved to solitary confinement. April Dawn Irvi...
Feb 06, 2019
New program to assist repeat crime victims in Alberta
The provincial government and Alberta RCMP are launching a new program aimed at helping repeat victims of break and enters. Officials say Project Lock Up brings together law enforcement agencies and c...
Feb 05, 2019
'Not anything the crew did:' TSB says fatal train derailment started on its own
CALGARY - A Canadian Pacific freight train parked on a frigid night in the Rocky Mountains began to move on its own before a derailment that killed three workers and sent 99 grain cars and two locomot...
Feb 05, 2019