Category Archives: Alberta
'First thing you think about is Humboldt:' Women hockey players recall crash
EDMONTON - For the first couple of minutes after the crash, no one on the University of Alberta Pandas hockey team bus knew what had happened. Captain Cayle Dillon heard a big boom and felt the cold. ...
Dec 20, 2018
More than 1,000 trucks rally for oil and gas industry south of Edmonton
NISKU, Alta. - More than a thousand trucks drove in a convoy south of Edmonton to protest the ailing state of the oil and natural gas industry. The convoy was part of a pro-pipeline rally featuring Op...
Dec 19, 2018
Cannabis Christmas gifts proving popular in Alberta: Survey
MEDICINE HAT, AB — With Christmas just around the corner, choosing gifts for friends and family is in the centre of many peoples minds. 2018 has proven a little different, there's a new gift on ...
Dec 19, 2018
Jury finds man guilty of first-degree murder in deaths of woman and her daughter
CALGARY - Tearful loved ones stood and applauded after a jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter. Edward Downey, 48, had testifie...
Dec 19, 2018
Coyote attacks on children dampen fun at Alberta city's Christmas festival
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Warning signs have been set up and patrols have been increased in an Airdrie, Alta., park after two children were bitten by a coyote during a Christmas season festival. Officials are ...
Dec 19, 2018
Premier not satisfied with Trudeau Government's $1.6B for the oilpatch
EDMONTON- The province and the energy industry say Ottawa’s 1.6 billion-dollar aid package will not fix the problem hurting the ailing oilpatch. Premier Notley says the industry is facing low pr...
Dec 19, 2018
Lethbridge man receives three-year sentence for death of nine-month old Austin Wright
LETHBRIDGE – The man responsible for killing nine-month-old Austin Wright in Lethbridge in April, 2016, was handed a three-year sentence, after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing dea...
Dec 19, 2018
'A start:' Alberta critical of Ottawa's $1.6B package for ailing energy sector
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Ottawa’s new $1.6-billion aid package for the oilpatch will help, but is essentially tone deaf and won’t fix the pipeline bottleneck crippling the provin...
Dec 18, 2018
Protesters boo Quebec, free trade at Calgary rally supporting oil industry
CALGARY - Angry protesters demanding that Canada build new pipelines interrupted speeches by Calgary’s mayor and councillors at a downtown rally on Monday. City council had passed a resolution d...
Dec 17, 2018
Diverging accounts at trial for accused in deaths of Calgary mother, daughter
CALGARY - Jurors are being asked to believe diverging accounts of what a Calgary man was doing on July 11, 2016, when a single mother was found dead in her apartment bound in duct tape and her young d...
Dec 17, 2018