Alberta

AER board member resigns

EDMONTON- Alberta Energy Regulator board member Ed Whittingham has resigned just days before incoming Premier Jason Kenney had threatened to fire him.Whittingham states in his resignation letter that ...

Apr 30, 2019

Appeal dismissed in challenge to Alberta gay-straight alliance law

CALGARY - Opponents of Alberta's law allowing gay-straight alliances in schools were dealt another legal setback Monday after the province's highest court dismissed their appeal.In 2017, the Alberta N...

Apr 30, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Lethbridge to open Alberta's first certified 'green' cemetery

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Call it a literal return to nature, if you will. Starting this fall, those who want to be buried in more natural, "green" manner, will be able to have their wishes fulfilled at Lethbr...

Andrew Snook Apr 29, 2019 Royal View Cemetary, Lethbridge

Spring storm hits large area of Alberta

RED DEER- A strong low pressure system brought heavy snow and strong winds to much of central and southern Alberta Saturday into Sunday morning. Environment Canada snowfall, winter storm, and blizzard...

Apr 29, 2019

Winter weather wreaks havoc causing bus crash near Cochrane

COCHRANE- Blizzard conditions brought traffic to a standstill on highways in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan over the weekend.Snow-covered sections of the Trans-Canada on either side of Calgary reop...

Apr 28, 2019

Record voter turnout for provincial election

A new record was set, but it looks like voter turnout in the recent provincial election was slightly lower than initially thought.Elections Alberta made it official Friday that 64.0 per cent of eligib...

Apr 26, 2019

Calgary police search for clues in possible double homicide of mother, toddler

CALGARY - Police in Calgary are continuing to search for evidence in what they believe to be a double homicide of a mother and toddler. Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter, Aliyah Sander...

Apr 26, 2019

More fines levied in Callaway's 2017 UCP leadership campaign

EDMONTON- Alberta's election commissioner has fined another person in connection with Jeff Callaway's 2017 campaign for the leadership of the United Conservative Party.Jeffrey Park has been fined $10,...

Apr 26, 2019

Fatality inquiry underway into RCMP officer's death

ST. ALBERT- A fatality inquiry has been told the man who killed an RCMP officer at an Edmonton-area casino was wanted on 29 warrants related to four separate crimes.Career-criminal Shawn Rehn was out ...

Apr 25, 2019

Alberta woman facing animal abuse charges fit to stand trial

LETHBRIDGE- A court-ordered psychiatric assessment has determined a southern Alberta woman facing animal abuse charges can be held criminally responsible for her actions.April Dawn Irving, 59, and ori...

Apr 25, 2019