Category Archives: Alberta

Commemorative site for missing and murdered Indigenous women planned
GRANDE PRAIRIE - A project is currently in the works that would see a piece of land close to Grande Prairie Regional College become a commemorative site for missing and murdered Indigenous women. Repr...
Mar 31, 2019 Delaine Lambert-English at City Hall holding a photo of what the site could possibly look like

AHS warns of measles exposure in Calgary
Health officials in Alberta are warning people in Calgary that they may have been exposed to measles last week at a hospital and several outpatient labs.Alberta Health Services says a person with lab-...
Mar 31, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Alberta Mounties seek murder suspect
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes continue to seek the public's assistance in locating a male wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in relation to a homicide investigation.Police are looking for the public's assist...
Mar 28, 2019 Christian Nyabirungu

First Grizzly spotted in Banff National Park this year
BANFF- The bears are out and about in Banff National Park. Officials with Parks Canada say they had their first grizzly bear sighting on a remote camera on March 19. They say it’s likely No. 122...
Mar 27, 2019

Drumheller RCMP investigating hoax bomb threat
DRUMHELLER- RCMP in Drumheller are investigating after a hoax bomb threat was received at a restaurant this weekend. According to a release on Monday, officers received a complaint about a bomb threat...
Mar 25, 2019

ASIRT investigates Calgary police officer involved shooting
CALGARY- Alberta’s police oversight unit has been called in after Calgary police say one of their officers shot a man on Saturday. Police say they were responding to a report of an armed home in...
Mar 25, 2019

One dead in Edmonton bar shooting
EDMONTON- Police say their response to a weapons complaint at an Edmonton bar has turned into a homicide investigation. Investigators located a deceased man inside the bar when they arrived early yest...
Mar 25, 2019

University of Alberta discovers world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex
EDMONTON- Paleontologists at the University of Alberta say they have discovered the world's biggest and oldest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. Named for a bottle of scotch that was shared the night it was...
Mar 25, 2019

Prince Albert steam engine finds new home in Alberta
PRINCE ALBERT, SASK. — Prince Albert's steam Locomotive 5080 has chugged - or rather been carried - on its way to the next chapter in an already long life. The 104-year-old engine is on the road...
Mar 25, 2019

Drumheller prison worker charged for drug trafficking
DRUMHELLER – Drug trafficking charges have been laid against a civilian staff member at an Alberta federal prison. RCMP say they were called to the Drumheller Federal Institution on March 10 aft...
Mar 21, 2019