Category Archives: Alberta

Alberta's last Progressive Conservative calls it quits
EDMONTON – The last remaining Progressive Conservative politician in the Alberta legislature is calling it quits. Richard Starke says he will not be running in the spring election. The two-term ...
Nov 29, 2018

Fort Macleod Mountie charged with assault
FORT MACLEOD- An RCMP officer in southern Alberta has been charged with assault following a police investigation. Police say a constable from the Fort Macleod detachment responded to a 911 call made f...
Nov 29, 2018

Edmonton police investigate pedestrian fatality
EDMONTON – Police are looking for a driver who failed to remain at the scene after a fatal collision involving a pedestrian and two cars. Investigators say a woman was trying to cross the street...
Nov 29, 2018

Edmonton man with HIV charged with aggravated sex assault
EDMONTON – An Edmonton man, 28-year-old Anthony Lee Taylor, is accused of not telling a sexual partner that he has the virus that can cause AIDS has been charged with aggravated sexual assault. ...
Nov 29, 2018

Bright future for solar power in Alberta Schools
EDMONTON- The Notley government is investing $15 million from the Climate Leadership Plan to install more solar panels on schools. The Solar for Schools program provides funding to install rooftop sol...
Nov 29, 2018

Cut oil production to tackle price differential: Kenney
EDMONTON – Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney says it’s time to take immediate action on the oil-price differential before it leads to further job cuts and losses to the province’...
Nov 28, 2018

Mountie in southern Alberta faces assault charge
FORT MACLEOD, Alta. – An RCMP officer in southern Alberta has been charged with assault following a police investigation. Mounties say a constable from the Fort Macleod detachment responded to a...
Nov 28, 2018

FBI charges two men in 2016 ransomware attack that hit University of Calgary
CALGARY - The FBI says it has charged two men in Iran as part of an investigation into cyberattacks that targeted the University of Calgary and computer networks in the United States. The university p...
Nov 28, 2018

Calgary murder trial told slain girl seen with man fitting accused's description
CALGARY - Loved ones wept in court Wednesday as a retired couple described seeing a girl drive off with someone resembling the man accused of killing her. Edward Downey, 48, is accused of first-degree...
Nov 28, 2018

Alberta buying its own rail cars to move oil without feds, Notley says
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her province is buying enough new rail cars to ship another 120,000 barrels of oil a day, without the federal government’s help. The premier was in Ot...
Nov 28, 2018