Category Archives: Alberta
Normal levels of contaminants in Fort McMurray homes after 2016 wildfire: study
TORONTO - A new study indicates dust from homes in Ford McMurray, Alta., had normal levels of indoor contaminants a year after a devastating forest fire hit the city, suggesting residents did not face...
Jan 15, 2019
Strankman quits UCP caucus
EDMONTON – A member of the Alberta legislature for the United Conservatives is quitting the caucus to sit as an Independent over his concerns that the party is crafting policy from the top down....
Jan 15, 2019
Notley vents more frustration over pipeline delays
CALGARY- Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has once again expressed frustration over a lack of progress in completing the Trans Mountain pipeline. Notley said in Calgary today that she is fed up with the ...
Jan 14, 2019
Murder charge against senior with dementia who died last week withdrawn
CALGARY - The Crown says a second-degree murder charge against a Calgary senior accused in his wife’s death has been withdrawn following his death. Fred van Zuiden was found unfit to stand trial...
Jan 14, 2019
Pro-pipeline convoy to Ottawa cancelled
A cross-country convoy in support of the oil and gas industry has been cancelled. Red Deer-based Rally 4 Resources and Calgary-based Canada Action were planning the convoy to leave Calgary on February...
Jan 14, 2019
Former U.S. president Barack Obama to speak at Calgary Saddledome in March
CALGARY - Former United States president Barack Obama will be speaking in Calgary later this year. Special events company tinePublic says Obama will take the stage at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Marc...
Jan 14, 2019
Father and son sledders from Calgary hit by deadly avalanche in southeast B.C.
INVERMERE, B.C. - A father and son from Calgary have been identified as the victims of a large avalanche that swept down the side of a mountain in southeastern British Columbia. RCMP say a group of ni...
Jan 14, 2019
RCMP officer involved shooting near High Level
HIGH LEVEL- Cne male was injured in an officer-involved shooting near High Level on Saturday evening. Mounties were called to reports of a distraught male at a residence south of High Level around 8:1...
Jan 14, 2019
Dozens protest to demand firing of Lethbridge Police Officer who ran over deer with patrol truck
LETHBRIDGE- About 100 people showed up Sunday afternoon to insist that the unnamed Lethbridge Police Officer who repeatedly ran over an injured deer the night of Jan.5, be fired. As the protesters cha...
Jan 14, 2019
Former cabinet minister leading Conservative charge to win back seats in Alta
OTTAWA - A former federal Conservative cabinet minister from Alberta is back in the political game, hoping to take down the Liberal minister in charge of the nation’s energy industry, in the hea...
Jan 13, 2019