Category Archives: Alberta
Coerced-sterilization allegations a 'crisis' that demands public inquiry: chief
OTTAWA - Ongoing concerns about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women is nothing short of a “crisis” that warrants a public inquiry, says a prominent Alberta First Nations leader. In a...
Mar 5, 2019
UCP would cut corporate tax rate to eight per cent: Kenney
CALGARY – Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says a United Conservative government would drop the corporate income tax rate to eight per cent from 12 per cent by 2022. Kenney says it would b...
Mar 4, 2019
Winsport can't afford $25M price tag for renovations at Olympic Park
CALGARY- Yesterday was the last day of the season to race on the luge track at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, and there are doubts about whether there will ever be another season the...
Mar 4, 2019
Syncrude wants judge to dismiss lawsuit of former firefighter with PTSD
CALGARY - Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former first responder who claims he was wrongfully fired following a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. Mich...
Mar 3, 2019
Alienated: Alberta project seeks to find common language on climate change
EDMONTON - Mentioning climate change can kill a conversation. But a new Alberta project is using the topic to start one - and is showing people from geologists to farmers to environmentalists that the...
Mar 3, 2019
Parks Canada worried spilled grain from derailed CP train will attract grizzlies
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada is worried spilled grain from a derailed train in Banff National Park will attract hungry grizzly bears to the tracks as they emerge from hibernation in the coming weeks. T...
Mar 1, 2019
No injuries as CP train derails near Banff
Canadian Pacific Railway says one of its freight trains has derailed west of Banff. CP says no one was hurt and there are no public safety concerns. The company says railcars went off the tracks aroun...
Mar 1, 2019
Family of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victim promotes organ donation
LETHBRIDGE - For Toby and Bernadine Boulet, time may pass but the legacy of their son Logan and the impact of his passing continues to resonate, in Lethbridge and around North America, thanks to his c...
Mar 1, 2019
Edmonton police charge man with murder in 2016 death of baby boy
EDMONTON- Police have charged a 29-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of an infant. Police say the six-month-old boy was left with a family friend to babysit on July 5, 2016, while th...
Feb 28, 2019
TSB rules on fatal B.C. plane crash
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says an Alberta pilot flew into deteriorating weather before his small plane crashed in southeastern British Columbia, killing him and his girlfr...
Feb 28, 2019