Category Archives: Alberta

Alberta proposes tightening contributions, spending on municipal votes
EDMONTON – The Alberta government is tightening up spending, contribution and disclosure rules around municipal elections. The changes mirror rules already brought in by Premier Rachel Notley...
Nov 05, 2018

Tofield Mountie facing multiple criminal charges
TOFIELD, Alta. – A Mountie stationed in a community east of Edmonton faces assault and mischief charges following an alleged break and enter. RCMP say officers were sent to a home in Tofield las...
Nov 05, 2018

NDP backbencher protests 'toxic culture,' refuses to sit in legislature
EDMONTON – A government backbencher says she won’t take her seat in the Alberta legislature to draw attention to what she calls a “toxic culture” in the party caucus. Robyn Luf...
Nov 05, 2018

Ryan Shtuka's mother ready to brave the snow again to search for her son
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - It’s been nearly nine months since Ryan Shtuka — a native of Beaumont, AB — was last seen leaving a house party in Sun Peaks. After that, no one has seen or heard f...
Nov 04, 2018

One person dead in crash near Slave Lake
One person has died in a head-on crash between a pickup and a semi in northern Alberta. RCMP say it happened on Friday evening on Highway 88, about 40 kilometres north of Slave Lake. The female passen...
Nov 04, 2018

Missing Airdrie man found dead in Montana
A 37-year-old Alberta man missing since early October has been found dead in Montana. The Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office says the body of Cameron Collin was found Saturday morning in a cree...
Nov 04, 2018

New Trans Mountain pipeline review doomed to fail: Vancouver mayor-elect
Vancouver’s incoming mayor says a revamped National Energy Board review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is likely doomed to fail and will land the federal government back in a courtroom...
Nov 03, 2018

High school apologizes after student pep rally kissing prank goes wrong
CALGARY - Educators, some students and parents are red-faced after a kissing prank at a Calgary high school pep rally went wrong. On Thursday people gathered at Western Canada High School for a rally ...
Nov 02, 2018

Judge sentences woman to 90 days for animal abuse
DRUMHELLER – A southern Alberta woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for animal abuse that the judge called “substantial and criminal.” Catherine Adams, who is 25, was found g...
Nov 02, 2018
A cost breakdown of Calgary hosting 2026 Winter Games should city bid and win
CALGARY - A quick look at estimated costs for Calgary and Canmore, Alta., to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to bid corporation Calgary 2026 revised host draft plan and Go...
Nov 02, 2018