Category Archives: Alberta
Calgary can feel more confident than Vancouver did for Olympic vote: Furlong
CALGARY - The leap of faith Calgarians are asked to make about the 2026 Winter Games isn’t as big as the one Vancouverites navigated for 2010, says John Furlong. Calgarians will go to the polls ...
Nov 02, 2018
AER says $260-billion energy cleanup estimate given by exec 'highly unlikely'
CALGARY- The Alberta Energy Regulator says it doesn’t agree with a presentation given by a senior executive earlier this year that pegged the cost of cleaning up after the oil and gas industry a...
Nov 02, 2018
Greyhound exit leaves gap for homeless, domestic violence shelters
CALGARY - Organizations that help the homeless and those fleeing domestic violence say they have lost a vital resource with Greyhound’s exit from the West -and they’re not sure how well a ...
Nov 02, 2018
Bail granted to teen charged in shooting of German tourist on Alberta highway
CALGARY - A judge has granted bail to a teenager charged in the August shooting of a German tourist west of Calgary. Provincial court Judge Peter Barley granted the youth’s release Thursday on c...
Nov 01, 2018
United Conservative Leader Kenney not stopping for questions on former worker
EDMONTON - Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney wouldn’t stop to answer questions about a former call centre leader on his leadership campaign who was reportedly linked to an online s...
Nov 01, 2018
Found dinosaur bones in Alberta Badlands: Google doodle honours Joseph Tyrrell
Thursday’s Google doodle features a man standing among large dinosaur bones in the Alberta Badlands. It’s in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, who was born 160 years ago in Weston, Ont. ̶...
Nov 01, 2018
Premier Notley tells B.C. steelworkers jobs at risk without Trans Mountain
KAMLOOPS – Premier Rachel Notley says it’s “just dumb” that the Canadian economy is losing millions of dollars a day because the province can’t get its oil to world marke...
Nov 01, 2018
ASIRT investigating Lethbridge officer's response to "out of control" Halloween party
LETHBRIDGE - Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating a struggle involving a Lethbridge officer and two men that was captured on video and posted on social media. According to Lethbridge Polic...
Nov 01, 2018
Psychiatrist tells Alberta trial that cook heard voices telling him to kill
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A psychiatrist says a cook accused of murdering two people at a northern Alberta work camp had been hearing voices and thought he needed to kill everyone to make them stop. Dr....
Oct 31, 2018
Judge reserves bail decision for Alberta teen charged in German tourist shooting
CALGARY - A Calgary judge has reserved his decision on whether to grant bail to a 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway. The youth, who is charged with attempte...
Oct 31, 2018