Category Archives: Alberta
Changes could be coming to post secondary education
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says a new bill would give the province’s advanced education minister the power to regulate tuition. The province says that the act, which was tabled Mond...
Oct 31, 2018
Calgary 2026 Olympic Games bid survives city council vote on plebiscite
CALGARY - A potential Calgary bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games survived a city council vote Wednesday, when a motion leading to the cancellation of an upcoming plebiscite did not pass. Te...
Oct 31, 2018
Witness says Red Deer woman killed at work camp was a "Sweetheart"
GRANDE PRAIRIE – There has been some very graphic testimony from eyewitnesses on Day 2 of the Daniel Goodridge trial. One witness described in detail the attack on David Derksen and how it start...
Oct 31, 2018
Alberta proposes tougher rules, transparency on health provider misconduct
EDMONTON — New rules introduced in the Alberta legislature could see doctors, along with thousands of other health-care providers, face automatic licence suspensions for sexually abusing patient...
Oct 31, 2018
United Conservative Jason Kenney turfs UPC member amid report of hateful views
EDMONTON - Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney has turfed a party member who once ran the call centre for his leadership bid amid reports the worker is behind an online store that sells wh...
Oct 30, 2018
Suspect admits to stabbing deaths of man, woman at Alberta work camp
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A trial in northern Alberta is hearing grisly details about a work camp cook who killed two other workers - stabbing one man more than 70 times, cutting off parts of his body a...
Oct 30, 2018
Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence of man for kidnapping, cutting off thumb
EDMONTON - Alberta’s highest court has upheld a 12-year sentence for a man who cut off his victim’s thumb during an abduction. But a dissenting opinion means the case can automatically be ...
Oct 30, 2018
Indigenous legal fund pitch a 'divide-and-conquer' tactic: Senator
CALGARY - A Manitoba senator says a proposal by Alberta’s United Conservatives to pick up the legal tabs of pro-pipeline First Nations is an example of age-old “divide-and-conquer” t...
Oct 30, 2018
'No answers for me:' Chief says First Nations left out of McMurray fire response
It was May 8, 2016, and the Fort McMurray wildfire was in full blaze. Municipal and provincial leaders had gathered to discuss a response when Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation ...
Oct 30, 2018
Three inducted into Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame
EDMONTON- Two of the three men inducted into the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame were from Brooks. Garnet Altwasser is the co-founder of Lakeside Farm Industries in Brooks. He was president and Chief...
Oct 30, 2018