Category Archives: Alberta

Sky's the limit as Calgary opens testing area for drones and new technologies
CALGARY - The sky’s the limit as the city of Calgary opens what it believes is the first testing area in Canada for drones, autonomous vehicles and other technologies. The city has set aside a 5...
Oct 19, 2018

Hong Kong man sentenced after admitting to voyeurism, child porn charges
LETHBRIDGE - A 19-year-old Hong Kong national has been handed a one-year jail sentence, after admitting that he recorded people - including children - using the men's change room at the University of ...
Oct 19, 2018

Castor senior killed in crash on Highway 12
CORONATION- RCMP are investigating a fatal crash in Paintearth County on Thursday morning. At approximately 10 a.m., Coronation RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision on Highway 12. Preliminary inv...
Oct 19, 2018

Jury finds Calgary couple guilty in 2013 death of toddler son
CALGARY - A jury has convicted a Calgary couple in the death of their 14-month-old son who never saw a doctor until the day before he died in hospital of a staph infection. Jeromie and Jennifer Clark ...
Oct 18, 2018

Singer-songwriter k.d. lang receives Alberta order of Excellence
EDMONTON - One of Canada’s most celebrated singer-songwriters, k.d. lang, has been awarded Alberta’s highest honour. Lang was one of eight recipients of the Alberta Order of Excellence dur...
Oct 18, 2018

New vacuum needed: Calgary family adopts three bonded St. Bernard buddies
EDMONTON - Three adult St. Bernards who couldn’t be separated because they’re best buddies have found a home. The Edmonton Humane Society says Goliath, Gunther and Gasket are settling in w...
Oct 18, 2018

One smart cookie: Edmonton girl guide sells out of cookies near cannabis store
EDMONTON - She’s being called one smart cookie. As people lined up to buy cannabis at one of six Edmonton cannabis stores that opened Wednesday a small entrepreneur stood ready to capitalize on ...
Oct 18, 2018

Temperature records fall in Wednesday heat
It was a record setting Wednesday in a number of areas around the province yesterday. The following locations set new record high temperatures: EDMONTON INT’L AIRPORT New record of 24.4 Old reco...
Oct 18, 2018

Impact of cold and wet September still being felt by Alberta farmers
MEDICINE HAT- The latest Alberta Crop report shows 17 per cent of crops still standing, including 21 per cent of spring wheat, 11 per cent of barley and 20 per cent of oats, 24 per cent of canola in t...
Oct 18, 2018

Cannabis consumption allowed in Alberta's provincial parks
LETHBRIDGE – While the rules for buying and consuming cannabis will vary in national parks, depending on which province they are located in, Alberta’s environment minister is clarifying wh...
Oct 18, 2018