Category Archives: Alberta
Threatening letter prompts Indigenous family's move from Edmonton-area condo
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Police are investigating after an Indigenous family in an Edmonton-area condominium received a letter that appears to suggest harm may come to them if they don’t leave the ne...
Oct 18, 2018
Record-breaking Friday: Estimated $113 million in LOTTO MAX jackpots
WINNIPEG- This week's LOTTO MAX draw will be the biggest in history. On Friday, October 19, a record-breaking $113 million in total jackpots is up for grabs. The prizes include a $60 million main jack...
Oct 18, 2018
RCMP investigate possible abduction attempt near Sherwood Park school
Strathcona County RCMP are investigating what may have been an attempted abduction of a five-year-old girl Tuesday. The alleged incident took place just after 2 p.m. Tuesday outside Jean Vanier Cathol...
Oct 17, 2018
Wetaskiwin bans single-use plastic bags
City of Wetaskiwin officials are calling it another step in sustainability. Council has passed a bylaw prohibiting retail establishments from selling or distributing single-use plastic checkout bags t...
Oct 17, 2018
Alberta pot shops open for business
EDMONTON- Albertans have 17 locations to choose from today if they want to buy legal recreational cannabis. Alberta Gaming Liquor * Cannabis has released the list of pot shops that will be up and runn...
Oct 17, 2018
Calgary Flames co-owner helped pay ransom to free hostage Amanda Lindhout
CALGARY - A Calgary businessman and philanthropist paid roughly $750,000 to help free kidnapped journalist Amanda Lindhout in Somalia. Allan Markin, a co-owner of the Calgary Flames, didn’t know...
Oct 16, 2018
Girl who died after being hit by Calgary commuter train wandered off: parents
CALGARY - The father of a six-year old girl who died after being hit by a light-rail transit train says she wandered off as her mother was getting their children ready for school. The girl, who has be...
Oct 16, 2018
'They dithered; he withered:' Final arguments in Calgary child death trial
CALGARY - Jurors in the trial for a couple charged in their 14-month-old son’s death heard starkly differing accounts Tuesday of why he died. Jennifer and Jeromie Clark of Calgary have pleaded n...
Oct 16, 2018
Alberta Party candidate's run for office disqualified
EDMONTON – An Alberta Party candidate will not be allowed to run in the next provincial election after he attended an event critical of an Indian supreme court ruling which lifted a ban on women...
Oct 16, 2018
Government to provide funding to help local police when pot is legalized
CALGARY – Alberta will be providing $11.2 million through the Municipal Cannabis Transition Program to help municipalities with policing after recreational cannabis becomes legal on Wednesday, O...
Oct 16, 2018