Category Archives: Alberta

NDP demands UCP detail planned cuts to regulations, labour rules
EDMONTON – The NDP says Opposition Leader Jason Kenney needs to explain what regulations and labour rules he plans to cut if he wins power. Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says transparenc...
Oct 16, 2018

No one hurt after trespassing in rural Alberta escalates to gunfight: police
SPIRIT RIVER, Alta. - Police in northwestern Alberta say a suspect is in custody after a gunfight broke out between a suspected trespasser and a resident of a rural property. RCMP in Spirit River say ...
Oct 15, 2018

Calgary mayor doesn't want to spend more than province on 2026 Games
CALGARY - The mayor of Calgary says the city shouldn’t contribute more than the province of Alberta to host the 2026 Winter Games. Alberta has committed $700 million if Calgary bids for and wins...
Oct 15, 2018

Weed supply in the "medium-term" could be a concern says AGLC CEO
Recreational weed becomes legal across the country on Wednesday. Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci and Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission CEO Alain Maisonneuve say they are ready for day o...
Oct 15, 2018

Defence tells Calgary trial hospital, not parents' neglect, caused child's death
CALGARY - A jury heard testimony Monday that a 14-month-old boy’s treatment in hospital, not malnutrition or an overwhelming infection, was to blame for the baby’s death. Jeromie and Jenni...
Oct 15, 2018

'Panicked' six-year-old girl one of two dead in Calgary transit train accidents
CALGARY - A six-year-old girl on her way to school was one of two people who died Monday in separate accidents involving Calgary’s light-rail transit trains. The girl was hit by a train at an in...
Oct 15, 2018

Alberta RCMP training more officers in roadside testing ahead of cannabis legalization
Alberta RCMP and Traffic Services are showing they’re as ready as they’re going to be just days ahead of the legalization of cannabis across the country. On Friday, members held an interac...
Oct 14, 2018

Calgary Police searching for missing 22-year-old Andrew Edy
Calgary Police are looking for a man who went missing last week from Rockyview General Hospital. Andrew Edy, 22, was last seen at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 8 south of the hospital. He was wearin...
Oct 14, 2018
Some football players injured in Alberta crash remain in hospital
RAYMOND, Alta. - A Mormon church official in southern Alberta says two young football players who were seriously injured in a highway crash this week are recovering, while a third boy appears to have ...
Oct 13, 2018

Unicorns and pipelines: Notley and enviro-activist square off on Trans Mountain
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, with her arch pipeline foe sitting just a few feet away in the front row, compared Trans Mountain protesters Saturday to dewy-eyed unicorn jockeys from Salt S...
Oct 13, 2018