Category Archives: Alberta

CALGARY - A Calgary researcher says the Fort McMurray wildfire in 2016 showed how pets are often overlooked in disaster planning. Kim Williams with Mount Royal University’s Centre for Community ...

OTTAWA — The federal government is prepared to order an end to rotating strikes by Canada Post employees if a collective agreement isn’t soon reached, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu said Tues...

The United Conservative Party is calling on all oil companies to voluntarily cut production in an effort to help with what the party describes as the current price differential crises. Leader Jason Ke...

EDMONTON - One in six Alberta children is living in poverty, according to a new report released Tuesday. As of 2016, there are 171,860 children ages 0-17 under the low-income threshold in our province...

A Mountie is being treated in hospital after a fight Tuesday morning with a suspected thief in western Alberta. RCMP say the confrontation happened outside of Hinton at around 9:30 a.m. and resulted i...

Frosty brews are as common a sight in a curling club as rocks in the rings. Knocking back a few pints after a game is enmeshed in the social fabric of the sport, especially at the club level. Sometime...

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal says a trial judge was right to sentence a dangerous offender who tortured and starved his victim to an indefinite period in prison. Dustin Paxton was convicted i...

GRANDE PRAIRIE- RCMP and Fish and Wildlife officers are investigating a video of what Mounties describe as “the inhumane death of a wild animal.” RCMP got a report Sunday that the video ha...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has appointed three experts to work with the energy industry to find ways to close an oil price gap that she says is costing the Canadian economy $80 million a...

CALGARY - Infrared technology and signs warning of trespassing penalties are among a judge’s recommendations for preventing tragedies like a fatal 2016 bobsled crash that killed teenage twins du...