Category Archives: Alberta
One person dead in crash near Slave Lake
One person has died in a head-on crash between a pickup and a semi in northern Alberta. RCMP say it happened on Friday evening on Highway 88, about 40 kilometres north of Slave Lake. The female passen...
Nov 04, 2018
Missing Airdrie man found dead in Montana
A 37-year-old Alberta man missing since early October has been found dead in Montana. The Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office says the body of Cameron Collin was found Saturday morning in a cree...
Nov 04, 2018
New Trans Mountain pipeline review doomed to fail: Vancouver mayor-elect
Vancouver’s incoming mayor says a revamped National Energy Board review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is likely doomed to fail and will land the federal government back in a courtroom...
Nov 03, 2018
High school apologizes after student pep rally kissing prank goes wrong
CALGARY - Educators, some students and parents are red-faced after a kissing prank at a Calgary high school pep rally went wrong. On Thursday people gathered at Western Canada High School for a rally ...
Nov 02, 2018
Judge sentences woman to 90 days for animal abuse
DRUMHELLER – A southern Alberta woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for animal abuse that the judge called “substantial and criminal.” Catherine Adams, who is 25, was found g...
Nov 02, 2018
A cost breakdown of Calgary hosting 2026 Winter Games should city bid and win
CALGARY - A quick look at estimated costs for Calgary and Canmore, Alta., to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to bid corporation Calgary 2026 revised host draft plan and Go...
Nov 02, 2018
Calgary can feel more confident than Vancouver did for Olympic vote: Furlong
CALGARY - The leap of faith Calgarians are asked to make about the 2026 Winter Games isn’t as big as the one Vancouverites navigated for 2010, says John Furlong. Calgarians will go to the polls ...
Nov 02, 2018
AER says $260-billion energy cleanup estimate given by exec 'highly unlikely'
CALGARY- The Alberta Energy Regulator says it doesn’t agree with a presentation given by a senior executive earlier this year that pegged the cost of cleaning up after the oil and gas industry a...
Nov 02, 2018
Greyhound exit leaves gap for homeless, domestic violence shelters
CALGARY - Organizations that help the homeless and those fleeing domestic violence say they have lost a vital resource with Greyhound’s exit from the West -and they’re not sure how well a ...
Nov 02, 2018
Bail granted to teen charged in shooting of German tourist on Alberta highway
CALGARY - A judge has granted bail to a teenager charged in the August shooting of a German tourist west of Calgary. Provincial court Judge Peter Barley granted the youth’s release Thursday on c...
Nov 01, 2018