Category Archives: Alberta
United Conservative Leader Kenney not stopping for questions on former worker
EDMONTON - Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney wouldn’t stop to answer questions about a former call centre leader on his leadership campaign who was reportedly linked to an online s...
Nov 01, 2018
Found dinosaur bones in Alberta Badlands: Google doodle honours Joseph Tyrrell
Thursday’s Google doodle features a man standing among large dinosaur bones in the Alberta Badlands. It’s in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, who was born 160 years ago in Weston, Ont. ̶...
Nov 01, 2018
Premier Notley tells B.C. steelworkers jobs at risk without Trans Mountain
KAMLOOPS – Premier Rachel Notley says it’s “just dumb” that the Canadian economy is losing millions of dollars a day because the province can’t get its oil to world marke...
Nov 01, 2018
ASIRT investigating Lethbridge officer's response to "out of control" Halloween party
LETHBRIDGE - Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating a struggle involving a Lethbridge officer and two men that was captured on video and posted on social media. According to Lethbridge Polic...
Nov 01, 2018
Psychiatrist tells Alberta trial that cook heard voices telling him to kill
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A psychiatrist says a cook accused of murdering two people at a northern Alberta work camp had been hearing voices and thought he needed to kill everyone to make them stop. Dr....
Oct 31, 2018
Judge reserves bail decision for Alberta teen charged in German tourist shooting
CALGARY - A Calgary judge has reserved his decision on whether to grant bail to a 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway. The youth, who is charged with attempte...
Oct 31, 2018
Changes could be coming to post secondary education
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says a new bill would give the province’s advanced education minister the power to regulate tuition. The province says that the act, which was tabled Mond...
Oct 31, 2018
Calgary 2026 Olympic Games bid survives city council vote on plebiscite
CALGARY - A potential Calgary bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games survived a city council vote Wednesday, when a motion leading to the cancellation of an upcoming plebiscite did not pass. Te...
Oct 31, 2018
Witness says Red Deer woman killed at work camp was a "Sweetheart"
GRANDE PRAIRIE – There has been some very graphic testimony from eyewitnesses on Day 2 of the Daniel Goodridge trial. One witness described in detail the attack on David Derksen and how it start...
Oct 31, 2018
Alberta proposes tougher rules, transparency on health provider misconduct
EDMONTON — New rules introduced in the Alberta legislature could see doctors, along with thousands of other health-care providers, face automatic licence suspensions for sexually abusing patient...
Oct 31, 2018