Category Archives: Alberta
Province hush hush on cannabis warehouse location
EDMONTON – Alberta is starting to stockpile marijuana but isn’t saying where it’s being kept. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says cannabis shipments have begun but he says for security re...
Sep 20, 2018

Calgary police investigate $500,000 art gallery theft
CALGARY – Police are investigating a Calgary art gallery heist in which thieves made off with works worth about $500,000. Investigators say last May the suspects used a saw to cut through the do...
Sep 20, 2018

Penalties for driving while high in Alberta and Saskatchewan
MEDICINE HAT- With cannabis set to be legal on October 17, provinces have been working to amend their impaired driving laws to include cannabis. The laws vary from province to province. In Alberta, th...
Sep 20, 2018
'Absolute and complete rubbish:' Alberta to release rehabbed bear cubs this fall
EDMONTON - Alberta Environment says two black bear cubs being rehabilitated will be returned to the wild by mid-October despite concerns that it is too early. The Cochrane Ecological Institute, a non-...
Sep 20, 2018

Defence: Man should be found guilty of second-degree murder in woman's death
CALGARY - A lawyer for a man on trial for first-degree murder in the death of a Calgary mother of four says Curtis Healy should be found guilty of second-degree murder instead. A jury heard evidence t...
Sep 19, 2018

UPDATE [LOCATED]: 12 y/o Treston Minde of Wetaskiwin
UPDATE [OCT. 1] – RCMp advise that Treston Minde, reported missing Sept. 17, has been located. Wetaskiwin RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance.
Sep 19, 2018

Airdrie RCMP investigate fatal crash near Crossfield
AIRDRIE- On September 18 at approximately 5:20 p.m., RCMP responded to a two vehicle head-on collision on Highway 2A, south of Crossfield. The respective drivers and sole occupants of both vehicles we...
Sep 19, 2018

Edmonton sets public pot smoking rules
EDMONTON- The City of Edmonton has decided on how it will regulate the smoking of marijuana in public when it becomes legal next month. The rules, which will also apply to tobacco, say no one can ligh...
Sep 19, 2018

Cattlemen’s Association opposes Ottawa’s proposed ban on strychnine
EDMONTON – The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says Ottawa should continue to allow producers to use strychnine to kill prairie gophers. Health Canada is proposing to ban the use of the p...
Sep 19, 2018

UPDATE [Located]: 12 y/o Chase Wildcat from Wetaskiwin
SEPT. 19 – Wetaskiwin RCMP advise that Chase Wildcat has been located safe and unharmed.
Sep 18, 2018