Category Archives: Alberta

Lethbridge teen arrested after a bit of a demolition derby
LETHBRIDGE – A 14-year-old girl is facing charges of impaired driving and dangerous driving after a series of collisions in Lethbridge early Thursday morning. Police say just after 4 a.m. they r...
Aug 17, 2018

Body found in plane wreckage northwest of Edmonton
MAYERTHORPE – RCMP say search and rescue technicians have found a body and the wreckage of plane in a wooded area northwest of Edmonton. Mounties say the identity of the remains and the aircraft...
Aug 16, 2018

Province reaches tentative deal with Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
EDMONTON – Alberta’s largest pubic sector union has reached a tentative deal with the provincial government on a new contract. Details of the three-year agreement for 23,000 Alberta Union ...
Aug 16, 2018

Million dollar Edmonton fentanyl lab shut down
EDMONTON- ALERT Edmonton's organized crime and gang team has shut down a fentanyl production lab operating out of a home in southeast Edmonton. Two people were arrested and nearly $1 million worth of ...
Aug 16, 2018

RCMP appeal for tips, dashcam footage in German tourist shooting west of Calgary
AIRDRIE, Alta. - RCMP say investigators are open to the possibility that road rage or mistaken identity played a role in the shooting of a German tourist earlier this month west of Calgary. Police han...
Aug 16, 2018

Alberta MP mourning newborn daughter's death from genetic disorder
CALGARY - An Alberta Conservative MP has posted a touching online tribute following the death of his newborn daughter from a genetic disorder. Tom Kmiec, who represents the riding of Calgary Shepard, ...
Aug 16, 2018

'Unavoidable accident:' Calgary Zoo peacock dies after flying into zoo golf cart
CALGARY - One of the peacocks that often roam freely on the Calgary Zoo grounds has died after it flew into the windshield of a moving zoo golf cart. Zoo spokeswoman Trish Exton-Parder said Thursday i...
Aug 16, 2018

Calgary Fire Department logs record opioid overdose calls in July
CALGARY - The Calgary Fire Department says there were a record number of opioid overdose calls in July. It says the 144 calls marked a 20 per cent increase over the same month last year and a 450 per ...
Aug 16, 2018

OHS investigates after wagon flips and injures passengers at Edmonton park
EDMONTON – Occupational Health and Safety is investigating after a horse drawn wagon they were riding in overturned at Fort Edmonton Park. Six people were taken to hospital. Alberta Health Servi...
Aug 16, 2018

Shots fired incident closes part of Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky Drive
EDMONTON- Gunfire and a police chase prompted officials to close part of Edmonton’s busy Wayne Gretzky Drive for hours. Police say late Wednesday afternoon there were reports of shots being fire...
Aug 16, 2018