Category Archives: Alberta

Province supporting Alberta’s military families
EDMONTON- Alberta is one of two provinces kicking off a federal pilot project to help military families settle into their new communities when they are posted to the province. The Military Families an...
Jul 10, 2018

RCMP lay charges in fatal Thorhild area school bus crash
THORHILD- Charges have been laid in the death of a teenage girl who was on a school bus involved in a collision with a transport truck. Maisie Watkinson, 15, died on March 7 when the bus was hit from ...
Jul 10, 2018

New trial for Stephans to take place June 2019
LETHBRIDGE- A new trial date has been set for an Alberta couple who had their convictions overturned by Canada's highest court. David and Collet Stephan appeared in Lethbridge Provincial Court on Mond...
Jul 10, 2018

Greyhound Canada to end routes in Prairies, B.C., leaving small towns in lurch
OTTAWA - Greyhound Canada, for decades a critical link connecting the country’s small towns and isolated communities with bigger urban centres, is pulling away for good in the Prairies, B.C. and...
Jul 09, 2018

Admitted to cutting endangered trees: Sentencing hearing for Alberta ski resort
CALGARY - The Crown says a lack of oversight on the part of a world-renowned Alberta ski resort led to endangered trees being cut down five years ago. The Lake Louise resort in Banff National Park ple...
Jul 09, 2018

Alberta likely to take equity stake in Trans Mountain pipeline: premier
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is likely to end up owning a piece of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Ottawa agreed to buy the Alberta-to-British-Columbia crude conduit this spr...
Jul 09, 2018

RCMP investigate stabbing at Airdrie area rest stop
AIRDRIE- RCMP are looking for a suspect after a man was stabbed at a highway rest stop north of Calgary. Police were called to the Dickson Stevenson stop on the QE2 north of Airdrie last evening. Para...
Jul 09, 2018

10-year old boy drowns in Elk Island National Park
FORT SASKATCHEWAN- RCMP say a 10-year-old boy has drowned in Astotin Lake in Elk Island National Park. Police say officers were dispatched to the park Sunday evening to investigate a report of a missi...
Jul 09, 2018

Search resumes for toddler who disappeared near Wapiti River
GRANDE PRAIRIE – The search has resumed for a two-year-old boy who went missing near the Wapiti River in western Alberta. Grande Prairie RCMP say the toddler disappeared near the Canfor Bridge i...
Jul 08, 2018

Free fishing weekend in Alberta for all ages
ETHBRIDGE – Anyone interested in fishing this weekend can do so for free today (July 7) and tomorrow (July 8). It’s Free Fishing Weekend in Alberta, and that means those interested in lear...
Jul 07, 2018