Category Archives: Alberta
Manitoba man charged with murder in case of missing Alberta Indigenous woman
DESMARAIS, Alta. – RCMP have charged a man with second-degree murder after the remains of an Indigenous woman from northern Alberta were found in Manitoba nearly three years after she went missi...
Jun 28, 2018
Alberta economy has recovered two-thirds of recession losses: government
EDMONTON - Alberta’s finance minister says the province’s economic picture is brightening with a lower-than-expected deficit last year thanks in part to higher resource revenues. The gover...
Jun 28, 2018
Predictions of pipeline protest violence derided by organizers from both sides
CALGARY - Pro-pipeline activists who hit the streets in increasing numbers this year to try to drown out anti-pipeline picketers plan to continue to confront their adversaries, even in the face of pre...
Jun 28, 2018
Firefighters battling 700-hectare wildfire near Hinton
HINTON- Firefighters are trying to contain an out-of-control wildfire east of Hinton that grew to estimated 700 hectares Wednesday night. Provincial officials say the blaze was about 15 kilometres fro...
Jun 28, 2018
Crashes claim three lives
CAMROSE / PROVOST- Three people are dead following separate crashes yesterday, including one involving six vehicles. Two men died when the van they were in collided with a car at a highway intersectio...
Jun 28, 2018
Additional areas in Waterton Lakes National Park open
WATERTON – Waterton Lakes National Park is open and ready to welcome visitors in 2018, and after a lot of work by staff following the Kenow Wildfire in the fall they've reopened several addition...
Jun 28, 2018
Amendments to farm labour legislation passed
EDMONTON – Alberta farm and ranch workers will be able to use older equipment and forego the use of a seatbelt if it’s not practical under new health and safety rules coming into effect in...
Jun 28, 2018
CFL Eskimos brass on northern visits to talk about name, 'where we fit in'
INUVIK, N.W.T. - Officials from the Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Football League club are on a tour of northern communities to discuss the team’s name. Marketing vice-president Allan Watt says the ...
Jun 28, 2018
'A goal of mine:' Hockey dream still alive for paralyzed Humboldt Bronco
PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Straschnitzki hasn’t given up his dream of playing hockey. The 19-year-old Alberta teen, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos j...
Jun 28, 2018
Off duty RCMP officer assaulted in Wetaskiwin, multiple charges laid
WETASKIWIN- Charges have been laid against two suspects following an attempted theft, an assault against an off duty police officer, and a pursuit which was terminated in the Ermineskin town site. On ...
Jun 27, 2018