Category Archives: Alberta

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

Damage control needed on Alberta Opposition leader's India trip: trade minister
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it will be doing “damage control” after Opposition leader Jason Kenney’s visit to India. Trade Minister Deron Bilous says there appears to be c...
Sep 18, 2018

Child in stolen SUV found "safe and unharmed," vehicle recovered: police
FORT MACLEOD, Alta. - Police in Alberta say a six-year-old boy who had been inside an SUV when it was stolen has been found “safe and unharmed,” and the vehicle has also been recovered. RC...
Sep 18, 2018

Three people plead guilty to unlawful confinement in Alberta naked kidnapping
LEDUC, Alta. - Three people in Alberta have pleaded guilty after being charged in a bizarre naked kidnapping case that may have involved hallucinogenic tea. Two women and one man, who cannot be identi...
Sep 17, 2018

Clayton Riddell, co-owner of Flames and founder of Paramount Resources, dies at 81
CALGARY - Clay Riddell, billionaire businessman and co-owner of the Calgary Flames, has died. He was 81. The Flames confirmed his death in a statement on Sunday. “We mourn the passing of a great...
Sep 16, 2018

Search underway for missing plane headed from Edmonton to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Aircraft are searching the British Columbia Interior for a small plane with two people on board that’s gone missing. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre says in a stat...
Sep 16, 2018

Conservative or overly rosy? Digging into the Calgary Olympic bid plan numbers
Calgary’s Olympic bid corporation says the city and Alberta stand to see a five-to-one return on their investment if they have another turn at hosting the Winter Games in 2026. Here is a closer ...
Sep 16, 2018