Category Archives: Alberta

Feds invest in Alberta railway safety improvements
The federal government has announced it will contribute $3.3 million dollars to make Alberta railways safer. The funds will be used to build barriers to prevent trespassing, and install flashing light...
Aug 28, 2018

'The Walk to Remember' raising awareness for missing and murdered indigenous women
MEDICINE HAT, AB -Since 1970 the number of missing and murdered indigenous women ranges from 1,000-4,000. Matthew Jefferson is walking across Canada to raise awareness after his aunt went missing in 2...
Aug 28, 2018

Airline baggage fees soar
MONTREAL — It now costs more for passengers to check their bags for Air Canada and WestJet flights. The airlines are raising the fee for the first checked bag by five-dollars to 30-dollars and b...
Aug 28, 2018

Rain not enough to put out fire near Waterton Lakes National Park
WATERTON LAKES NP — A Parks Canada spokesman says rain is welcome but won’t be enough to put out a fire near Waterton Lakes National Park. “We are expecting about 10 millimetres to 2...
Aug 27, 2018

Man shot in leg during golf tournament near Grande Prairie
A man received a gunshot wound Saturday during a golf tournament south of Grande Prairie. At around 2:30 p.m. on August 25, RCMP were called to a report of a man that suffered a gunshot wound to his l...
Aug 27, 2018

One person killed, one injured, when explosion destroys Alberta home
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. – A woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a house exploded southeast of Edmonton. RCMP say the home was destroyed when the blast happened Sunday afternoon in Strathco...
Aug 27, 2018

Edmonton woman charged in fatal hit-and-run
An Edmonton woman has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a 78-year-old man. Twenty-three-year-old Pritsma Singh is accused of leaving the scene of the accident and is facing both traffic safety ...
Aug 26, 2018

Alberta government looking to create guidelines to remediate contaminated fentanyl sites
The Alberta government is looking to create guidelines on how to remediate sites contaminated with the deadly street drug fentanyl. Alberta Health has posted a request for proposals for a contractor t...
Aug 25, 2018

Handful of Alberta drivers accused of using highways as speedways near Edmonton
Some Alberta drivers are heading to court accused of using highways outside of Edmonton as speedways. R-C-M-P say in one case a man on a Ducati Superbike was clocked doing 197 in a 100-kilometre zone ...
Aug 25, 2018

RCMP seize handguns and stolen vehicles at Wetaskiwin County chop-shop
A number of people from central Alberta are facing charges after RCMP recovered stolen vehicles and a pair of handguns at a rural chop-shop in Wetaskiwin County Thursday. The investigation began Augus...
Aug 24, 2018