Category Archives: Alberta

Promoting ag-tourism with Alberta Open Farm Days
A province-wide ag tourism event aimed at helping people understand where their food comes from returns to Alberta next weekend. On August 18 and 19, Alberta Open Farm Days will see more than 110 host...
Aug 14, 2018

Edmonton pharmacy worker charged with stealing 401,500 Percocet tablets
Edmonton police have arrested a pharmacy worker accused of stealing 401,500 tablets of the prescription opioid painkiller Percocet. Investigators allege a 34-year-old women stole the drugs from where ...
Aug 14, 2018

Jim Pattison Broadcast Group buys Fabmar, will expand in BC, AB and SK
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership (Pattison) and Fabmar Investments Ltd. (Fabmar) announced Tuesday that Pattison has acquired Fabmar Communications Ltd. and ...
Aug 14, 2018
German tourist shot and wounded in Alberta heading home for specialized care
CALGARY - A German tourist who can’t talk or move his right side after he was shot in the head while driving in southern Alberta earlier this month is heading home. The German consulate says the...
Aug 14, 2018

Search on in Westlock area for overdue plane
WESTLOCK- RCMP are asking farmers and other property owners in an area northwest of Edmonton to check their land for any sign of a small plane that never arrived at its destination. Mounties were info...
Aug 14, 2018

Crash north of Edmonton kills two
MORINVILLE- Two people are dead following a collision on Monday evening at a rural intersection north of Edmonton. Morinville RCMP say a westbound SUV struck a southbound car at the intersection of Hi...
Aug 14, 2018
Wife of Nigerian man who died during deportation seeking answers: lawyer
CALGARY - A lawyer for the family of a Nigerian man who died while he was being deported from Canada says his widow is looking for answers. Bolanle Idowu Alo, who was 49, died following an altercation...
Aug 13, 2018

'Completely outrageous:' Alberta doctor investigated for alleged comments
CARDSTON, Alta. - A southern Alberta doctor is on administrative leave from a position at Alberta Health Services after allegedly telling some homeless Indigenous people to “get jobs” in l...
Aug 13, 2018

Mounties effect numerous arrests and seizures during Enhanced Enforcement shifts
Bashaw RCMP and the Maskwacis Community Response Unit are among several law enforcement agencies being hailed for their efforts in numerous arrests and seizures in Wetaskiwin and the surrounding area ...
Aug 13, 2018

Olds RCMP seek break and enter suspect in “Jason” mask
OLDS- RCMP were dispatched early Thursday morning to a break and enter at the Dodge Dealership in Olds where three different vehicles were stolen. Mounties received a complaint at 2:46 a.m. that a sus...
Aug 10, 2018