Category Archives: Alberta
New three-year funding announced for child care investments
EDMONTON - The federal and provincial government have announced a three-year bilateral agreement for early learning and child care investments. The agreement allocates $136 million for Alberta over th...
Apr 13, 2018
Impaired driving charges laid in fatal 2017 collision near Wetaskiwin
A woman has been charged with impaired driving causing death following an incident in rural Wetaskiwin County. RCMP say they were dispatched on June 8 of last year to a vehicle collision rollover situ...
Apr 12, 2018
Humboldt Broncos memorial service set for Edmonton
EDMONTON- A public memorial service will be held next Tuesday at Rogers Place in Edmonton for four Humboldt Broncos who died in last Friday’s bus-semi crash. The players — Jaxon Joseph, Lo...
Apr 12, 2018
Calgary truck company owner 'sorry' for hockey bus crash that killed 15
CALGARY - The owner of a trucking company involved in a horrific collision that killed 15 people on the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team bus says he is sorry. “I’m just sorry for everyt...
Apr 11, 2018
Lethbridge man receives eight-year prison sentence for death of spouse
LETHBRIDGE - A 53-year-old Lethbridge man has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, after admitting to a charge of manslaughter Tuesday, April 10, for the 2017 death of Francis Corrine (aka Trixi...
Apr 11, 2018
Province announces salary cuts for Alberta's post-secondary presidents
EDMONTON – Presidents at Alberta’s colleges and universities are getting a pay cut. The province is bringing in a pay grid for the 20 leaders of its post-secondary institutions. The new ru...
Apr 10, 2018
Recalled roast beef believed sold in Alberta
OTTAWA – A recent recall of pre-cooked roast beef due to possible contamination from Listeria is being expanded. The March 28 recall announced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency concerned Se...
Apr 10, 2018
Calgary police involved in fatal shooting
CALGARY – A man in Calgary is dead after he was shot during what police are calling a confrontation with plainclothes officers. Police say the man was allegedly armed when the encounter happened...
Apr 10, 2018
UCP leader Jason Kenney calls abortion clinic legislation political game-playing
EDMONTON- United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney says proposed legislation creating safe zones around abortion clinics is political game-playing by the NDP government. He says he will abstain w...
Apr 10, 2018
Alberta proposes do-it-yourself beer, wine outlets and adds rules to cannabis
EDMONTON – Alberta is making changes to help do-it-yourself brewers and wine makers, along with laying out more rules underpinning the pending legalization of cannabis. The changes are in a bill...
Apr 09, 2018