Category Archives: Alberta
Province appoints five judges, still seeking to fill prosecutor slots
EDMONTON – Alberta’s justice minister says the government has hired five new provincial court judges and is continuing work to get new Crown prosecutors in place. Kathleen Ganley says four...
Jul 31, 2018
Cigarette causes multi-million dollar Edmonton apartment fire
EDMONTON- Fire officials say an apartment building fire that caused 14-million dollars in damage was caused by a smoker. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services says all residents of the 90-unit building got ou...
Jul 31, 2018
Fatal southern Alberta plane crash
BLACK DIAMOND- RCMP say they are working with the Transportation Safety Board to investigate a plane crash that left one person dead and another injured. The plane crashed in a field near Black Diamon...
Jul 31, 2018
Train derails after missing curve south of Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE COUNTY - A train went off the rails south of Lethbridge Monday afternoon after it reportedly missed a curve. The 10 CP Rail cars that derailed were carrying canola. The Transportation Safet...
Jul 31, 2018
House fire claims two lives in Village of Warner
WARNER — Milk River RCMP and the Warner Fire Department were called to a house fire in Warner about 10:00-pm Sunday (July 29) night. The bodies of an adult man and woman were found inside the ho...
Jul 31, 2018
Notice issued to contractor for Grande Prairie Regional Hospital build
The Alberta government has issued a Notice of Default to the construction management firm in charge of building the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. Graham Construction has 15 days to submit a plan t...
Jul 30, 2018
Busy weekend for Edmonton and area firefighters
EDMONTON- Firefighters in and around Edmonton were kept busy in sweltering heat yesterday fighting fires that damaged or destroyed a number of homes. Two houses went up in flames and a third was damag...
Jul 30, 2018
Man shot and killed at Calgary motel
CALGARY- One person was killed in a shooting early Saturday morning at a motel in Calgary. Police say they arrived at the Town and Country Motor Hotel to find a wounded man who died later in hospital....
Jul 30, 2018
Trans Mountain pipeline work to resume in August: Kinder Morgan Canada boss
EDMONTON - The head of Kinder Morgan Canada says work is to resume next month to prepare a route for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Ian Anderson says the company will secure, survey and prepar...
Jul 28, 2018
Alberta firefighter dies while helping fight wildfires in Ontario
RED LAKE, Ont. – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says an Alberta firefighter has died unexpectedly while he was helping fight wildfires in Ontario. She says in a statement that Jerry Gadwa, a resi...
Jul 28, 2018