Category Archives: Alberta

Woman kidnapped in Wetaskiwin escapes from car trunk
WETASKIWIN- RCMP say an injured woman was held inside the trunk of a vehicle before she managed to escape and get help at a nearby car wash. Mounties say the woman told them she had been kidnapped and...
Jul 26, 2018

Vice Principal in Grande Prairie charged with sexual assault
GRANDE PRAIRIE- Grande Prairie RCMP have charged a 55-year-old man after three female students from a Swan City school reported that they had been inappropriately touched by the Vice Principal at thei...
Jul 26, 2018

Oilsands companies upbeat about future as Q2 results reveal gains and setbacks
CALGARY - Higher oil prices and signs that pipelines will be built to take growing production to market are fuelling optimism among oilsands producers as they roll out second-quarter results. The brig...
Jul 26, 2018

Letter warns UNESCO about Olympic impact in Banff National Park
CALGARY - A Canadian environmental group wants a United Nations agency to warn the federal government about the possible impact of holding Winter Olympic events in Banff National Park. The Canadian Pa...
Jul 26, 2018

Former Alberta Party candidate Troy Millington sentenced on child porn charges
CALGARY- A man who once sought the leadership of the Alberta Party has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for child pornography. Troy Millington was convicted by a jury earlier this yea...
Jul 26, 2018

Alberta premier fires back over former PM's plan to door knock in election
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Premier Rachel Notley says it’s hypocritical for Alberta’s United Conservatives to encourage more women to enter politics but then take aim at a woman who left their ...
Jul 25, 2018

Calgary university utilizing investigative tool for wildfires, oil spills
CALGARY - A crime-scene-type tool is being used by an Alberta university to help investigators looking into the cause of wildfires, arsons and oil spills. Gwen O’Sullivan of Mount Royal Universi...
Jul 25, 2018

Rona Ambrose helping more women run for UCP
CALGARY- Former Alberta M-P Rona Ambrose wants to help more women run for politics under the conservative banner. She’s helped launch a non-profit group called She-Leads, which will assist women...
Jul 25, 2018

Edmonton police turn up hidden cache of drugs in vehicles
EDMONTON – The discovery of methamphetamine and cocaine stowed in a hidden compartment of a vehicle has helped cap off a lengthy drug trafficking investigation in Edmonton that’s led to ch...
Jul 25, 2018

Two people dead after head-on crash near Claresholm
CLARESHOLM- Two people were killed after two sport-utility vehicles collided head-on near the southern Alberta community of Claresholm. The RCMP says one of the vehicles was going the wrong way in the...
Jul 25, 2018