Category Archives: Alberta

Grande Prairie man facing child sexual exploitation charges
A Grande Prairie man faces child sexual exploitation charges and officers believe there could be more victims in northern Alberta and as far away as Australia. Jonathan Karl Bruenig, 34, was arrested ...
Jan 31, 2018

Fort McMurray approves plan to bolster wildfire prevention
FORT MCMURRAY- Wood Buffalo council has approved a plan to help prevent destructive wildfires such as the one that ravaged the Fort McMurray community in 2016. The Regional Municipality says the five-...
Jan 31, 2018

2017 Calgary public school trustee candidate faces election fraud charges
CALGARY – A woman who ran for a Calgary Public School trustee position last year faces Alberta Election Act charges. Elections Alberta says it launched an investigation last October after receiv...
Jan 31, 2018

Notley says B.C. 'grasping at straws' with move to limit bitumen shipments
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is slamming British Columbia’s proposal to restrict diluted bitumen ships. She says it would be illegal and would endanger jobs and the economy. She accuses the B.C...
Jan 30, 2018

Saskatchewan's new premier looks forward to conversation with Rachel Notley
REGINA – Saskatchewan’s new premier plans to address his province’s contentious relationship with Alberta. Scott Moe says he looks forward to a conversation with Premier Rachel Notle...
Jan 30, 2018

AHS introduces new opioid awareness campaign
CALGARY – Alberta Health Services has introduced a new provincewide opioid awareness campaign. It includes advertising on light-rail transit trains in Edmonton and Calgary, billboards, radio spo...
Jan 30, 2018
Drumheller woman escapes jail time for stealing donated cancer cash
DRUMHELLER – A 34-year-old woman who admitted to stealing money collected during a family friend’s cancer fundraiser has escaped jail time. Ashley Fredrickson of Drumheller has been given ...
Nov 21, 2017
Police investigating school bus collision in Grande Prairie
GRANDE PRAIRIE – Police are looking into a collision between a bus and a car this morning in Grande Prairie. “The school bus was carrying 28 students. A 10-year-old child on the bus was tr...
Nov 20, 2017
Nebraska approves TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline in close vote
CALGARY – Nebraska’s Public Service Commission has approved TransCanada’s Keystone XL route in a 3 to 2 vote, clearing the last major regulatory hurdle for the controversial $10 bill...
Nov 20, 2017
St. Albert teen seriously injured in a fight
ST. ALBERT- A teenage boy has life-threatening injuries after he was involved in a fight with a man early yesterday afternoon. RCMP were called to a north-side St. Albert neighbourhood after getting w...
Nov 20, 2017