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High-flying oil and gas prices paint a rosier shade of red ink on Alberta budget

EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's budget outlook for this year is turning a rosier shade of red ink, with jobs up, the deficit down and oil and gas prices humming along at unexpectedly high levels.Finance Mini...

Nov 30, 2021

Lethbridge man sentenced for sexually touching underaged girls

LETHBRIDGE, AB - *** WARNING: This story contains graphic sexual details ***A 44-year-old Lethbridge man has learned his fate. Following a four-hour hearing in Lethbridge Court of Queen's Bench Monday...

Olivia Thorington Nov 29, 2021

Higher energy prices expected to deliver boost in Alberta budget update

EDMONTON, AB. -- Alberta's finance minister says the recent bullish run on energy prices is part of a stronger economic story on the province's bottom line that will be revealed in the upcoming second...

Nov 29, 2021

Internal review taking place for altercation between Blood Tribe man and RCMP member

CARDSTON, AB - The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) will not investigate an incident involving a Blood Tribe man and member of the Cardston RCMP.On November 23, police arrested 27-year-o...

Nov 29, 2021

India pushes renewed trade talks with Canada in aftermath of two Michaels China woes

OTTAWA, ON - Canada and India are quietly setting the stage to reboot formal free trade talks as the Trudeau government seeks economic alternatives to China following the dispute over the Meng Wanzhou...

Olivia Thorington Nov 28, 2021

Canada-wide warrant issued for husband and wife Alberta investment scam

CALGARY, AB - The Alberta RCMP Integrated Market Enforcement Team (IMET) has obtained a Canada-wide warrant for a husband and wife who are believed to have operated a fraudulent investment company ide...

Nov 26, 2021

Medicine Hat woman charged with first degree murder in death of Pincher Creek woman

PINCHER CREEK, AB - Charges have been laid following the death of a Southern Albertan woman from earlier last week.On Friday, November 19, Megan Eekma, 34, was travelling with another person from B.C....

Nov 25, 2021

Human remains in "advanced state of decomposition" found on Blood Tribe

STANDOFF, AB - Blood Tribe Police are investigating the death of an unidentified person.On Wednesday, November 24, officers were called to the north end of the First Nation where human remains were di...

Nov 24, 2021

Alberta parents can book children's COVID vaccine appointments starting November 24

EDMONTON, AB - Beginning Wednesday, November 24 at 8:00 am, parents and legal guardians can book their children's COVID-19 vaccine appointments for children aged 5 to 11.Appointments to receive the fi...

Nov 23, 2021

Canadian governments post "historic deficit" in 2020, debt per capita $74K

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It should go without saying at this point, but the COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to the country's pocketbooks.Stats Canada has released a new report on the Consolidated Canadian...

Nov 22, 2021