Alberta

Province announces $286-million to bolster rural policing

COALDALE, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced a major new investment into policing for small communities, but they will feel the impacts on their wallets.$286-million will be spent over the n...

Dec 04, 2019 Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer announces funding for rural policing. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)

Canadian Natural budget rises by $250 million on curtailment ease – additional rigs and jobs for Alberta

CALGARY - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says its 2020 capital budget will be $250 million higher than last year as it adds about 60 drilling locations across Alberta and puts three additional rigs t...

Olivia Thorington Dec 04, 2019 File photo, courtesy CHATNEWSTODAY, Medicine Hat

Moody’s cites weak economy in downgrading Alberta credit rating

EDMONTON - The Alberta government's credit rating has taken another hitMoody's Investors Service has downgraded the province's rating to Aa2 stable from Aa1 negative.The rating service cites weakness ...

Dec 03, 2019 Alberta credit rating downgrade

Construction on Alberta section of Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion has begun

LETHBRIDGE, AB - After several years of delays, hurdles, and a $4.5-billion transaction from the federal government, work has finally started on its construction."Getting shovels in the ground in Albe...

Dec 03, 2019 Trans Mountain Pipeline. (Supplied by The Canadian Press)

Hyperloop line from YYC to YEG via Red Deer needs provincial commitment

RED DEER -- From Calgary to Edmonton with a stop in Red Deer, all in under 30 minutes?A Toronto company founded in 2015 believes they're close to making that a reality with their innovative hyperloop ...

Dec 01, 2019 Hyperlink mock-up from Transpod.com

Scheer cautions against internal fighting in speech in Conservative heartland

CALGARY - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has dismissed those calling for him to step down after last month's election loss as elites and "talking heads" who know he'll never relent in his oppositio...

Nov 30, 2019 Andrew Scheer - The Canadian Press

Alberta Health Services planning to lay off hundreds of nurses starting in 2020

EDMONTON, AB - The United Nurses of Alberta says hundreds of registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses will be losing their jobs in the next several years.A letter from Alberta Health Servic...

Nov 29, 2019

Alberta Court of Appeal: Nine-year minimum sentence for fentanyl trafficking

EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's Court of Appeal has ruled that convictions for wholesale fentanyl trafficking should get a minimum sentence of nine years.The unanimous ruling by five justices comes out of a ...

Nov 29, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse. (Lethbridge News Now)

Canada-wide warrant issued for Edmonton man wanted on human trafficking charges

EDMONTON, AB - People from across Canada are asked to be on alert for a man facing 12 charges, including human trafficking.Kevin Bernavil, 30, was scheduled to appear in court in Edmonton on November ...

Nov 27, 2019 Kevin Bernavil. (Supplied by Edmonton Police Service)

Homicides fall by largest number in Alberta in 2018, zero homicides in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta had the largest decrease in homicides in the country last year compared to 2017.That is according to a new report from Stats Canada.Nationally, there was a 1.3% increase in ho...

Nov 27, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)