Alberta

Salary freeze for Red Deer city council

RED DEER -- Red Deer city council will see no salary increase this year.Council voted Monday to freeze the salaries for the mayor and its other eight members at their current rates."As we continue to ...

Oct 01, 2019 Red Deer Countil RDNewsNOW

Alberta Premier Kenney says restraint coming - Not Klein-era budget cuts

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there will be spending restraint in the upcoming budget but it won't resemble the fiscal bloodletting of the early 1990s.His first budget will put the brak...

Sep 28, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney - The Canadian Press

Medical examiner at centre of racial complaint against Alberta judge overwhelmed

CALGARY -- The medical examiner who testified at the trial of an Alberta couple who were charged in their child's death says he is overwhelmed that legal and health professionals have filed a complain...

Sep 27, 2019 Collet (left) and David (right) Stephan. (Lethbridge News Now)

‘Some may perceive racism:’ Experts complain about Alberta judge’s comments

CALGARY - Dozens of medical and legal experts have filed a complaint with the Canadian Judicial Council against an Alberta judge, alleging he made comments that could be perceived as racist about a me...

Sep 26, 2019 David Stephan hugs lawyer Ingrid Hess outside of the Lethbridge Courthouse - Lethbridge News Now

Lethbridge man charged in Amber Alert abduction case

RED DEER -- Two people charged after three children abducted from Fox Creek were found near Sylvan Lake earlier this year will stand trial. Fox Creek RCMP were called around 1:30 a.m. on June 1 after ...

Sep 25, 2019 Court gavel

B.C. blocks Alberta's "turn off the taps" legislation with court injunction

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Province of BC was successful in its application to the federal courts to stop Alberta from halting oil shipments to the Pacific Province.This is in regards to the inter-border co...

Sep 24, 2019 Trans Mountain Pipeline. (Supplied by Canadian Press)

Attention parents; Several brands of Gripe Water pulled from market

OTTAWA -- Health Canada has issued a notice advising Canadians that RW Consumer Products Ltd. is recalling all lots of the product "Gripe Water - Alcohol And Preservative Free" (Natural Product Number...

Sep 23, 2019 Gripe Water recalled -- Health Canada

Alberta budget Oct. 24; Premier says will have tough touches to fight deficit

EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney says the Alberta budget is to be delivered in just over a month.Kenney says it will be released Oct. 24 and include tough choices to get Alberta's multibillion-dollar ...

Sep 23, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press

WWE’s ‘Sassy Southern Belle’ has run-in with Mountie near Edmonton

EDMONTON -- UPDATE (Mon, Sept. 23): Alberta RCMP have issued the following statement on the traffic stop and social media video.Officials say the initial traffic stop and speeding ticket were legitima...

Sep 22, 2019 Screenshot of RCMP officer issuing ticket

Health organizations call for end to promotion of vaping products

OTTAWA -- Federal officials have to act right away to avoid further risks of serious illness from vaping, eight Canadian health organizations said Thursday.The groups are asking for an interim order f...

Sep 21, 2019 Vaping products under scrutiny -- The Canadian Press