Alberta

Crash involving tanker kills one & injures nine near Cereal, evacuation order ended

CEREAL, AB - A multi-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon near the community of Cereal has left one person dead and many more injured.As reported by our partners at Global News, EMS has confirmed one pe...

Aug 20, 2019 Crash site - Photo courtesy of Global Calgary

Stats Can survey: Illegal pot still a source for 4 in 10 cannabis users

OTTAWA - Six months after Canada legalized marijuana for recreational use more than 40 per cent of Canadians who said they used pot still bought it from illegal sources, a new Statistics Canada report...

Aug 17, 2019 Illegal pot use - The Canadian Press

Windfarm powering local economy

Bow Island, AB - It's a beehive of activity at the site of the Whitla Windfarm south of Bow Island as the 56 turbine project begins taking shape amongst the canola, lentil and wheat fields.Gravel road...

Aug 17, 2019 One of 56 turbines takes shape at Whitla Windfarm south of Bow Island – credit Alex McCuaig

Several changes made to Highway 3 speed limits through Crowsnest Pass

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - Drivers heading through the Crowsnest Pass will need to be aware of a series of changes to the speed limit.Municipality of Crowsnest Pass CAO Patrick Thomas says the alterations w...

Aug 16, 2019 One of the new speed limit signs in the Crowsnest Pass on Highway 3. (Supplied by Municipality of Crowsnest Pass)

Questions remain of how police can handle phone searches with new digital auto insurance system

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Earlier this week, the Government of Alberta announced a new system where drivers can have their car insurance information digitally on their mobile devices rather than uses the stand...

Aug 16, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Social media both a help and hurdle for police investigations

OTTAWA -- Social media can help or hurt police investigations such as the one into three homicides in northern British Columbia, says a criminologist.Frank Cormier, head of the sociology and criminolo...

Aug 16, 2019 Surveilance video of Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod

Panel announced to review Alberta's minimum wage

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Labour and Immigration Minister Jason Copping says an independent panel of experts will review the impacts of the province's minimum wage on the economy.It will consist of nine people...

Aug 15, 2019 Alberta legislature. (Lethbridge News Now)

Crews continue to make discoveries at Dinosaur Provincial Park

Dinosaur Provincial Park, AB - Every year, thousands of tourists pass through Dinosaur Provincial Park.75 million years ago, it was over 50 different species of dinosaurs passing though those same bad...

Aug 15, 2019 Royal Tyrrell Museum crews working at Dinosaur Provincial Park (Photo by Ross Lavigne)

Men twice as likely to smoke pot as women, Statistics Canada says

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadian men are almost twice as likely to use pot as women.New data from the National Cannabis Survey today shows 16 per cent of Canadians over 15 years old report usi...

Aug 15, 2019 Men and pot smoking -- The Canadian Press

Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put anti-carbon tax stickers on pumps

EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.Ontario's P...

Aug 15, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press