Alberta

Funding request made to twin sections of Highway 3 between Taber and Medicine Hat

TABER, AB - The Highway 3 Twinning Development Association is asking the province for $3.2-million to complete engineering for two sections of the road.If approved, this would cover Taber to Burdett a...

Aug 14, 2019 Highway 3 direction sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Fort Macleod child killed in two vehicle collision near Creston

CRESTON -- RCMP continue to investigate a head-on crash that claimed the life of a child Monday (Aug 12) evening west of Creston. Around 10:00-pm, an east-bound SUV crossed the centre line and collide...

Aug 14, 2019 RCMP vehicle - LNN

Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, Can...

Aug 14, 2019 Justin Trudeau - The Canadian Press

NDP calls for immediate release of panel report on Alberta finances

EDMONTON -- Alberta Opposition Leader Rachel Notley says a key report that was due this week on the province's finances should be released immediately.Notley says a government-appointed panel is opera...

Aug 14, 2019 NDP Leader Rachel Notley -- Te Canadian Press

Crops devastated by fourth driest July in Medicine Hat area history

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Many farmers and ranchers have been struggling during the summer of 2019, as a result of one of the driest July's on record. "Well, it's been a challenge, we've had an exceptional...

Aug 13, 2019 impacted crops - CHAT News

Alberta auto insurance cards going digital

EDMONTON -- Alberta drivers forever fumbling through their glove boxes for their insurance pink slip are being given a digital option.The province says as of now insurance companies can send the infor...

Aug 13, 2019 Grant Hunter, associate minister for red tape reduction - The Canadian Press

Driver caught going 226 km/hour near Brooks

BROOKS, AB - Brooks RCMP have arrested a 20-year-old man on dangerous driving offenses.At 9:45 pm on Friday, August 9th, officers were doing patrols of Highway 1 when they saw a westbound vehicle driv...

Aug 12, 2019 RCMP vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Study finds growing number of newcomers and refugees ending up homeless in Canada

OTTAWA - A growing number of newcomers to Canada are ending up in shelters or are finding themselves homeless, newly released government figures show.Two new reports released this week by Employment a...

Aug 12, 2019 Homeless refugees in Canada - The Canadian Press

22 confirmed tornadoes across Alberta so far this year

LETHBRIDGE -- In what has been the busiest tornado season in the past 20 years across the Wildrose province, as a report from Environment Canada shows that 22 tornadoes have touched down so far in 201...

Aug 10, 2019 July 14 tornado near Crossfield (Photo: Kyle Brittain)

Lethbridge, Coaldale, Pincher Creek athletes competing at Western Canada Summer Games this weekend

SWIFT CURRENT, SK - The 2019 Western Canada Summer Games are underway and more than 1,700 people from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the territories are joining are taking part.This includes 341...

Aug 09, 2019 The opening ceremony for the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games. (Supplied by City of Swift Current)