Alberta

AltaLink and Piikani Nation approve important partnership

BROCKET, AB - AltaLink and the Piikani Nation have come to an important agreement.Edward Rihn, the Senior Vice-President at AltaLink, spoke with Lethbridge News Now about the agreement, which gives th...

Jun 07, 2019 Photo courtesy AltaLink on Facebook

Alberta legislators hold marathon debate over workplace rules

EDMONTON -- They've talking around the clock at the Alberta legislature about a bill that would cut the minimum wage for young people and change overtime rules.Opposition members have been speaking on...

Jun 06, 2019 Alberta Legislature - LethbridgeNewsNOW.com

Alberta introduces amended Education Act

EDMONTON -- Alberta is overhauling its framework rules of grade-school education for the first time in a generation, but the Opposition NDP says it's just a cover to out gay kids and expose them to ha...

Jun 05, 2019 Minister LaGrange introduces Bill 8 along with education stakeholders - Govt of Alberta

Judge gives prison time to Calgary couple in toddler's infection death

CALGARY - A Calgary mother and father convicted in the death of their 14-month-old son are going to prison. Queen's Bench Justice Paul Jeffrey has sentenced Jennifer and Jeromie Clark to 32 months.A j...

Jun 05, 2019 Jeromie and Jennifer Clark - The Canadian Press

Alberta changing rules to help municipalities attract business with tax breaks

EDMONTON -- Alberta has introduced legislation that would give municipalities more flexibility to offer business tax breaks.The bill, introduced by Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu, would allow ...

Jun 04, 2019 Minister Madu, with MLA Jordan Walker, MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, MLA Nate Glubish, Mayor Rod Frank and Patrick Shaver

Alberta makes it official; Bill passed and proclaimed to kill carbon tax

EDMONTON -- Alberta's consumer carbon tax is now officially gone.Members of the legislature voted last night to pass the bill that repeals the tax, and it was signed into law by Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell...

Jun 04, 2019 Alberta Legislature - LethbridgeNewsNOW

Charges laid following cancelled Amber Alert in Fox Creek

FOX CREEK, AB - RCMP in Alberta say three young children who were found safe after an Amber Alert was issued early on Saturday, June 1, were with their mother and that the woman had been arrested.This...

Jun 03, 2019

High Level fire evacuees soon allowed to go home

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Community officials say thousands of fire evacuees from High Level, Alta., as well as the surrounding areas of Mackenzie County and several Dene Tha' First Nation communities will ...

Jun 02, 2019 The Canadian Press

Province halts funding for supervised consumption sites pending review

EDMONTON -- The United Conservatives are following through on a campaign promise to halt funding for supervised consumption sites in Alberta until a review into the merits of the practice has been com...

Olivia Thorington Jun 02, 2019 Temporary overdose prevention site in Red Deer daily, according to Turning Point. (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Three confirmed dead in plane crash outside of Irvine

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Three people are confirmed to have died after a small plane that took off from the Medicine Hat Airport on Saturday crashed into a field outside of Irvine. According to the Transp...

Olivia Thorington Jun 02, 2019 Photo courtesy of Sylvia Hollstein