Category Archives: Alberta

New initiative bringing law enforcement and citizen-led crime prevention groups together to help break and enter victims
CALGARY - Alberta RCMP Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki and Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Kathleen Ganley announced the launch of Project Lock Up on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The new victim-focu...
Feb 05, 2019

Irving claims death threats in custody at Lethbridge Correctional Centre
LETHBRIDGE – A 59-year-old woman, facing 13 counts of cruelty to animals, one count of causing suffering to animals and failure to appear in court, told a Lethbridge judge Tuesday, Feb. 5 she...
Feb 05, 2019

CP Rail confirms three crew members die in B.C. grain car derailment
FIELD, B.C. - A Canadian Pacific freight train fell more than 60 metres from a bridge near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary in a derailment that killed three crew members, a union representative ...
Feb 05, 2019

Alberta honours former premier Jim Prentice with official portrait
EDMONTON — Jim Prentice, the last premier of Alberta’s 44-year Progressive Conservative dynasty, was honoured Monday as a man of courage and vision - and one who couldn’t resist meet...
Feb 05, 2019

Construction to begin this spring on new network of electric car charging stations
LETHBRIDGE – 20 new Level 2 and fast charging electric car stations will be built across southern Alberta in a project called “Peaks to Prairies.” It’s a nearly three-year coll...
Feb 04, 2019

Bighorn session well-attended, but Albertans still unhappy
RED DEER — Red Deer's long-awaited Bighorn Country Proposal 'public information session' was well-attended on Sunday at Westerner Park's Harvest Centre. The session was finally held almost a mon...
Feb 04, 2019

Fentanyl overdose deaths in Alberta last year surpass 2017 total
EDMONTON, AB - Approximately 13 Albertans a week died from fentanyl overdoses in 2018, according to a new report released by Alberta Health on Friday. The interim fourth quarter Alberta Opioid Respons...
Feb 02, 2019

Groundhog round-up - Balzac Billie has good news
LETHBRIDGE — As with most years, groundhogs around north America have differing opinions on the length of winter. However, for Southern Albertans, it' good news. Balzac Billie didn't see his sha...
Feb 02, 2019

Multiple overdoses reported on Blood Reserve
BLOOD RESERVE – Drug overdoses are continuing to plague the Blood Reserve. Blood Tribe Police Inspector Farica Syrette says in the last 48 hours, there have been seven reported overdoses, includ...
Feb 01, 2019

The battle for the Alberta legislature is about to begin
CALGARY — Alberta’s election window is opening, and that has Premier Rachel Notley and rival Jason Kenney honing their attack lines. By law, the election must be held some time in March, A...
Feb 01, 2019