Category Archives: Alberta

CN Rail lining up pilot plant partners to make oilsands bitumen pucks
CALGARY – Canadian National Railway Co. says it is planning to build a pilot plant worth up to $50 million next year to create pucks made of oilsands bitumen to transport by rail and ships to cu...
Dec 28, 2018

H1N1 cases increasing in Alberta
MEDICINE HAT — As the winter drags on. the flu season keeps getting mentioned less, until it ends in March. However, influenza hasn't slowed down, in fact, the number of people hospitalized in t...
Dec 27, 2018

Christmas Day investigation leads RCMP to stolen property, drugs and outstanding warrant arrests
CLARESHOLM — Santa brought lumps of coal for five Southern Albertans on Christmas day. It came in the form of criminal charges, dutifully delivered by uniformed RCMP officers. The day’s ev...
Dec 27, 2018

Gasoline prices in most of Canada set to experience 'extreme volatility'
CALGARY — Plunging world oil prices have delivered a Christmas miracle of lower gasoline prices across most of Canada but a fuel price expert says motorists should fill up now because prices are...
Dec 27, 2018

Impact of fatal Alberta welding shop explosion felt kilometres away
NISKU, Alta. – RCMP say one man is dead and another man is in hospital after an explosion and fire at a welding business just south of Edmonton. The blast happened around 8:15 a.m. Thursday at J...
Dec 27, 2018

Enbridge gets $14.7M federal refund over Northern Gateway pipeline project
OTTAWA - Enbridge is getting a $14.7-million refund on fees it paid Canada’s federal energy regulator for a pipeline it won’t build. The Northern Gateway pipeline was supposed to connect A...
Dec 27, 2018

Online camping reservations exceed previous nine years
LETHBRIDGE – According to the Alberta Park’s numbers, more than 171,000 camping reservations were made in 2018 - exceeding all nine previous annual totals. The https://reserve.albertaparks...
Dec 24, 2018

Rally for Resources Convoy in Medicine Hat Saturday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - More than 400 trucks are taking part in a Rally for Resources Convoy in Medicine Hat today (Dec. 21). CHAT News Today is on scene. According to the website http://www.rally4resource...
Dec 22, 2018

Cardston RCMP charge woman with extortion, assault
CARDSTON - A 35-year-old woman from Moses Lake, Alta., is facing a number of charges after an investigation by RCMP in Cardston. On Dec. 18, police investigated alleged extortion and assault of an ind...
Dec 21, 2018

UPDATED: West Nile Virus claims 15 birds at Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale
COALDALE – It's like the entire starting lineup and back-ups on a team have all been wiped out. One quarter of the birds, including eagles used in educational demonstrations have died at the Alb...
Dec 21, 2018