Category Archives: Alberta

Small businesses concerned over Canada Post backlog ahead of holidays
MEDICINE HAT — Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers remain at a stalemate at the bargaining table over a month after rotating strikes began across the country. In that time, smal...
Nov 20, 2018

RCMP, wildlife officers investigating "inhumane" death of coyote
GRANDE PRAIRIE – RCMP and Fish and Wildlife officers from Grande Prairie are investigating a video of what police describe as “the inhumane death of a wild animal.” RCMP got a report...
Nov 20, 2018

Experts to work with energy industry on oil price solutions for Alberta
EDMONTON — Premier Rachel Notley has appointed what she refers to as three “experts” to work with the energy industry to find ways to close an oil price gap that is costing Canada te...
Nov 19, 2018

Jamie Koe team kicked out of Red Deer Curling Classic for "unsportsmanlike" behaviour
RED DEER – A team was kicked out of the Red Deer Curling Classic Sunday, Nov. 19. Skip Jamie Koe and his foursome from Yellowknife, N.W.T. was ejected from the event by the World Curling Tour (W...
Nov 19, 2018

Charities to benefit from Flames, Oilers licence plates
CALGARY - Your back bumper could be the latest front in the Battle of Alberta. Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers fans can now support their favourite team with a custom Alberta licence plate. Startin...
Nov 19, 2018

Five suspects arrested near Vulcan in multiple thefts
VULCAN — RCMP from Nanton and Vulcan have charged two women and three men in relation to a cannabis grow operation and multiple thefts, after executing the search of a rural property. The search...
Nov 16, 2018

Firearms licence screening backlogs pose safety risks: RCMP audit
OTTAWA — Investigations into whether gun licences should be revoked due to violent incidents or mental illness have faced “significant delays” that could endanger public safety, says...
Nov 16, 2018

Jail sentence for woman who posed as officer to try to steal dog
RED DEER – A former B.C. woman who tried to steal the dog of an Innisfail family this summer by posing as an animal control officer, was given a 90-day sentence in Red Deer Provincial Court Wedn...
Nov 16, 2018

Occupational safety officers investigate deaths of three people near Edmonton
LEDUC, Alta. - RCMP say three men have died in a workplace accident in an industrial area just south of Edmonton. Police, firefighters and emergency crews responded Thursday afternoon to a call at Mil...
Nov 15, 2018

Natural Resources minister says new pipelines the answer to oil price problems
CALGARY – Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says he shares Albertans’ “frustration” at billions of dollars being lost to the Canadian economy due to oil price discounts ...
Nov 15, 2018