Category Archives: Alberta

EDMONTON – New figures suggest that fentanyl deaths are continuing to rise in Alberta this year but at a slower rate. Health officials say there were 228 overdose deaths from Jan. 1 through to e...

SASKATOON - The victims of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus crash may soon get interim payments from a fundraising campaign that has collected $15.2 million. The non-profit group that administers ...

LETHBRIDGE – According to Environment Canada, temperatures are forecast to hit 34 degrees or higher in Lethbridge and other areas of southern Alberta Friday and will stay hot. For vulnerable pop...

CALGARY — Soaring gasoline prices in Calgary and Edmonton have pushed the national average to a five-year high, according to an online price monitoring firm. Dan McTeague of GasBuddy.com says th...

ST. ALBERT, Alta. – The Alberta government entity tasked with regulating cannabis has signed supply deals with 13 licensed producers, including Aurora Cannabis and Canopy Growth Corp., as it gea...

CALGARY - It has been more than five months since Ryan Straschnitzki was together with his family in his hometown of Airdrie, Alta. Straschnitzki, 19, was paralyzed from the chest down April 6 in a co...

EDMONTON — A veteran of Alberta politics says he will not run in next spring’s provincial election. NDP government house leader Brian Mason is bringing to a close three decades in public l...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede is bringing in new security measures to prevent people from using vehicles as weapons, but most people probably won’t notice any changes. The Stampede begins Frida...

CALGARY – As part of government efforts to address racism, Culture and Tourism Minister Ricardo Miranda unveiled details of a new Anti-Racism Community Grant Program on Tuesday, July 3. Announce...

EDMONTON — The provincial government has finalized a contract with Bell to ensure the SuperNet program keeps running. SuperNet, a broadband network which helps connect rural and urban communitie...