Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta releases trail plans for off-highway vehicle use for Livingstone - Porcupine Hills
EDMONTON — Provincial plans have been released which restrict off-highway vehicles to designated trails in heavily used areas of the southwest foothills. The Livingstone – Porcupine Hills ...
May 17, 2018
Alberta passes bill that could cut oil to B.C. in Trans Mountain pipeline fight
EDMONTON - Alberta has passed landmark legislation giving it sweeping power to intervene in oil and gas exports that could result in punitive price spikes in British Columbia in the dispute over the T...
May 16, 2018
Hundreds of Fort McMurray insurance claims unresolved two years after wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY - Deadlines have been extended for hundreds of insurance claims that remain unresolved more than two years after a wildfire dubbed “The Beast” tore through Fort McMurray and ...
May 16, 2018
United Conservative leader stands by calling prime minister empty, clueless
EDMONTON - Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney is standing by his personal attack on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he called empty and clueless. Kenney says, from his experience, Tru...
May 16, 2018
Three arrested after police pursuit through four jurisdictions ends in Granum
GRANUM – RCMP say two adults and one youth from Calgary have been arrested, after a vehicle pursuit that spanned four jurisdictions ended near Granum Tuesday evening (May 15). Police say around ...
May 16, 2018
Notley set to pass bill that could cut oil to B.C. in pipeline fight
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says while she welcomes Ottawa’s renewed commitment to backstopping the Trans Mountain pipeline, her government will still pass a bill that could p...
May 16, 2018
Lethbridge woman charged in connection with 2017 homicide in Calgary
CALGARY - A 45-year-old Lethbridge woman has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a homicide that occurred in Calgary last year. Calgary Police report that around 1:20 a.m. on Feb. 22, 20...
May 16, 2018
New Alberta parks create world's largest boreal forest preserve: government
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says it is creating the world’s largest boreal forest preserve with new wildland parks in the province’s northeast. The five new or expanded areas a...
May 15, 2018
Fire bans go mobile in Alberta
EDMONTON - The provincial government has released a new mobile fire ban app to let people across the province know about the risk of wildfires. In a release, the province says the new app will give pe...
May 15, 2018
RCMP investigate B and E and theft of fireman's gear
COALDALE — RCMP need information regarding a theft that occurred sometime between Friday, May 11 and Saturday morning, May 12. During those hours, a Coaldale fire fighter had his protective equi...
May 15, 2018