Category Archives: Alberta
Rachel Notley says consent to be part of K-12 Alberta school curriculums
EDMONTON – Premier Rachel Notley says more initiatives to combat sexual violence are on the way, including teaching the concept of consent in schools. Notley says the consent issue has been part...
May 01, 2018
Maintenance worker finds body in wall behind toilet in Calgary mall
CALGARY – Part of the food court in a busy downtown Calgary mall was cordoned off on Monday as police investigated the discovery of a body inside a wall in a women’s washroom. Police spoke...
Apr 30, 2018
No relief in sight as gasoline price hits four-year high over $1.33 per litre
LETHBRIDGE — Canadians celebrating the onset of summer driving season have been dismayed by another spring phenomenon - rising gasoline prices across the country. According to GasBuddy.com, the ...
Apr 30, 2018
Charges pending after Blood Tribe man sent to Calgary with serious injuries
STANDOFF –– Blood Tribe Police and EMS were called to a serious incident in Standoff around 7:30 Saturday (Apr 28) evening. A Blood Tribe man was found suffering serious injuries as the re...
Apr 29, 2018
Pilot likely disoriented in plane crash that killed former Premier Jim Prentice
CALGARY — The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says the pilot of a plane that crashed, killing former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, was probably disoriented. The Cessna Citation jet went down s...
Apr 26, 2018
Alberta Appeal Court rejects anti-abortion group's bid for bus ad
EDMONTON - Alberta’s top court has dismissed the appeal of a group that wanted to run a graphic anti-abortion ad on transit buses in northwestern Alberta. The Court of Appeal sided with a lower ...
Apr 25, 2018
Southern Alberta RCMP looking for information in theft of calves
CARDSTON - Following a string of thefts of calves from farms, officers from the Southern Alberta RCMP Livestock section are asking for the public's help. Police say between Feb. 19 and April 22, a tot...
Apr 25, 2018
Saskatchewan introduces law to allow control of oil, gas exports
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has introduced legislation that would allow the province to control its oil and gas exports, similar to a bill recently tabled in Alberta. Once passed, the l...
Apr 23, 2018
CP Rail strike postponed, commuter and freight service to continue
CALGARY — A rail strike has been temporarily averted after the federal labour minister ordered employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to vote on the company’s final offers, just hours ...
Apr 21, 2018
Four Alberta United Conservatives will not seek re-election next year
EDMONTON – The United Conservative Party says four of its members will not seek re-election when Alberta voters go to the polls next spring. The four include Wayne Drysdale, who represents Grand...
Apr 20, 2018