Category Archives: Alberta

Flooding in MD of Taber takes "catastrophic" turn
TABER - The arrival of warmer weather due to a chinook, though brief, made a bad situation significantly worse in the Municipal District of Taber. In an interview Wednesday morning, March 28, administ...
Mar 28, 2018

'Very lucky today:' Shot Calgary officer stable in hospital: police president
CALGARY – A Calgary police officer was in hospital Tuesday after being shot by an armed suspect in the city’s northeast. Police said the male officer was stable and a lone suspect was foun...
Mar 27, 2018

2019 Canada Winter Games torch relay to be largest ever
RED DEER – The torch relay for the 2019 Canada Winter Games will be the largest in Games history. The 40-stop tour, which will be sponsored by new national partner MNP, was announced Tuesday at ...
Mar 27, 2018

Provincial government strengthening impaired driving laws ahead of marijuana legalization
EDMONTON – The Government of Alberta passed An Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol-Impaired Driving last fall, and as part of the bill a number of new impaired driving laws will come into effect ...
Mar 27, 2018

Extreme wind gusts prompt closure of Highway-22 on Tuesday afternoon
CROWSNEST PASS – Highway 22 was closed from highway 3 north to highway 533 late Tuesday morning due to extreme wind gusts. Highway maintenance crews were on scene monitoring conditions until the...
Mar 27, 2018

Unbelievable moments between two lynx captured by Grande Prairie photographer
GRANDE PRAIRIE – A catfight caught on tape has many people watching and listening in amazement. Amos Wiebe, the man behind the camera at Famous Amos Photography says on his Facebook page he was ...
Mar 27, 2018

UPDATE: MD of Taber announces road closures as flood mitigation continues
TABER - Several road closures have been announced by the Municipal District of Taber as crews continue their efforts to mitigate flooding from overland drainage. A mild chinook kept temperatures warm ...
Mar 27, 2018

Alberta declares 'definitive victory' on Trans Mountain appeal in federal court
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is calling a recent court decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project a definitive victory. The Federal Court of Appeal on Friday dismis...
Mar 26, 2018

Half Alberta's boreal forest could disappear due to fires and climate change
EDMONTON – A study shows half of Alberta’s boreal forest could disappear in just over 80 years due to wildfires and climate change. The research, published Monday in the journal Ecosphere,...
Mar 26, 2018

2017/18 flu cases so far nearly double that of 2016/17
LETHBRIDGE – Even though the flu season traditionally begins to wind down around this time of year, weekly numbers released last Thursday (Mar. 22), show the virus is still making a big impact a...
Mar 26, 2018