Category Archives: Alberta
Redcliff RCMP investigating break and enter at Pharmasave
REDCLIFF, AB – Redcliff RCMP are investigating after a brazen robbery by an unknown number at a business Wednesday morning. An alarm at the Redcliff Pharmasave went off at approximately 4:45 a.m...
Jan 10, 2018
Claresholm man accused of sexually assaulting teens pleads not guilty
FORT MACLEOD - A Claresholm man accused of sexually assaulting multiple teens has entered pleas of not guilty, and will proceed to trial. A lawyer appearing for the man - who cannot be named to protec...
Jan 10, 2018
RCMP request information after drug theft from Vauxhall pharmacy
VAUXHALL – Taber/Vauxhall RCMP are asking the public for information regarding a break and enter to the Vauxhall pharmacy. Sometime between 5:00-pm last Friday (Jan 5) and 1:00 pm Saturday (Jan ...
Jan 10, 2018
'Risk of bear mortality:' Study finds people, not roads, bug grizzlies the most
EDMONTON – It’s not necessarily the roads in the backcountry that bother grizzly bears. Sometimes, it’s the people on them. That’s one of the conclusions of new research from t...
Jan 10, 2018
Government study finds OHV trails threaten planned Alberta park
EDMONTON – A Provincial government study warns that off-highway vehicles threaten the environment in a large park planned for Alberta’s southern Rocky Mountain foothills. The study, which ...
Jan 03, 2018
New legislation to protect teens from artificial tanning
EDMONTON – Legislation banning tanning salons from selling services to minors came into effect in Alberta on Jan 1. Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman Hoffman expects the change to offer a tw...
Jan 03, 2018
Big bang, possibly an ice quake, shakes Alberta village during the night
ALBERTA BEACH, Alta. – Some residents of a village west of Edmonton awoke earlier this week to a very loud bang, and in the morning they reported cracks in homes and the ground. Alberta Beach ma...
Jan 03, 2018
New workplace legislation in place in Alberta
EDMONTON – New workplace regulations to protect Albertans are now in effect. The Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act, passed by the Alberta Legislature in June 2017, officially took effect i...
Jan 02, 2018
Alberta carbon tax jumps, but NDP says it's connected to improving economy
EDMONTON - Alberta’s carbon tax jumped on New Year’s Day, but the province’s NDP government maintains the tax played a vital role in Alberta’s improving economic outlook. Deput...
Jan 01, 2018
Carbon tax increase goes into effect January 1
MEDICINE HAT – Albertans will be paying more for gas and energy starting January 1, as the next increases to the province's carbon tax goes into effect. Starting January 1, the tax increases fro...
Jan 01, 2018