Category Archives: Alberta

OTTAWA – A national coalition of anti-poverty groups is asking the Trudeau government to boost the basic amount it provides in child benefits in hopes of cutting child poverty rates in Canada in...

VANCOUVER, B.C. – A new study of drug costs for common conditions such as high blood pressure and depression says Canada had the second-highest prices in 2015 when compared to nine other wealthy...

OTTAWA – Ultima Foods is recalling seven Iogo yogurt products because they may contain pieces of plastic. The company says the affected items have been sold in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manit...

EDMONTON - A report into the Fort McMurray wildfire cites critical communications breakdowns as the fire swept into the municipality and forced thousands to flee. Independent consultants that produced...

ALBERTA – More than 5,000 people each year in Alberta suffer a stroke, and according to national figures, an increasing number of them are under the age of 59. According to the 2017 Stroke Repor...

RED DEER — Parents in Vanier Woods are still shaking their heads over a Red Deer woman being charged with impaired driving after the school bus she was driving crashed with students on board. Ei...

ALBERTA – Schools can no longer charge families for supplies such as textbooks, paper, and photocopying, under a new School Fees and Costs Regulation signed into law Monday, June 5. Other fee ch...

COALHURST – RCMP say the death of a man from Coalhurst last week does not appear to be suspicious at this time. Emergency crews were called out to a home at 5625 2 Street on Tuesday, May 30, for...

EDMONTON – Justice minister Kathleen Ganley says she wants policy changes within three months, in light of the case of a sexual assault victim who was held in custody and led into the courtroom ...

MEDICINE HAT – The search operation to find the body of a man who went missing in the South Saskatchewan River has been cancelled. According to Constable Shane Ryan of the Redcliff RCMP, the ope...