Category Archives: Alberta

EDMONTON – Alberta’s NDP Government is banking on bad times getting better in a budget that drips red ink, but promises a new hospital, new schools and renewed front-line spending. Finance...

WATERTON - In a move to protect Waterton Lakes National Park's aquatic environment from invasive mussels, Parks Canada has announced a prohibition on the use of power boats and trailer-launched waterc...

AIRDRIE – Police say a man assaulted Walmart staff as he helped a theft suspect escape in Airdrie. The incident happened around noon Tuesday, March 14. Airdrie RCMP say a woman had been detained...

DIAMOND CITY – Picture Butte RMCP have turned up more than $150,000 in stolen property, resulting in charges against two men. Police say a search warrant was executed in Diamond City and another...

OTTAWA – The amount Canadians owe compared with how much they earn hit another record high last year. Statistics Canada said the amount of household credit market debt rose to 167.3 per cent of ...

EDMONTON – The days of Albertans changing their clocks twice a year could soon be coming to an end. NDP backbencher Thomas Dang has put forward a private member’s bill that would put Alber...

FORT MCMURRAY - Syncrude Canada emergency crews and RCMP are responding to an explosion and fire at an upgrader at one of the company’s oilsands sites near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta. The...

TABER – RCMP and police services from across southern Alberta are coming together to investigate an increase in stolen vehicles and other related thefts. Over recent weeks, Taber-Vauxhall RCMP h...

EDMONTON – The Alberta government is asking the public for input on making changes to its labour rules. Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province will be meeting with businesses, unions a...

COALDALE – To return Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) to Coaldale - or not? That was the question debated at a public hearing in Coaldale Monday night. However, the question didn't come with an im...