Category Archives: Alberta

Quad Rollover Claims A Life Near the Crowsnest Pass
COLEMAN – Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a single quad rollover that claimed the life of its driver. Crowsnest Pass RCMP, Fire and EMS responded to a forested area north of Coleman around...
Jun 04, 2016

Legislature overtime; Alberta sitting extended, debate rages on carbon tax bill
EDMONTON – The spring sitting of the Alberta legislature is going into overtime as debate rages over the government’s climate change bill. The sitting was supposed to end today, but will c...
Jun 03, 2016

Former School Employee Charged With Assaulting Child on School Bus
CARDSTON – RCMP confirm a man has been charged with assault after an incident on a school bus back on May 10th. RCMP outline that a school bus broke down and that’s when the man who was em...
Jun 02, 2016

Blood Tribe Hosts Environmental Summit
STAND-OFF – The third annual Kainai Ecosystem Protection Agency (KEPA) Summit is underway on the Blood Reserve. This year’s theme is ‘Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation’,...
Jun 01, 2016

Wildrose Lifts Suspension on Strathmore-Brooks MLA
EDMONTON – An Alberta Wildrose legislature member suspended for an inappropriate comment on social media about Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is back in the fold. The Wildrose announced in a sta...
May 31, 2016

Trial Date Set in Connection with Fatal Collision that Killed a Father and Son
TABER – A trial date has been set for later this year for a Lethbridge man accused in a fatal collision that claimed the life of a father and son. On December 5, 2015, two vehicles – both ...
May 31, 2016

Wildrose Caucus Determines Steps for Strathmore-Brooks MLA to Have Suspension Lifted
ALBERTA – The Wildrose Caucus has set out steps for Strathmore-Brooks MLA Derek Fildebrandt to have his suspension lifted. Fildebrandt was suspended by the party Friday evening, for what Wildros...
May 30, 2016

Two Women Charged in Drug Bust on Blood Reserve
BLOOD RESERVE: Blood Tribe Police (BTP) have charged two women with trafficking in relation to a drug bust on the reserve. On Thursday (May 26th), the BTP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) stopped a vehicle ...
May 27, 2016

Canadian Class-Action Launched Over Johnson & Johnson's Baby Powder
TORONTO: A Canadian class-action lawsuit has been filed against Johnson & Johnson over an alleged link between its baby powder products and ovarian cancer in adult women who used the product for l...
May 27, 2016

Additional Charges Laid for Alleged Fort McMurray Fraud in Claresholm
CLARESHOLM: After launching an investigation, Claresholm RCMP have laid additional charges in an alleged fraud case from May 12th. The charges relate to a Victoria couple fraudulently posing as Fort M...
May 26, 2016