COALDALE, AB - The RCMP has confirmed that a multi-vehicle collision resulted in the death of one person.In the morning of Wednesday, April 17, 2024, officers were called to Nolan's Bridge on Highway 845 south of Highway 519, approximately 14 kilometres north of Coaldale.Three vehicles had collided on the bridge. A 61-...

Multiple people are facing charges following an RCMP investigation into multiple scams.The RCMP's Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (SAD CRU), in partnership with Raymond RCMP and the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, investigated a series of reported frauds involving a technique called the "Manual ...

VULCAN, AB - A man has been arrested following an RCMP investigation into stolen vehicles in Vulcan.On April 7, 2024, Vulcan RCMP responded to a complaint of a stolen vehicle at a property in rural Vulcan County. Upon arrival, police say a man fled the property in a stolen GMC Sierra pick up truck and was arrested shor...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Henry Armstrong Award, which aims to support Canadian Indigenous musicians, is returning for its third iteration.The award is in the form of a $10,000 bursary and a 12-month mentorship program, which helps develop, elevate and support the diverse talents in the Canadian Indigenous music community.M...

COALDALE, AB - The RCMP has confirmed that a multi-vehicle collision resulted in the death of one person.In the morning of Wednesday, April 17, 2024, officers were called to Nolan's Bridge on Highway 845 south of Highway 519, approximately 14 kilometres north of Coaldale.Three vehicles had collided on the bridge. A 61-...

Multiple people are facing charges following an RCMP investigation into multiple scams.The RCMP's Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (SAD CRU), in partnership with Raymond RCMP and the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, investigated a series of reported frauds involving a technique called the "Manual ...

VULCAN, AB - A man has been arrested following an RCMP investigation into stolen vehicles in Vulcan.On April 7, 2024, Vulcan RCMP responded to a complaint of a stolen vehicle at a property in rural Vulcan County. Upon arrival, police say a man fled the property in a stolen GMC Sierra pick up truck and was arrested shor...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Henry Armstrong Award, which aims to support Canadian Indigenous musicians, is returning for its third iteration.The award is in the form of a $10,000 bursary and a 12-month mentorship program, which helps develop, elevate and support the diverse talents in the Canadian Indigenous music community.M...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A central Alberta man has been charged by the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS).The LPS says on April 15, 2024, members of the Crime Suppression Team responded to a report of fraud after a 75-year-old woman was the victim of an alleged grandparent scam.According to police, the victim had been contacted b...

COALDALE, AB - UPDATE: One killed in collision near CoaldaleOriginal Story:Officers are on scene of what they describe as a "serious motor vehicle collision."The Coaldale RCMP says it occurred on Highway 845 south of Highway 519 on Nolan's Bridge.Three vehicles were reportedly involved in the collision, altho...

EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's health minister says the province has "a bit of strain" in neonatal intensive care unit capacity but that there are beds available across the province.Health Minister Adriana LaGrange made the comments Wednesday after Edmonton doctors released an open letter to her and the provincial ...

The provincial government has unveiled plans with the Alberta Medical Association on a new compensation model for rural generalist practicians and family physicians.Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange says the province has heard the worries from Albertans of not being able to find a family doctor, or trouble getting in...

EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government is offering a 7.5 per cent wage increase in the midst of collective bargaining, with government workers calling for a 26 per cent bump.More than 22,000 members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) fall under the negotiations that began this year, including workers in...

Medicine Hat is more likely to receive federal cash through proposed legislation that requires approval from the Alberta government for deals with Ottawa, municipal affairs minister Ric McIver said Tuesday."There is upcoming no money flowing to Medicine Hat, and there's the problem," McIver told CHAT News.&qu...

EDMONTON, AB - Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative government was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines. The documents also show the province was talking about opening those landsca...

The tourism industry is back and better than ever.Travel Alberta reports that international visitors spent $2.53 billion in the province in just the first three quarters of 2023. In the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, international tourism spending totalled $2.28 billion for all of 2019.Minister of Touris...

OTTAWA - The head of Canada's largest labour organization is calling Pierre Poilievre a "fraud" for portraying himself as a friend of the working class. Canadian Labour Congress Bea Bruske wants union leaders to do everything they can to expose him before the next federal election. Bruske delivered her call ...

Police in Calgary have made an arrest in the death of a toddler. Olivia Hayden was rushed to hospital in September 2022 and was later pronounced dead. The two-year-old's death was deemed a homicide following an autopsy and a lengthy police investigation. Police say a man was arrested Wednesday, but he has not been form...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals buck global trend in raising foreign aid Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government's return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year whil...

OTTAWA - Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government's return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year, while asking for a plan to push allies to reverse a global decline in aid. "It was a good moment for Canada to step up and show global leadership by making this...

MONTREAL - On warm days, Montreal's Lachine Canal can attract thousands of picnickers, cyclists and pedestrians. But since Parks Canada recently removed around 30 trash bins from the paths along the historic waterway, Ariana Ranjbar says she has begun to notice a new phenomenon at one popular lawn. "I started not...

OTTAWA - Parmod Chhabra is deeply invested in the Indian general election that gets underway on Friday, with almost a billion people eligible to vote, but he won't be casting a ballot. Nor will the vast majority of the overseas Indian community in Canada. The reasons are simple. India requires overseas citizens to trav...

NEW YORK (AP) - The judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial has ordered journalists in court not to report prospective jurors' answers to questions about their current and former employers. The answers also will be redacted from court transcripts. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows belo...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jury selection in Donald Trump 's hush money trial enters a pivotal phase as the former president returns to court. Attorneys will need to pick 12 more jurors to serve on the panel that will decide the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. commander-in-chief after a previously seated juror was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the dr...

HONOLULU (AP) - As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released W...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he strongly supports a proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Republican Speaker Johnson, facing a choice between losing his job and funding Ukraine, notified lawmakers earlier that he would forge ahead for votes o...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that he will move to dismiss impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a move that would end the Senate trial before arguments even begin. Schumer, D-N.Y., said that the two articles of impeachment brought against th...