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City of Grande Prairie adds 14 new COVID-19 cases, eight recoveries
Alberta is reporting 1,460 new cases of COVID-19 for Tuesday, December 8. There are currently 20,199 active cases in the province.The City of Grande Prairie added 14 new cases along with eight recover...
Dec 09, 2020
Non-police handgun, spent shell casings found at scene of fatal police shooting: ASIRT
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) says a 28-year-old man is the deceased in a police involved shooting Tuesday night outside a gas station at the corner of 100 Street and 132 Avenue. ...
Dec 09, 2020
Jury convicts Illinois man in Minnesota mosque bombing
MINNEAPOLIS - A jury on Wednesday convicted the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group of several civil rights and hate crime charges in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque. Prosecutor...
Dec 09, 2020
Women's Hall of Fame honours Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. - "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and "Beloved" author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame Thursday as part of a posthumous clas...
Dec 09, 2020
Nitehawk still open despite new COVID-19 restrictions
Nitehawk will remain open, even with the new provincial rules in place.Anybody interested in attending is asked to ski, board, or go tubing only with members of their own household.Lessons will contin...
Dec 09, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Conservatives have no interest in improving a bill on assisted dying, they just want to stop it. The Conservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill ...
Dec 09, 2020
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...
Dec 09, 2020
Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 09, 2020
Three charged for drug trafficking in Fairview
Three people have been charged by Fairview RCMP following a drug trafficking incident in the community.Police were alerted of the issue from the Western Alberta District (WAD) RCMP Rural Crime Reducti...
Dec 09, 2020
ASIRT investigating officer involved fatal shooting in Grande Prairie
THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM ITS ORIGINAL VERSION.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has been called in to investigate an officer involved shooting on the city's north end Tuesday ...
Dec 09, 2020