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Fish and Wildlife investigating after grizzly shot and killed
Grande Cache Fish and Wildlife officers are investigating after a large male grizzly bear was found dead on October 2 along the Big Berland River, about one kilometre downstream of Highway 40.They say...
Oct 11, 2019 (Photo from Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement)
Some truckers exempt from new Alberta training standards
Alberta's transportation minister says some transport truck drivers will be permanently exempt from new training standards announced in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 people...
Oct 11, 2019 Ric McIver
Southern Alberta man wanted by police charged with new offences
Police say a man wanted for assault and sexual assault has been charged in another serious assault in southern Alberta.They say they arrested the 23-year-old man after another man known to him was att...
Oct 10, 2019
Calgary-based company fined after failing to report ammonia release
Agrium has been fined nearly $30,000 for failing to report an ammonia release from a facility southeast of Calgary.Alberta Environment says the release occurred at Agrium's Carseland Nitrogen Operatio...
Oct 10, 2019
South Carolina man sentenced to 18 years after kidnapping and sexually assaulting Alberta woman
A South Carolina man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted an Alberta woman, after luring her south of the border with the promise of a modelling job, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.Fred Russ...
Oct 10, 2019
Death of Peace River woman ruled a homicide
Peace River RCMP say the death of a woman earlier this week in Peace River has been ruled a homicide.This came after an autopsy was conducted on Wednesday.Police have not released the 37-year-old wome...
Oct 10, 2019
Grande Prairie MLA pushes for more women representation in STEM fields
The MLA for Grande Prairie is encouraging young women to study in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. On opening day of the Alberta Legislature, MLA Tracy Allard took the f...
Oct 10, 2019 Alberta Legislature
Alberta man receives voting card despite lack of Canadian citizenship
An Alberta man who doesn't have Canadian citizenship says he has received a voting card from Elections Canada for the October 21 federal election.Paul Gabriel of Beiseker has lived in the province for...
Oct 10, 2019
Singh says NDP can 'work with the rest of Canada' to draw contrast with Bloc
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh looked to paint a bright orange line between his party and the Bloc Quebecois on Thursday, telling Quebecers that only the NDP would be able to land the things that ma...
Oct 10, 2019
Top court lets stand nine-year pornography sentence for daycare supervisor
OTTAWA - A nine-year prison sentence handed to a Toronto-area day-care supervisor who used toddlers for child pornography will stand. The Supreme Court of Canada says it won't hear the Crown's appeal ...
Oct 10, 2019