Category Archives: Alberta
Report suggests STARS become sole helicopter emergency medical service in Alberta
verythA report on Alberta's helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) has laid out 11 recommendations for the future of HEMS in the province, including recommending having Shock Trauma Air Rescue S...
Jun 22, 2021
Alberta Crown stays charges against parents in toddler's death
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Crown prosecutors have stayed charges against parents who were facing a third trial in the death of their toddler in southern Alberta. A lawyer for David and Collet Stephan, Shawn ...
Jun 22, 2021
Alberta moving forward on two new plans to maintain river water quality
Alberta is proposing two new plans to monitor water quality on the North Saskatchewan, Battle and Upper Athabasca rivers.Environment Minister Jason Nixon says clear objectives to monitor and maintain ...
Jun 22, 2021
Coal companies hope to move forward with mines in Alberta despite roadblocks
Two coal companies planning to develop mines in Alberta's Rocky Mountains say they hope to move forward despite new regulatory and political roadblocks. Riversdale Resources, which had its proposed Be...
Jun 22, 2021
UNESCO says industry, poor governance "likely" endanger Canadian World Heritage site
A United Nations agency says Canada's largest national park is now so threatened that it could likely be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger. UNESCO released the finding on Alberta's ...
Jun 22, 2021
A for Quebec, F for Alberta: Study rates Canadian governments on conservation
A new report grades Canadian governments in how they responded to the country's international promise to conserve at least 17 per cent of its land mass and 10 per cent of its oceans by 2020. The repor...
Jun 22, 2021
Man dead, police dog injured after confrontation with RCMP in northern Alberta
ARDMORE, Alta. - RCMP say a man is dead and a police service dog has been injured in a shooting in northern Alberta.Officers were searching last night for a suspect who fled on foot after a dispute in...
Jun 21, 2021
Inter Pipeline rejects revised hostile takeover offer by Brookfield Infrastructure
CALGARY - Inter Pipeline Ltd. has rejected a revised hostile takeover offer by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP that allows shareholders to receive their payment entirely in cash instead of a mix...
Jun 21, 2021
Fatal ATV rollover north of Innisfail
A 77-year-old man has died following an all-terrain vehicle rollover Saturday night near Innisfail.Innisfail RCMP and emergency medical services responded at 7 p.m. to the crash in the area of Townshi...
Jun 20, 2021
Culling cutlines, not wolves, key to preserving caribou herds: researcher
New research suggests wolves can be steered away from the endangered caribou herds they prey on by making the man-made trails they use to hunt harder to move along. The recently published study adds t...
Jun 19, 2021