Alberta

Calgary man found guilty of smuggling 50 kg of meth at Coutts

A Calgary man has been found guilty in what was, at the time, the largest seizure of meth at the Coutts border crossing.Asif Mir, 41, was charged in July 2019 with one count each of possession of meth...

Feb 04, 2021

UCP co-founder urges Alberta premier to remove himself from intergovernmental post

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is getting some unsolicited advice from the co-founder of the United Conservative Party: fire yourself as the intergovernmental affairs minister.Brian Jean says...

Feb 03, 2021

Province providing $68.5 million for continuing care, addiction treatment facility operators

The province says it will be doling out $68.5 million aimed at helping staff and residents of continuing care and residential addiction and mental health treatment facilities.The announcement was made...

Feb 03, 2021

Red Deer RCMP officer charged with assault

A Red Deer RCMP officer accused of striking a man in custody during an altercation last year has been charged with assault.Alberta RCMP says the altercation happened March 2, 2020 in the Red Deer Deta...

Feb 03, 2021

Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a 'dead letter'

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No r...

Feb 03, 2021

Balzac Billy predicts six more weeks of winter in the Prairies

Although three of Canada's famous weather predicting groundhogs have called an early spring, Balzac Billy says things might be a little different in the Prairies.Balzac Billy is known as the 'Prairie ...

Feb 02, 2021

Development in wildlife corridor in Canmore back for debate

A decades-old debate over development in an important wildlife corridor in an Alberta mountain community is to be back before council next week.Plans for two projects, which make up about 80 per cent ...

Feb 02, 2021

Imperial Oil reports $1.15B Q4 loss due to a writedown of unconventional assets

CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd. reported a loss of $1.15 billion for its fourth-quarter as it took a $1.17-billion non-cash charge related to Canadian unconventional natural gas assets it doesn't think it...

Feb 02, 2021

Tripping hazard: Protest penguins destroyed at Alberta legislature grounds

EDMONTON - A colony of 800 snow penguins was set up on the grounds of the Alberta legislature to send a strong message. But before student union representatives from Edmonton's two universities could ...

Feb 01, 2021

Province expands self-isolation supports to all Albertans

All Albertans who are unable to safely quarantine in their own homes due to COVID-19 are now eligible to apply for provincial government support funding of up to $625.Prior to Monday's announcement, t...

Feb 01, 2021