Category Archives: Alberta
Heart and Stroke report: Most youth vapers begin before age 16
A new report by the Heart and Stroke Foundation focused on the impacts of vaping found that, on average, youth take up the habit before they turn 16.The report notes emerging research suggests vaping ...
Sep 28, 2020
Inter Pipeline to acquire Milk River pipeline in swap deal with Plains
CALGARY - Inter Pipeline Ltd. has signed a deal to acquire the Milk River pipeline system from a subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline LP, in exchange for its 100 per cent ownership interest in t...
Sep 28, 2020
Two dead after small plane crashes near Thorsby
Two people have died in a plane crash near a community southwest of Edmonton.RCMP Cpl. Deanna Fontaine says the small aircraft went down in a field near Thorsby on Saturday afternoon.Police say the Ha...
Sep 27, 2020
Alberta's Innovation and Growth Strategy focuses on investing in AI and technology sector
The Alberta Government rolled out the first stages of it's Innovation and Growth Strategy (IGS) last week, with the key focus being on Invest Alberta, and investments into the artificial intelligence ...
Sep 27, 2020
LPS charge three in “High Risk” home search
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Following a south-side hom search that began Thursday (Sept 24) afternoon, Lethbridge Police charge three of the five people taken into custody. Officers executed a search warrant at...
Sep 26, 2020
Alberta announces carbon levy-funded programs to reduce oilpatch methane emissions
Alberta has announced where it will spend part of the money it recently earmarked to reduce methane emissions from the oilpatch.Environment Minister Jason Nixon says $25 million will be spent helping ...
Sep 26, 2020
Two Alberta Mounties charged following separate investigations
EDMONTON - Two Alberta Mounties have been charged following separate investigations by the RCMP.Police say in a news release that an officer from the Edson detachment is facing two counts of uttering ...
Sep 25, 2020
RCMP accuse second Calgary man of travelling to Syria to take part in Islamic State
CALGARY - RCMP say they have charged a second Calgary man in an ongoing terrorism investigation. Thirty-year-old Jamal Taan Borhot is charged with three counts of participating in terrorist group acti...
Sep 25, 2020
Bamboo supplies dwindling: Calgary Zoo hopeful pandas will be China-bound soon
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says it's hopeful two giant pandas will be able to return home soon to China, where bamboo supplies are abundant. The zoo said in May that it would be sending the pair back e...
Sep 25, 2020
Shandro pledges to review concerns over 911 consolidation
EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister says he will review the concerns of four mayors who say the government's plan to consolidate 911 emergency medical service dispatch services will put lives at risk...
Sep 24, 2020