Alberta

Former MLA who gave seat up for Kenney gets Texas appointment

EDMONTON - A former Alberta legislature member who gave up his seat for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a new government job in Texas.Kenney has appointed Dave Rodney to the job of Alberta's agent ge...

Jul 08, 2020

Alberta won’t require full environmental assessments for sandpits

EDMONTON - Alberta is moving to change the legal definition of minerals to spare excavators from having to conduct environmental assessments for large sandpits.A court ruling earlier this spring would...

Jul 07, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court deals blow to Keystone XL pipeline project

BILLINGS, Mont. - The U.S. Supreme Court handed another setback to the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline on Monday by keeping in place a lower court ruling that blocked a key environmental permit for the...

Jul 07, 2020

Alberta bill proposes major changes to union strike rules and funding

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is proposing major changes to rules governing unions, including limits on where and how striking workers can picket.Labour Minister Jason Copping says a bill now befo...

Jul 07, 2020

Alberta RCMP detachments to resume limited front counter services

Starting Thursday, July 9, RCMP detachments in Alberta will once again welcome residents back into their detachments.Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the force announced back in March that they would be ...

Jul 07, 2020

Whitecourt RCMP charge man in 2017 bank robbery case

The Whitecourt RCMP have laid charges against a man in connection with a bank robbery in Whitecourt over three years ago.The robbery took place on June 9, 2017 at the Scotiabank at the mid-town mall i...

Jul 07, 2020

Two protesters get conditional discharge after Alberta turkey farm demonstration

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Two of three people charged following a protest at a southern Alberta turkey farm have received conditional discharges in court.They were each facing one count of break and enter t...

Jul 07, 2020

Bears trying to live with people, but it still isn't enough; study

EDMONTON - Grizzly bears are doing their best to get along with people, but it still isn't enough.Newly published research assessing more than 40 years of data concludes that without large wilderness ...

Jul 07, 2020

No rules broken in hiring of public inquiry head: ethics commissioner

EDMONTON - Alberta's ethics commissioner says Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer did not break ethics rules when he hired Steve Allan to run the public inquiry into who funds oil protesters.Marguerite T...

Jul 07, 2020

Semi seized, charges laid after ‘dangerous’ house move on QEII

A total of 40 charges were laid after a semi-truck came close to losing the mobile home it was hauling on the QEII Highway near Red Deer last month.Alberta Sheriffs said members of their Highway Patro...

Jul 07, 2020