Alberta

Alberta expanding number of 'drug treatment courts' to battle addiction

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The Alberta government is setting up more drug treatment courts in an effort to fight the ongoing problem of substance abuse in the province.The government says it will spend $20 m...

Mar 02, 2020

Alberta wildfire season officially underway

The wildfire season in Alberta has officially begun.The provincial government said the early start is ahead by about one month from other jurisdictions, with research showing that wildfires are starti...

Mar 02, 2020 The Alberta wildfire season runs until October 31, 2020 (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Members of Medicine Hat based charity detained in Ethiopia

MEDICINE HAT -- Fifteen members of the Medicine Hat based charity group Canadian Humanitarian have been detained in Ethiopia.According to the Canadian Humanitarian website, the 15 members consist of m...

Mar 01, 2020 submitted photo / Canadian Humanitarian

Thunberg says sexually explicit decal shows desperation, says activists are winning

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says a decal bearing an energy services company's logo below a cartoon depicting what appears to be a sexual assault shows desperation.An Alberta woman complain...

Feb 29, 2020

Greta sticker that drew outrage in Alberta not child pornography; RCMP

CALGARY - RCMP in central Alberta say a decal that appears to show a well-known teenage climate activist in a sexual act is not child pornography.The decal bears the logo of X-Site Energy Services bel...

Feb 28, 2020

Alberta entered “mild recession” in 2019: report

Last year was not Alberta's strongest from an economic standpoint, but things should improve somewhat in 2020.According to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada, real GDP fell by 0.2 per ce...

Feb 28, 2020

Manitoba man charged in fatal Highway 9 crash

OYEN, Alta. - RCMP have charged a Manitoba man following an investigation into a fatal multiple vehicle collision in southeastern Alberta.Three people died and others were hurt in the August 20 crash ...

Feb 28, 2020

'It hurt:' Explicit Greta sticker linked to Alberta company draws outrage

CALGARY - An Alberta woman says she has complained to the RCMP about a decal bearing an energy services company's logo below a cartoon depicting what appears to be the sexual assault of 17-year-old Sw...

Dylan Payne Feb 27, 2020

New provincial budget announced, Highway 40 work included

The new Alberta budget has been presented in the legislature In his second speech as Finance Minister, GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews talked about the deficit being lower than expected. "I'm pleased to sh...

Feb 27, 2020 Photo supplied by the province.

Province introduces bill to amend liquor laws

Albertans could soon be allowed to consume alcohol in parks if a new bill introduced Wednesday gets passed in the legislature.Bill 2 was introduced by Grant Hunter, the Associate Minister of Red Tape ...

Feb 27, 2020