Alberta

Alberta's Kenney says push on to strengthen ties, find common ground with Quebec

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's new Montreal trade office will be just one part of a renewed push in the coming months to strengthen ties and find common ground with Quebec. "We need to...

Dylan Payne Feb 09, 2020

Kenney sets sights on Democratic hopefuls aiming to block Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON - Alberta's Jason Kenney is the latest Canadian premier to take aim at U.S. Democrats, calling out presidential hopefuls who want to block the Keystone XL pipeline expansion.Kenney, speakin...

Feb 09, 2020 photo courtesy The Canadian Press

Alberta justice minister expects union to obey injunction against blockade

CARSELAND, AB - Alberta's justice minister said Saturday that he expects protesters who have barricaded a fuel distribution terminal southeast of Calgary as part of a labour dispute in Saskatchewan to...

Feb 09, 2020

Lethbridge Police investigating apparent homicide

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are still looking for those connected with an apparent homicide in the 200 blk. of University Drive West. The bi-level home brown and white home is surrounded by yel...

Feb 09, 2020 Home along the 200 block of University Dr. West where a 35-year-old man was shot and killed

Alberta asking 24,000 government staff to take pay cut in latest bargaining

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is asking about 24,000 unionized workers, including sheriffs and social workers, to take a pay cut as part of a new collective agreement.The government is currently n...

Feb 07, 2020

Alberta's Crime Watch members set to visit Swan City for annual symposium

Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association members are set to close in on the Swan City this month, as they meet up for their annual symposium on February 21 and 22, hosted by the Grande Prairie District R...

Feb 07, 2020 Photo: Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association

Alberta uninterested in federal 'handout' if Teck mine rejected: Nixon

CALGARY - Alberta's environment minister says the province is not interested in any federal handout if Ottawa rejects the proposed Frontier oilsands mine. A Reuters report, citing unidentified sources...

Dylan Payne Feb 07, 2020

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cost jumps 70 per cent to $12.6 billion

The cost to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has jumped by 70 per cent to $12.6 billion from a three-year-old estimate of $7.4 billion.President and CEO Ian Anderson says the company owned ...

Feb 07, 2020

Transportation board investigation into deadly B.C. derailment enters next phase

CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board says a year after a fatal train derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary, it is ready to compile the information it has gathered into a report. A...

Dylan Payne Feb 06, 2020

Capital Power to donate $1 million to help renew STARS helicopters

EDMONTON, AB - The Capital Power company has made a commitment to help the STARS fleet with much needed upgrades.Back in June of 2018, STARS released information on a multi-year project to replace its...

Feb 06, 2020 News STARS chopper - Photo credit to Lyle Aspinall