Alberta

Piikani RCMP find stolen hay bales, then turn up cache of firearms, ammunition and drugs

BROCKET - There was quite the haul for Piikani Nation RCMP on Monday (Jan. 6). Around 3:30 that afternoon, officers located hay bales that had been stolen from Pincher Creek, at a residence near Brock...

Jan 09, 2020 14 Firearms seized from Brocket area home -- Piikani RCMP

Black wants Trudeau to see the effect of federal policies with Alberta visit

Alberta Senator Doug Black has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, asking that he hold a cabinet meeting in Grande Prairie or Fort McMurray in early 2020.In the letter, which was delive...

Jan 09, 2020 Senator Doug Black (centre) wants Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers to see how their policies are harmful to Albertans (Canadian Press File Photo)

Sen. Black urging Trudeau to hold cabinet meeting in Grande Prairie or Fort McMurray

Senator Doug Black is urging the Prime Minister to make a visit to Alberta early this year. More specifically, he is hoping he comes to either Grande Prairie or Fort McMurray.The Alberta Senator has i...

Jan 08, 2020 Canadian Press file photo

Banff, Writing-On-Stone among the “Best Places to Travel in Canada for 2020”

BANFF, AB - Vacay.ca has named two popular tourist destinations in Alberta as being among the 20 best places to go in the country.According to the website, the list "endeavours to spotlight destinatio...

Jan 08, 2020 Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. (Supplied by Vacay.ca)

Yellowknife RCMP renew appeal to locate missing woman known to visit Alberta

Yellowknife RCMP continue to seek the public's help in locating a missing woman who is known to have visited Calgary and Edmonton in the past.Sladjana Petrovic, 60, was reportedly last seen on Dec. 26...

Jan 08, 2020 Photo: RCMP

Alberta fires back at UN committee for criticism of energy megaprojects

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada's energy megaprojects. Sonya Savage, in a statem...

Jan 07, 2020

Fatal collision east of Coaldale claims one life

COALDALE - A two vehicle collision east of Coaldale about 8:00 Monday (Jan 6) night claimed one life and sent another person to hospital.Coaldale Fire and RCMP were dispatched to the collision, involv...

Jan 07, 2020 RCMP cruiser - LNN

Appeal Court rules on anti-abortion protest at the University of Alberta

EDMONTON - A campus group that staged an anti-abortion protest at the University of Alberta that led to a counter-demonstration has lost an appeal over how the school handled the event, but won a seco...

Jan 07, 2020

Red Deer murder suspect makes brief court appearance

The man accused in a fatal shooting outside the Walmart store in south Red Deer last month made a brief court appearance Monday morning.Chase Freed appeared in Red Deer provincial court via CCTV from ...

Jan 07, 2020 There was a heavy police presence surrounding the Walmart store in south Red Deer in response to a fatal shooting. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigating sudden infant death in Brooks

BROOKS. - RCMP in southern Alberta say their major crimes unit is investigating what they are calling the "undetermined death" of a newborn.Police say in a news release they were called late Saturday ...

Jan 07, 2020 Photo: CHAT News