Category Archives: Alberta
No injuries in B.C. train derailment, environmental crews assessing impacts: CN
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - Canadian National says crews responded to a train derailment in eastern British Columbia on Thursday. The railway company said early reports suggest 26 railcars derailed along the tr...
Dec 26, 2019
Feds, Alberta set to clash over cash for new rent supplement
OTTAWA - Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal funding f...
Dec 26, 2019
Suspicious death outside Edmonton apartment Christmas morning
Edmonton police say they are investigating a suspicious death early Christmas morning.Police were called around 7:20 a.m. after it was reported shots were fired in an area northwest of downtown.They s...
Dec 26, 2019
Investigation underway into Edmonton officer-involved shooting
Edmonton police say their homicide section is investigating an officer-involved shooting early Wednesday.Police officers on patrol attempted to stop a vehicle around 12:30 a.m.Investigators say office...
Dec 26, 2019
RCMP investigating sudden death and Cardston motel fire
CARDSTON - Shortly after midnight on Christmas Day, RCMP and Cardston County Fire and Emergency Services received a numerous 911 calls about a fire at a motel in the town.When they arrived on scene, o...
Dec 26, 2019
Fatal Rochfort Bridge house fire deemed accidental
ROCHFORT BRIDGE, Alta. - A house fire that killed an Alberta couple and their three young grandchildren has been deemed accidental by the fire commissioner's office.The RCMP says no further informatio...
Dec 24, 2019
Journalist group protests Alberta war room's use of term reporters
EDMONTON - A group for Canadian journalists wants staff in the Alberta government's so-called war room to stop calling themselves reporters when speaking to the public. Numerous cases have surfaced ov...
Dec 24, 2019
Father formally charged in Brule Amber Alert case
The father of the 14-month-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert last week has now been formally charged by Hinton RCMP with several criminal counts.41-year-old Cody Shane Armstrong is charged...
Dec 24, 2019
Police believe accused shot at two others after fatally wounding victim
The 18-year-old accused of murdering a 69-year-old man in an incident Dec. 20 at Red Deer's south-end Walmart is also accused of shooting his modified semi-automatic rifle at two other people.RCMP hel...
Dec 23, 2019 Police tape stretches across an area of the parking lot at Red Deer's south-end Walmart the evening of Dec. 20. 69-year-old Charles (Jim) Williams died after being shot in the chest. (rdnewsNOW)
Calling Lake man charged after swinging machete at police officer
CALLING LAKE, Alta. - A charge of assaulting a police officer has been laid against a northern Alberta man who is accused of using a machete to keep an RCMP officer at bay.Two Mounties with the Athaba...
Dec 23, 2019