Alberta

Edmonton man sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail for road rage assault

An Edmonton man sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for breaking a woman's arms with a crowbar in a road-rage attack won't be going to jail for now.Jared Eliasson is seeking a mistrial and was granted ...

Dec 19, 2019

5 people charged in online cannabis money laundering scheme

Staff at an Edmonton-based company are facing charges in relation to a multimillion-dollar money-laundering scheme involving unlicensed online cannabis dispensaries.RCMP allege the illegal dispensarie...

Dec 19, 2019

Nearly $290K in contraband seizure at Bowden Institution

INNISFAIL- More than a quarter million dollars in contraband has been seized at Bowden Institution.On December 7, correctional officers in the medium security unit at the prison intercepted an inmate ...

Dec 19, 2019

Calgary woman facing charges after child abuse shown during live-stream

An assault charge has been laid in Calgary after a live-streamed video that police say showed two young children being physically abused by their mother as they interrupted her online game-playing.The...

Dec 18, 2019

Edmonton man found guilty of breaking woman's arms in road-rage attack to be sentenced Thursday

Lawyers agree that an Edmonton man found guilty of breaking a woman's arms with a crowbar in a road-rage attack should spend some time in prison.The Crown has recommended Jared Eliasson be sentenced t...

Dec 18, 2019

Province creates committee to examine automobile insurance

EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is looking at ways to improve auto insurance in Alberta.Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews announced a new committee that will examine auto insura...

Dec 18, 2019 GP-Wapiti MLA and Finance Minister Travis Toews makes the announcement of the three-member panel at a press conference in Edmonton Wednesday (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Rural Alberta plagued by post office thefts

Several communities across central Alberta have had their Canada Post office broken into this month.The list of communities that have been hit so far includes:Delburne on Dec. 2Sangudo and Wabamun, De...

Dec 18, 2019 Clive post office (Google Maps)

Wilkinson ‘wrestling’ with how oilsands mine would fit into climate commitments

CALGARY - The federal environment minister says he's spoken with his Alberta counterpart about how Canada's climate commitments could weigh into his decision about a large proposed oilsands mine.Alber...

Dec 18, 2019

‘You can call anything a national concern:’ Alberta questions federal carbon tax

EDMONTON - Allowing Ottawa's carbon tax law to stand would give the federal government a tool it could use to repeatedly chip away at provincial powers, lawyers for the Alberta government argued Monda...

Dec 18, 2019

Charges pending against school bus driver arrested for impaired driving

The RCMP says charges are pending against a school bus driver who was arrested for impaired driving outside a school in Spruce Grove.Police say staff called officers to Graminia School yesterday after...

Dec 17, 2019