Alberta

AMA survey shows 19 percent of drivers feel confident about other driver's skills in winter

A survey by the Alberta Motor Association suggests just 19 per cent of drivers in the province feel confident in the winter driving abilities of other drivers on the road.At the same time, 92 per cent...

Dec 11, 2019

Sylvan Lake woman accused of taking over $500,000 from employer

A Sylvan Lake woman stands accused of stealing more than $500,000 from her employer.Laurie May Watts, 55, has been charged with theft over $5,000, use of credit card data, forge a document and utterin...

Dec 11, 2019

Alberta eyes more operating rooms, contracts with private clinics for surgeries

CALGARY - Alberta's health minister is aiming to make the province a national leader on meeting wait-time targets by building more operating rooms and using more private clinics.Tyler Shandro says the...

Dec 11, 2019 Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro (right) announces the Alberta Surgical Wait Times Initiative at the Southern Alberta Eye Center, with Dr. Geoff Williams (left), Dr. Amin Kherani and eye patient Stan Grad (seated).

Audit of Calgary school board going ahead regardless of averted layoffs

CALGARY - The Alberta government is moving ahead with a financial audit and governance review of the Calgary Board of Education even though it appears hundreds of teacher layoffs can be averted.A spok...

Dec 11, 2019

Kenney and Trudeau meeting described as "frank" and "realistic"

OTTAWA - A frank and realistic discussion is how both Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the federal Liberal government are describing a meeting Tuesday between Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau....

Dec 11, 2019

Truck plows into Red Deer business

One person was taken to hospital after a pickup truck crashed into a business in north Red Deer Monday morning.The crash at Vibe Car Audio (77 Street and Gaetz Avenue) happened at about 10:40 a.m.Emer...

Dec 10, 2019 (Supplied by Vibe Car Audio)

Charges laid in stabbing of 16-year-old in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Five people have been charged following a stabbing in Lethbridge last week.On Thursday, December 5 at around 11:30 p.m., police say a resident heard "a commotion" in the alley along t...

Dec 10, 2019 LPS Inspector Pete Christos speaking to media about the incident. (Lethbridge News Now)

Kenney set to make case directly to Trudeau for more federal action

OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to meet face-to-face today for the first time since voters in Alberta threw out all of its Liberal MPs.Kenney had made t...

Dec 10, 2019

RCMP find suspected car thief hiding in hay

BOWDEN, Alta. - It was way easier than finding a needle in a haystack when RCMP went searching for a suspected car thief in southern Alberta last week.Mounties say they had received a report Friday th...

Dec 09, 2019

Alberta's Fair Deal Panel to stop in Grande Prairie December 18

Peace Country residents will get to have their say on how Alberta should go about getting a "fair deal".The government appointed Fair Deal Panel will be making a stop in Grande Prairie on Wednesday, D...

Dec 09, 2019 Alberta's "Fair Deal Panel" will be holding their Grande Prairie Town Hall at the Teresa Sargent Hall in the Montrose Cultural Centre on December 18 (Photo: Shaun Penner)