Alberta

TMX pipe will be in the ground by Christmas says CEO

ACHESON, Alta. - The CEO of Trans Mountain says he's ``a little greyer'' than he was 10 years ago when planning began for an expansion of the Edmonton-to-Burnaby oil pipeline but he's still proud to o...

Dec 03, 2019 Photo from transmountain.com

Alberta 'Fair Deal Panel' starts public town hall meetings in Edmonton

EDMONTON - An Alberta government panel looking at ways to make the province more independent is holding its first town hall meeting tonight in Edmonton. United Conservative Premier Jason Kenney announ...

Dec 03, 2019

Alberta loses beer battle in Appeal Court, but won't have to repay brewers

EDMONTON - Alberta's top court is dismissing the province's appeal of a ruling that disallowed a program intended to promote sales of local craft beers. But the Court of Appeal tossed out an earlier j...

Dec 03, 2019

Alberta RCMP pens parody, “Thieves’ Favourite Things,” for theft awareness

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The holiday season brings joy and presents to many, and according to Alberta RCMP, a lot of theft.There were 130 mail thefts across the province in December 2018 and over 120 in Janua...

Dec 03, 2019

Support pours in for Red Deer baby recovering from brain surgery

Central Albertans have stepped up in a big way to help a young Red Deer family whose infant son is recovering from recent brain surgery.Well over $16,000 has been raised through a GoFundMe campaign in...

Dec 03, 2019

Alberta legislature adjourns after body found on steps

WARNING: Details in this story may be upsetting to some readers.EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature has adjourned after a body was found on the front steps of the building.Edmonton police say they were...

Dec 02, 2019

Two students rushed to hospital following school bus crash

SMOKY LAKE, Alta. - Two students were rushed to hospital today after a school bus and a truck-mounted crane collided on an Alberta highway.Alberta Health Services says one of the students was in criti...

Dec 02, 2019

Alberta university students want lecturer who denies Ukrainian famine fired

EDMONTON - Some University of Alberta students want the school to fire an assistant lecturer who denies the Holodomor, the mass genocide of Ukrainian people carried out by the former Soviet Union in t...

Dec 02, 2019

‘Loss for words’: Injured Bronco shocked, excited over effect of spinal surgery

A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he is thrilled with the progress he's made since receiving spinal surgery in Thailand a month ago.Doctors implanted an epidural stimula...

Dec 02, 2019

NDP refutes claim the UCP is keeping its promises

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says the Opposition and union leaders are treating public sector cuts as though they are the arrival of the apocalypse.But Jason Kenney says his United Conservative governm...

Dec 02, 2019 Delegates vote during the UCP AGM this weekend in Calgary. (The Canadian Press/Dave Chidley)