Alberta

Hyperloop line from YYC to YEG via Red Deer needs provincial commitment

From Calgary to Edmonton with a stop in Red Deer all in under 30 minutes?A Toronto company founded in 2015 believes they're close to making that a reality with their innovative hyperloop technology.Tr...

Dec 01, 2019 www.transpod.com

Scheer cautions against internal fighting in speech in Conservative heartland

CALGARY - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has dismissed those calling for him to step down after last month's election loss as elites and "talking heads" who know he'll never relent in his oppositio...

Nov 30, 2019

AHS to roll out redesigned ambulances

Nearly 420 ambulances across the province are being replaced by Alberta Health Services (AHS).Mike Plato, EMS Associate Executive Director of Business Standards and Operations Support says this follow...

Nov 30, 2019 Photo courtesy RDNewsNow

Alberta Court of Appeal: Nine-year minimum sentence for fentanyl trafficking

EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's Court of Appeal has ruled that convictions for wholesale fentanyl trafficking should get a minimum sentence of nine years.The unanimous ruling by five justices comes out of a ...

Nov 30, 2019 photo courtesy Curtis Galbraith

AUPE says province to cut 5900 jobs

EDMONTON - Alberta's largest public-sector union says the government plans to cut up to 5,900 positions as part of its plan to balance the province's budget by the 2022-23 fiscal year. The Alberta Uni...

Nov 29, 2019 Photo by Trevor Snell

Alberta aiming to end 500 nursing jobs over 3 years; nurses call it 'betrayal'

EDMONTON - Alberta's nurses union says the province's intention to eliminate 500 full-time nursing positions over the next three years has left them feeling betrayed.David Harrigan, a labour negotiato...

Nov 29, 2019

Edmonton mayor says he could help Trudeau deal with angry western premiers

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down with Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson today, the latest in a series of meetings he's having with municipal leaders as the Liberals figure out how to make their...

Nov 29, 2019

Pet pig killed near Mayerthorpe may have been confused for a wild boar: RCMP

RCMP think the shooting death of an Alberta family's beloved pet pig may have been a case of mistaken identity.The free-roaming pot-bellied hog, named Earl, was killed on a property near Mayerthorpe l...

Scottish teens charged after 'swatting' hoaxes at Alberta schools

Three teenagers in Scotland have been charged after shooting and bomb threats earlier this year against schools in five countries, including a number in Calgary and Edmonton.Threats of either a bombin...

Crowsnest Pass RCMP safely locate missing hunter

Crowsnest Pass, AB - Mounties have located a 48-year-old overdue hunter.Crowsnest Pass RCMP say they were notified late in the evening on November 26 that the Pincher Creek man had not returned home a...

Nov 28, 2019