Alberta

Window-washer seen dangling from Stantec Tower rescued

A window-washer dangling from rigging on the side of a downtown Edmonton skyscraper today was rescued and carried to an ambulance on a stretcher.A video taken by a witness shows the platform swinging ...

Oct 25, 2019 Stantec Tower in Edmonton (photo submitted by listener)

Man guilty of attempting to murder Edmonton police officer, 4 pedestrians; sentencing hearing scheduled for December

A sentencing hearing is to be held in December for a man convicted of attempting to murder an Edmonton police officer and four pedestrians two years ago.A jury returned guilty verdicts this morning ag...

Oct 25, 2019 Abdulahi Hasan Sharif (photo from The Canadian Press)

Former owner of the Needle Vinyl Tavern in Edmonton sentenced for sexual assault

The owner of a former Edmonton live music venue who was accused of groping a female employee multiple times has been given an 18-month suspended sentence for sexual assault.James Leder was sentenced T...

Oct 25, 2019

Woman dead after stabbing overnight in Calgary

A woman is dead after an overnight stabbing in Calgary.Police say the woman's body was found in the front yard when emergency crews arrived at a southwest-area fourplex-style home shortly before 3 a.m...

Oct 25, 2019

Man facing multiple charges including assault and carjacking in Lethbridge

A man faces multiple charges in Lethbridge including an assault with a machete and a carjacking.Lethbridge police say the assault occurred on Sunday, followed by another assault, carjacking, kidnappin...

Oct 24, 2019

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg visits glacier in Jasper National Park

JASPER, Alta. - Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has visited a glacier in Jasper National Park on her way to Vancouver to attend a climate rally. In a tweet to her followers, the Swedish te...

Oct 24, 2019

New Alberta budget has money for new schools, maintains health care funding, no money for public sector pay increases

Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews repeated the province would be cutting spending by 2.8 per cent over four years when giving the budget speech Thursday afternoon in the Alberta legislat...

Oct 24, 2019 Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews delivers the budget speech in the Alberta Legislature.

'Havoc and chaos:' Alberta separatist group gains support as Liberals re-elected

CALGARY - There's been a surge of support for an Alberta separatist group since the Liberals secured a minority government Monday night, and while political scientists say a split from ...

Oct 24, 2019

Local MLA hearing plenty of frustration from constituents following Monday's election

Following the Liberal's minority government win on Monday, social media has exploded with a call for Alberta's separation from Canada.#Wexit was trending on Twitter and over 223,000 people have joined...

Oct 24, 2019 Nearly a quarter of a million people have joined the group Votewexit on Facebook, as a result of the federal election outcome (Photo: VoteWexit Facebook)

Spending cuts coming says Kenney

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will cut overall spending on programs by 2.8 per cent in Thursday's provincial budget. But in a T-V address tonight, Kenney reiterated that ...

Oct 23, 2019