Alberta

Edmonton Public School Board says it will not change policies on gay straight alliances

The Edmonton Public School Board says it won't take advice on gay straight alliances from a group whose president had to apologize after equating a rainbow flag to a swastika.The board says it will co...

Oct 11, 2019

Photo radar supervisor in Edmonton sentenced to five years for sexual assault and kidnapping

A photo radar supervisor in Edmonton has been sentenced to five years for sexually assaulting a woman he pulled over in a traffic stop.Paul Derksen was found guilty earlier this month on charges of ki...

Oct 11, 2019

Pedestrians hit by U-Haul van in Edmonton testify at trial of alleged attacker

EDMONTON - Paul Biegel was about to light a cigarette moments before he found himself lying on the ground with a broken vehicle mirror beside him. Biegel was in an alley outside a downtown Edmont...

Oct 11, 2019

Fish and Wildlife investigating after grizzly shot and killed

Grande Cache Fish and Wildlife officers are investigating after a large male grizzly bear was found dead on October 2 along the Big Berland River, about one kilometre downstream of Highway 40.They say...

Oct 11, 2019 (Photo from Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement)

Some truckers exempt from new Alberta training standards

Alberta's transportation minister says some transport truck drivers will be permanently exempt from new training standards announced in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 people...

Oct 11, 2019 Ric McIver

Southern Alberta man wanted by police charged with new offences

Police say a man wanted for assault and sexual assault has been charged in another serious assault in southern Alberta.They say they arrested the 23-year-old man after another man known to him was att...

Oct 10, 2019

Calgary-based company fined after failing to report ammonia release

Agrium has been fined nearly $30,000 for failing to report an ammonia release from a facility southeast of Calgary.Alberta Environment says the release occurred at Agrium's Carseland Nitrogen Operatio...

Oct 10, 2019

South Carolina man sentenced to 18 years after kidnapping and sexually assaulting Alberta woman

A South Carolina man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted an Alberta woman, after luring her south of the border with the promise of a modelling job, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.Fred Russ...

Oct 10, 2019

Grande Prairie MLA pushes for more women representation in STEM fields

The MLA for Grande Prairie is encouraging young women to study in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. On opening day of the Alberta Legislature, MLA Tracy Allard took the f...

Oct 10, 2019 Alberta Legislature

Alberta man receives voting card despite lack of Canadian citizenship

An Alberta man who doesn't have Canadian citizenship says he has received a voting card from Elections Canada for the October 21 federal election.Paul Gabriel of Beiseker has lived in the province for...

Oct 10, 2019