Alberta

Former school secretary receives conditional sentence for stealing nearly $90,000

LETHBRIDGE, AB - There will be no jail time for a former Stirling Elementary School secretary who pleaded guilty to stealing $89,455.81 from the school where she used to work.Instead, Kathleen Broadhe...

Oct 10, 2019

Ponoka RCMP arrest three in identity and credit card fraud

PONOKA- On October 8, RCMP responded to a local hotel for a complaint of an attempted credit card fraud.A man and a woman were attempting to use false identification and invalid credit card informatio...

Oct 10, 2019

Alberta government moving to fire entire board that oversees provincial real estate industry

The Alberta government is moving to fire the entire board that regulates the provincial real-estate industry on the grounds it is hopelessly dysfunctional and wracked by infighting.Service Alberta Min...

Oct 09, 2019

Two Calgary men charged in relation to unrelated swatting calls

Police in Calgary have charged two men in relation to multiple swatting calls.Swatting is the reporting of false emergencies to get police, particularly SWAT teams, to respond to specific locations.Po...

Oct 09, 2019

Alberta incorporates energy war room as Canadian Energy Centre, work starts soon

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room is now on a legal footing and will soon be up and running.Energy Minister Sonya Savage told the legislature the war room is now incorporated and will be formally t...

Oct 09, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney and Energy Minister Sonya Savage (CHAT News Now)

Southern Alberta man files counterclaim against intruder he shot in 2018

CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who is being sued by an intruder he shot on his property last year has filed a counterclaim alleging mental anguish. Court documents filed on behalf of Edouard Ma...

Oct 09, 2019

Former health services employee sentenced to $8,000 fine, one year probation

A former billing clerk with Alberta Health Services has been fined $8,000 and sentenced to one year of probation after admitting he gained improper access to health records.Amarish Tripathi pleaded gu...

Oct 09, 2019

Tour bus crashes near Banff

BANFF- RCMP responded to a bus rollover on Highway 1, eastbound, east of the Mt. Norquay exit at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.The tour bus, carrying 24 people, including the driver and the tour guide, lost co...

Oct 09, 2019

Body of missing hiker found in Jasper National Park

JASPER, Alta. - The body of a man who went missing in Jasper National Park in August has been found.Zexin ``Joe'' Yue, who was 23, was last seen in the resort town on Aug. 19.RCMP say there is no indi...

Oct 09, 2019

Edmonton veterinarians launch petition for specialized unit to look into animal cruelty

A group of veterinarians has launched a petition calling on Edmonton's police chief to create a specialized unit to investigate animal cruelty.The Edmonton Association of Small Animal Veterinarians sa...

Oct 08, 2019