Alberta

Talk about the Alberta economy and budget continues as legislature resumes

Alberta politicians began sharpening their attack lines for the upcoming budget as the fall sitting of the legislature resumed today.NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley told Premier Jason Kenney in qu...

Oct 08, 2019

Day parole revoked for Calgary man who strangled wife, hid body in basement wall

RED DEER, Alta. - A man who strangled his wife and concealed her body in a wall of their Calgary home is going back to prison. The Parole Board of Canada, at a hearing in Red Deer, Alta., decided to r...

Oct 08, 2019

Anti-abortion group plans to take City of Edmonton to court over cancellation of bridge light up

The Alberta March for Life Association is asking a judge to review a City of Edmonton decision to cancel lighting on a bridge in the group's requested colours.The pro-life association had applied to a...

Oct 08, 2019

Edmonton van attacker confessed in prison: undercover RCMP officer

An undercover RCMP officer says a man accused of stabbing a constable and striking four pedestrians with a cube van in Edmonton two years ago detailed the attack while in a holding cell the next morni...

Oct 08, 2019

RDC, students preparing for possible lifting of tuition freeze

Alberta post-secondary students are bracing for a possible lifting of the current tuition freeze when the provincial budget is handed down on Oct. 24.The MacKinnon Report on Alberta's Finances release...

Oct 08, 2019

Lengthy trial anticipated in alleged $2.6 fraud case involving Sylvan Lake man

A Sylvan Lake man accused of defrauding multiple people of over $2.6 million made a brief appearance in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench on Monday.Dane Michael Skinner, 55, is in the process of trying ...

Oct 07, 2019 Dane Skinner (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Legislature returns for fall session Tuesday

EDMONTON, AB - The United Conservative Party is reconvening on Tuesday, and say they plan another productive session at the legislature.House Leader Jason Nixon spoke to media in Edmonton on Monday, s...

Oct 07, 2019

UCP Government extending NDP exemption for farm trucks, Dreeshen says

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen offered some brief comments Thursday while in Lethbridge, on the province's decision to review regulations that relax the requirements f...

Oct 06, 2019

Auditor General finds $2.3 Million misuse of funds by Alberta Energy Regulator

In a scandal that has left taxpayers about $2.3 million out of pocket, a provincial government investigation has concluded the former head of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) grossly mismanaged publ...

Oct 04, 2019

Investigation into health records shows more than 2,000 were improperly accessed

An internal investigation has found that there was improper access to more than 2,000 patient electronic health records at a central Alberta hospital.The records were in the Alberta Public Laboratorie...

Oct 04, 2019