Alberta

Charges dropped against school bus driver who struck two students in Edmonton

The Crown has dropped a charge against the driver of a school bus that struck two teenage girls in west Edmonton.The 13-year-old students were hit last March as they tried to cross a road.One of the s...

Sep 28, 2019

Teenage boy who overdosed at Strathmore house party confirmed dead

RCMP in southern Alberta say one of three teenage boys who overdosed at a house party on the weekend has died.The 16-year-old boy died in hospital after taking suspected opioid pills at a house party ...

Sep 28, 2019

Grande Prairie truck driver sentenced to two years for fatal 2017 crash

A truck driver has been sentenced to two years for a causing a 2017 crash in northern Alberta that killed a man.Tyrel Burton of Grande Prairie, Alta., had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing d...

Sep 28, 2019

Environment Canada warns of first significant snowfall today through Monday for Foothills and southern Alberta

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement that warns the first significant snowfall of the season is expected today through Monday for the Foothills and much of southern Alberta.In the...

Sep 27, 2019

Kenney says restraint coming, but not Klein-era budget cuts

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there will be spending restraint in the upcoming budget but it won't resemble the fiscal bloodletting of the early 1990s.The United Conservative leader, in a speech t...

Sep 27, 2019

Medical examiner at centre of racial complaint against Alberta judge overwhelmed

CALGARY - A medical examiner who testified at the trial of an Alberta couple who were charged in their child's death says he is overwhelmed that legal and health professionals have filed a compla...

Sep 27, 2019

Frost advisory in effect across Peace Country and most of Alberta

Frost advisories are again in place across the Peace Country, and for most other parts of Alberta.Environment Canada says it is possible the north could see the clouds clear off, meaning there could b...

Sep 27, 2019

Province raising oil production limits

Oil production limits continue to go up in Alberta. The provincial government says the limit will go to 3.79-million barrels per day next month from the current 3.76-million. It will then go to 3.8-mi...

Edmonton police charge 60-year-old man accused of trying to lure 13-year-old girl

Edmonton police have charged a 60-year-old man accused of twice trying to lure a 13-year-old girl into his vehicle.Investigators say they received a report earlier this month that a man had tried to l...

Sep 26, 2019

Former provincial health minister Stephen Mandel added to Alberta Health Services board

Former provincial health minister and Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel is one of two new members added to the Alberta Health Services board.Mandel also served as the leader of the Alberta Party from last...

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