Alberta

Edmonton school bus driver who splashed into backyard pool charged under provincial traffic laws

Police say the driver of a school bus that plunged into a family's backyard pool near Edmonton has been charged under provincial traffic laws.No children were on the bus when it crashed through a fenc...

Sep 26, 2019

Teen killed in crash near Chestermere

A 15-year-old southern Alberta boy is dead after the car he was driving went off a road and struck a tree and a fence.The crash happened late Wednesday evening in the community of Chestermere, just ea...

Sep 26, 2019

Southern Alberta bracing for winter-like weather

The calendar says Autumn, but the forecast for some parts of Alberta is winter.Environment Canada has issued winter storm watches for parts of southern Alberta and frost advisories in the north as icy...

Sep 26, 2019

Mother charged after kids abducted in Fox Creek going to trial

Two people charged after three children abducted from Fox Creek were found near Sylvan Lake earlier this year will stand trial.Fox Creek RCMP were called at around 1:30 a.m. on June 1 after three chil...

Sep 25, 2019

Liquor store robberies on the rise in Edmonton

The Alberta Liquor Store Association says there has been a big spike in booze thefts.The association says there have been 5,000 liquor store robberies in Edmonton so far this year.That is a 300 per ce...

Sep 25, 2019

Mounties shot woman armed with sword: ASIRT

SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - Alberta's police watchdog says a Mountie fatally shot a woman at a home east of Edmonton when she came running out with a sword.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team also s...

Sep 25, 2019

Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit

CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people.A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's property near Ok...

Sep 24, 2019

Alberta's child advocate says more needs to be done about youth suicide

Alberta's child advocate says the provincial government should do more to understand the causes and prevent youth suicide.In his report released today, Del Graff says caseworkers missed opportunities ...

Sep 24, 2019 Alberta's Child Advocate Del Graff (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Federal judge grants B.C. injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law

CALGARY - A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces.Justice Sebastien Gramm...

Sep 24, 2019

Sentencing hearing for Calgary man guilty in five-year-old grandson’s death

A judge is to hear sentencing arguments today in the case of a Calgary man convicted of killing his five-year-old grandson.Court of Queen's Bench Justice Richard Neufeld found Allan Perdomo Lopez guil...

Sep 24, 2019