Alberta

City Council members off to AUMA convention and other council highlights

This week is the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Convention in Edmonton, where members of council will be representing Grande Prairie. The convention will see over 1,100 municipal leaders and...

Sep 23, 2019 Photo credit: Curtis Galbraith

Female dead after shooting involving Edmonton area police

One person is dead after a police-involved shooting near Edmonton.RCMP say a female caller in Strathcona County asked officers to come to her home around 7:30 this morning, where she and the Mounties ...

Sep 23, 2019

Calgary man charged in 2018 death of infant son

A Calgary man has been charged with second-degree murder after the death of his infant son.Police say the father was alone with the newborn when the baby was found unconscious by emergency crews in a ...

Sep 23, 2019

Three teens in critical condition after taking prescription meds at a house party

Three teenage boys are in critical condition after taking prescription medication at a house party east of Calgary.RCMP suspect the teens -- two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old -- ingested pill-form op...

Sep 23, 2019

Alberta budget slated for just three days after the federal election

Premier Jason Kenney says the Alberta budget is to be delivered in just over a month.Kenney says it will be released Oct. 24 and include tough choices to get Alberta's multibillion-dollar budget defic...

Sep 23, 2019

Kenney announces plans to lift more internal trade restrictions

Premier Jason Kenney says his government is eliminating more of exemptions to a free-trade agreement between provinces.Kenney announced during a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Saint Joh...

Sep 22, 2019 Photo courtesy EverythingGP

Three charged in largest fentanyl bust in Red Deer history

Red Deer RCMP say they have made the largest fentanyl bust in the city's history.Three people face a total of 22 criminal charges after three search warrants were executed in Red Deer earlier this sum...

Sep 21, 2019

SCS paintball shooter receives 6-month sentence

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 29-year-old man charged with three counts of assault with a weapon, one count of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, and one count of mischief - damage under $5,000 has ...

Sep 21, 2019 White Dodge Truck caught on surveillance outside the SCS Aug. 24

Second Whitecourt attempted murder suspect arrested

Both people wanted in connection with a July attempted murder investigation Whitecourt have now been arrested.Whitecourt RCMP say their colleagues in Mayerthorpe arrested Elvis Parker Mustooch Wednesd...

Sep 20, 2019 Elvis Parker Mustooch and Kelly Judy Tuckwood both face attempted murder charges.

Alberta man sentenced for sexually assaulting daughters

A central Alberta man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his three daughters has been sentenced to 23.5 years in prison.The man, whose name is under a publication ban as to not identify the vic...

Sep 20, 2019