Alberta

Use of fake social media bots in Alberta election coming in federal vote: expert

EDMONTON - A political scientist says a federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring's Alberta election points to dangers for the upcoming federal vot...

Sep 09, 2019

Charges laid following altercation at Lethbridge hockey tournament

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UP-DATE: Police in Lethbridge have charged a man after an altercation was reported at a youth hockey tournament.Standoff's Robert Farrell Creighton has been charged with one count of ...

Sep 09, 2019 A screenshot from the video captured by Dean Millard (@DuckMillard on Twitter)

Province to review energy regulator, replaces board members

CALGARY - The Alberta government has announced a review of the province's energy regulator.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the review will look at overall changes to the Alberta Energy Regulatory's ...

Sep 07, 2019

Alberta Appeal Court says province can delay wage arbitration talks with unions

EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has set aside an injunction that stopped the government from delaying wage arbitration for thousands of public-sector employees.A judge granted the injunction in...

Sep 07, 2019

Alberta union leader wonders what’s wrong with ‘public’ schools

The Alberta leader of Canada's largest union says taking the word 'public' out of the names of public-school districts in the province makes no sense.Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Alberta ...

Sep 07, 2019

Alberta RCMP responded to over 200 collisions over Labour Day weekend

Over this past Labour Day long weekend, RCMP focused on tackling speeding offenses across Alberta through enforcement initiatives. Between August 30 and September 2, RCMP responded to 226 motor vehicl...

Sep 06, 2019

Slave Lake sees bear activity spike in 2019

A town in northern Alberta says bear-related complaints are skyrocketing.Fish and Wildlife officials in Slave Lake have received 166 bear-related complaints so far this year.They got just 59 in all of...

Sep 06, 2019

‘Outrageous:’ Alberta man told oil and gas shirt not allowed in Senate

CALGARY - An Alberta man wants answers as to why he wasn't allowed to wear a T-shirt in support of Canadian oil and gas during a visit to the Senate on Parliament Hill.Conservative Sen. David Tkachuk ...

Sep 06, 2019

Edmonton man facing charges after US child exploited online

Police say a 35-year-old Edmonton man faces charges after a child in the United States was exploited online.They say information from the Abilene Police Department in Texas said a suspect had been lur...

Sep 05, 2019 Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT)

Sentencing hearing begins for Edmonton man convicted in murder of convenience store clerks

A sentencing hearing has begun in Edmonton for a man convicted of murdering two convenience store clerks.A jury found Colton Steinhauer guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of the employees at ...

Sep 05, 2019