Alberta

Kenney says Legault has shaky grasp of history when it comes to equalization

QUEBEC - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shot back at his Quebec counterpart Monday, saying Francois Legault does not understand the history of equalization.On Sunday, Legault defended equalization again...

Aug 20, 2019

Irvine residents give feedback on evacuation

Cypress County, AB - Members of the Irvine community met Monday night with Cypress County officials to give their feedback on the evacuation of the Hamlet after a train derailed on August 2nd."I think...

Aug 20, 2019 Residents of Irvine meet with county officials to give feedback on evacuation (Photo by Colton McKee)

Trial starts in Edmonton for man accused in homicide of ex-girlfriend

A trial has started for an Edmonton man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend 101 times.Silva Koshwal has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and offering an indignity to a body.Thirty-eight-ye...

Aug 19, 2019

Expert panel to review supervised consumption sites, including Grande Prairie

Grande Prairie will be one of a few Albertan cities where hearings regarding supervised consumption sites will take place. The Alberta government has announced an eight-member panel to look at the soc...

Aug 19, 2019 HIV North mobile consumption site

Pipeline rupture spills 40,000 litres of crude oil into creek

DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. - The Alberta Energy Regulator says a pipeline has spilled 40,000 litres of crude oil into a creek.The regulator says on its website that the incident happened Thursday on a Bont...

Aug 19, 2019 An oil pump jack at in Alberta, Canada

Southern Alberta man fined for selling woman’s horses for slaughter

Lethbridge, AB- A southern Alberta man who sold a woman's two horses for slaughter without her knowledge has been fined after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.Wayne Jubb, 78, was charged last year w...

Aug 19, 2019 Wayne Bernard Jubb leaving the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday (Lethbridge News NOW)

Two injured in plane crash near Black Diamond

Two people were injured in a plane crash southwest of Calgary on Saturday.RCMP say they were called at about noon to the crash involving a single-engine plane that took off from a rural airstrip near ...

Aug 18, 2019

Human remains found in west Edmonton neighbourhood

The Edmonton Police Homicide Section are investigating the discovery of human remains found August 15 in the west central neighbourhood of Sherwood.The remains were found by citizens who were walking ...

Aug 18, 2019

Former Alberta United Conservative candidate named new chairmen of the AGLC

Len Rhodes, a former Alberta United Conservative candidate and president of the Edmonton Eskimos, has a new job.Rhodes has been named the new chairman of the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis commis...

Aug 16, 2019 AGLC logo

Teen girl charged after Airdrie playground fire

A 14-year-old girl is facing a charge of arson after a school playground with chunks of recycled tires in its base was allegedly set on fire in Airdrie, Alberta.A column of hazardous black smoke was r...

Aug 16, 2019 (Photo: Twitter/@Merytmut)