Alberta

Ottawa won’t rush into sale of Trans Mountain to Indigenous groups: minister

CALGARY - Canada's natural resources minister says the government is willing to consider bids from Indigenous groups for a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline.But Amarjeet Sohi also says Ottawa would...

Jul 04, 2019

Calgary mother guilty in son’s staph death appeals conviction, sentence

CALGARY - A Calgary woman found guilty in the death of her 14-month-old son is appealing her conviction and sentence.Jennifer Clark and her husband Jeromie Clark were sentenced in June to 32 months in...

Jul 04, 2019

Appeal denied in botched murder-for-hire case

The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in a planned killing gone wrong.Joshua Dylan Petrin was a high-r...

Jul 04, 2019

Insurance companies preparing for more stormy weather in Alberta

Insurance companies are warning people to brace for more summer storms in Alberta, which sees more insured losses than all the other provinces combined.AMA insurance experts say 51 per cent of all sto...

Jul 04, 2019

Two men arrested in Red Deer and Saskatchewan following child exploitation investigation

Police say a joint investigation involving the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit (Sask ICE) and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ALERT ICE) resu...

Jul 03, 2019

UNESCO gives Canada December 2020 deadline on Wood Buffalo issues

The United Nations body that oversees world heritage sites has given Canada a new deadline to address problems in the country's largest national park.At a meeting this week in Azerbaijan, UNESCO prais...

Jul 03, 2019

Out-of-province prosecutor brought into UCP leadership case

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says a special out-of-province prosecutor will assist in a criminal fraud investigation into the United Conservative Party leadership race won by Jason Kenney before ...

Jul 03, 2019

Attempted murder charge laid in Rocky Mountain House campground shooting

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. - A long weekend shooting at an Alberta campground that left one person wounded has led to a charge of attempted murder.Rocky Mountain House RCMP say they learned early Sat...

Jul 03, 2019

Edmonton police officer charged with sexual assault

EDMONTON - An Edmonton police officer is facing a charge of sexual assault.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says the alleged assault against a woman happened in January in Canmore, Alta.The ...

Jul 03, 2019

Black bear released in Alberta last month shot and killed

Alberta Environment and Parks says one of two rehabilitated black bears released in a remote forest last month has been killed.Provincial officials say the 16-month-old male was shot after it wandered...

Jul 03, 2019