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A man is in hospital in Edmonton after being struck by a train in Whitecourt. It happened last evening around 8 p.m. near 50th Avenue. When RCMP arrived at the scene they located a 45-year-old male wi...
Jun 28, 2019
A young woman from Edson has died after she was struck by a vehicle on Highway 43 in Whitecourt. RCMP were called to the scene this morning around 5 a.m.According to officers, an SUV was travelling on...
Jun 28, 2019
Adrienne Cornish got a message she wasn't expecting when she scanned her WESTERN 649 ticket. She discovered she had won $2,000,000 on the May 11 draw.Cornish purchased her $4 WESTERN 649 quick pick ti...
Jun 28, 2019
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Injured Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki has signed a multi-year contract with Adidas Canada and has a lot of new sportswear as a result.Straschnitzki was paralyzed from the...
Jun 27, 2019
EDMONTON - There were smiles, handshakes and even a joke or two as Canada's western premiers emerged from their day-long meeting in Edmonton.There has been friction between the leaders of late over Br...
Jun 27, 2019 From left to right: John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia; Sandy Silver, Premier of Yukon; Robert McLeod, Premier of the Northwest Territories; Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta; Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan; Joe Savikataaq, Premier of Nunavut; Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba.(Photo: Government of Alberta)
A lockdown at two Sylvan Lake schools which share a building is over.cole Mother Teresa School and Fox Run School went into lockdown around 11 a.m.Chinook's Edge Superintendent Kurt Sacher told rdnews...
Jun 27, 2019
It's six years in jail for a former Red Deer teacher charged with more than two dozen child sexual exploitation-related counts stemming from a string of incidents in November and December of last year...
Jun 27, 2019
Two recent investigations by ALERT's Red Deer organized crime team have resulted in the arrest of four suspected drug traffickers and the seizure of more than $130,000 worth of drugs and cash.The bulk...
Jun 27, 2019
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge Police Officer, caught on cell phone video Jan. 8, 2019 running over a deer on Scenic Drive multiple times in a 15-minute time span, will not face any criminal charges.Ac...
Jun 26, 2019 ASIRT Legal Advisor Greg Gudelot
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government plans to bring back elections for would-be senators and hold a vote in a little more than two years.Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer has introduced ...
Jun 26, 2019 Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer (right) introduced the bill to the legislature (Photo: Facebook / Doug Schweitzer)