Alberta

Woman dead following police incident in Calgary Wednesday morning

CALGARY - Alberta's police watchdog is investigating after an officer shot and killed a woman in Calgary.Police say the officer was responding to a call about 6 a.m. of a suspicious person wandering i...

Jun 26, 2019

Stampede organizers sticking with $15/hr for all workers

CALGARY - A rollback to Alberta's minimum wage for young people won't apply to those working at this year's Calgary Stampede.The marquee 10-day celebration of cowboy culture kicks off on July 5.A new ...

Jun 26, 2019 Photo: calgarystampede.com

Manitoba premier to raise Quebec religious symbol law with western premiers

EDMONTON - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be seeking a joint response to Quebec's new religious symbols law when western premiers meet on Thursday in Edmonton.Pallister says the legisla...

Jun 26, 2019

Teen missing from Maskwacis found deceased: RCMP

A teen missing from Maskwacis has been found dead and police are treating the death as suspicious.RCMP say the body of Houston Omeasoo, 16, was located at Maskwacis on Tuesday.The RCMP's Major Crime U...

Jun 25, 2019

House speaker calls out UCP, NDP over legislature behaviour

EDMONTON - Alberta's legislature boss is telling both the government and Opposition members to do better following an angry confrontation in the house over earplugs.Speaker Nathan Cooper says the New ...

Jun 25, 2019

Breaking: China bans all Canadian meat exports

OTTAWA - The Chinese Embassy said Tuesday it has asked Canada to suspended all meat exports, a surprise move that comes amid the diplomatic dispute over the December arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wa...

Jun 25, 2019

Alberta Teacher's Association challenging constitutionality of Bill 9

The Alberta Teachers' Association says it will file a constitutional challenge of new provincial legislation that defers discussions on teacher salaries.The United Conservative government passed a bil...

Jun 25, 2019

‘Wasn’t on the radar:’ Parents accused in son’s death unaware he had meningitis

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The father of a toddler who died of bacterial meningitis says he and his wife didn't realize their son had contracted the potentially deadly disease.David Stephan told a court in L...

Jun 25, 2019

Lethbridge surpasses Red Deer for third largest Alberta city

Lethbridge is now Alberta's third-largest city.The city released its census results yesterday, and the official population is now 101,482.Red Deer, which had been the province's third largest city, ha...

Jun 25, 2019 Photo by LethbridgeNewsNow

B.C. residents asked to weigh in on Daylight Saving Time

Any British Columbia resident who has ever complained about losing a precious hour of sleep thanks to daylight saving time now has a chance to gripe to the provincial government.The province is asking...

Jun 25, 2019