Category Archives: Alberta
‘You killed me too:’ Mother of slain Calgary Stampeder addresses killer in court
CALGARY - The mother of a Calgary Stampeders football player told a sentencing hearing Thursday that she's angry her son survived the crime-filled streets of Detroit only to be gunned down in Canada.R...
Jun 01, 2019 Mylon Hicks
Public school boards urging province to delay Education Act
The president of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta believes there needs to be a one-year delay in the United Conservatives' promise to implement the Education Act.Cathy Hogg says it's a...
Jun 01, 2019 Cathy Hogg, President of the Public School Boards' Association of Albert. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Kenney says carbon taxes won’t help stop forest fire threat
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that.Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change, have contr...
May 31, 2019 Photo: The Canadian Press
Ralph Goodale says military will help as Alberta deals with massive wildfires
The federal government says the military is going to help with Alberta's wildfire fight.Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Alberta has asked for Canadian Forces assistance and the feder...
May 31, 2019 Photo: The Canadian Press
Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, as federal tax looms
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...
May 30, 2019 Photo: The Canadian Press
Researchers from the University of Alberta studying how birds develop personalities
Research from the University of Alberta is putting a whole new meaning on the term bird brain.Biologist Kimberley Mathot has been delving into how birds develop individual personalities.Mathot studied...
May 30, 2019
RCMP investigating voter fraud in 2017 when Premier Jason Kenney was picked as party leader
A prosecutor from outside Alberta is being sought to advise police investigating irregularities in the United Conservative Party leadership race.The RCMP is looking into whether voter fraud was commit...
May 30, 2019
Alberta legislature expected to kill carbon tax
The Alberta legislature is expected to pass a bill today to kill the province's carbon tax on consumers.And the province says drivers and home and business owners should already be feeling the effects...
May 30, 2019
Hearing begins for man convicted in death of Calgary Stampeders player
A sentencing hearing is to begin today for a man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a Calgary Stampeders football player.Nelson Lugela, who is 21, was convicted earlier this year of sho...
May 30, 2019
Conditions prompt red-flag warning across northern Alberta's boreal forest
Hot, dry conditions and gusty winds have led to what fire watchers call a red-flag warning across northern Alberta's boreal forest.The Chuckegg Creek fire, the largest in the province, is still about ...
May 30, 2019