Alberta

Expect a busy wildfire season: Natural Resources Canada

A new forecast from Natural Resources Canada shows the danger of wildfires in Western Canada is extreme in parts of the southern Prairies.The latest report from the department's Northern Forestry Cent...

May 15, 2019

Ballot recount confirms UCP win in close Calgary-Falconridge seat race

A ballot recount has confirmed that the United Conservative Party candidate received the most votes in a tight Alberta election race in Calgary but by a slightly slimmer margin than the original tally...

May 15, 2019

No trial for Edmonton pet store owner who allegedly abandoned hundreds of animals

A former Edmonton pet store owner who allegedly abandoned hundreds of animals in the business early last year will not face trial.The Crown says it has stayed an abandonment charge against Minchaw Men...

May 15, 2019

Alberta nurses accuse province of breach of contract in wage talks

The union representing Alberta's nurses is accusing the province of breach of faith and breach of contract after successfully seeking a delay in the latest round of wage negotiations.The United Nurses...

May 15, 2019

9-year-old boy dead after farming accident

A nine-year-old boy is dead following a farm accident in southeastern Alberta.First responders were called Monday to the Wintering Hills Hutterite Colony, near Hussar.RCMP say the boy was struck by a ...

May 15, 2019

Tori Stafford kidnapper wants court to declare her prison transfer unlawful

A woman serving a life sentence for the murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford says her move from a healing lodge back to a prison was unfair.Lawyers for Terri-Lynn McClintic recently filed an applica...

May 15, 2019

School bus full of kids pepper sprayed

Edmonton police believe a school bus packed with children was in the wrong place at the wrong time when it was pepper-sprayed during an altercation involving people in two vehicles.The bus was parked ...

May 14, 2019

Former Calgary police officer jailed for uploading child-porn images

A former Calgary police officer has been handed an eight-month jail term after pleading guilty to accessing sexually explicit material involving children.Thomas Buttle, who is 34, entered the plea in ...

May 14, 2019

Restaurant won’t mess with mother goose that has nest near patio

An Edmonton restaurant says it won't mess with a Canada goose that has a nest near its patio.The Boston Pizza in Manning Towne Centre in the city's northeast says staff first encountered the goose Fri...

May 14, 2019

Kenney promises to end provincial carbon tax by month's end

Alberta's premier says the province's carbon tax will no longer exist as of May 30.Jason Kenney says a bill to eliminate the Alberta levy is to be introduced next week when the legislature begins sitt...

May 13, 2019 Jason Kenney speaking May 30 (Photo credit YouTube)