Alberta

Two Southern Alberta homeowners try selling properties with essay contest

Albertans struggling to enter the real-estate market have at least two chances to win a home this year.A house south of Calgary and a historic bed and breakfast near the United States border, both val...

May 13, 2019

Onex buying WestJet

The Toronto-based private equity firm that owns Cineplex is buying WestJet Airlines.Onex Corp. has signed a friendly deal to buy the airline in a transaction it valued at $5 billion, including assumed...

May 13, 2019

Man in custody after vehicle crashes through building in Edson

EDSON, AB - RCMP in Edson say they have a suspect in custody, after a vehicle was driven through the provincial building.Officers were called to the scene Saturday around 9:30 a.m.They say one man sto...

May 12, 2019

Alberta’s top court reserves decision on appeal of triple murderer

CALGARY - A lawyer for a man found guilty of killing a couple and their grandson has argued that a judge should never have allowed evidence taken from her client's farm because police shouldn't have b...

May 12, 2019 Photo courtesy the Canadian Press

April Irving released from custody

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 59-year-old woman facing 14 charges including cruelty to animals and causing or permitting them to be in distress, has been released from jail on a $1,000 no-cash surety.April Dawn ...

May 11, 2019 April Dawn Irving

Red Deer man urgently looking for kidney donor

A Red Deer man suffering from chronic kidney failure is hoping to find a living kidney donor with O blood type.Joseph R. Smith, 38, is in need of one kidney and currently undergoes dialysis treatments...

May 11, 2019 Joseph R. Smith of Red Deer suffers from chronic kidney failure and is hoping to find a living donor for a kidney transplant.

Calgary cabbie accused of striking passenger

Charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon have been laid against a 40-year-old Calgary taxi driver who is accused of striking a passenger.Police got word Wednesday evening about an alter...

May 10, 2019

Human trafficking charges laid against Edmonton couple

Nearly three dozen charges have been laid against a man and woman in Edmonton who are accused of involvement in human trafficking.Police say they became aware this past February of a 15-year-old girl ...

May 10, 2019

Former mortgage broker convicted in a multimillion-dollar phoney bridge-financing scheme loses appeal

A former mortgage broker convicted of multiple counts of fraud and theft has had his appeal dismissed.The Alberta Court of Appeal says Brandon Antonini must turn himself in within 24 hours.Antonini wa...

May 10, 2019

Alberta court hears details of fight over disqualified horse in Canadian Derby

With the horse-racing community still buzzing over a controversial disqualification in one of its most well-known races, a fight over which horse won a Canadian Derby race two years ago is being heard...

May 10, 2019