Alberta

Nixon scraps NDP park plans in Bighorn Country

EDMONTON - Alberta's new environment minister says he will scrap the previous government's proposed plan for protected areas in western Alberta.Last November, the NDP government announced eight new pa...

May 07, 2019

Independent panel appointed to help balance provincial budget by 2022-23

An independent panel has been appointed by Premier Jason Kenney, which will be doing a deep dive into the province's finances to help balance the budget by 2022-23, while simultaneously not raising ta...

May 07, 2019 Finance Minister Travis Toews speaking Tuesday morning on the appointment of the Blue Ribbon Panel. (Photo: Facebook / Jason Kenney)

Edmonton police officer being investigated for an alleged sexual assault

An Edmonton police officer is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault.Police say a woman was allegedly assaulted by an off-duty constable on May 2.The officer was taken off duty the next day...

May 07, 2019 Photo credit: Facebook/Edmonton Police Service

Family grieving after bodies of mom and daughter found

The aunt of a Calgary toddler whose body was found along with her mother's says she hoped they would be found alive, but had also braced for the worst.Josie Sanderson, who lives in St. Catherine's, On...

May 07, 2019

Notley vows to fight for Alberta's workers, says Kenney will not

Alberta's Opposition leader told the Alberta Federation of Labour's weekend convention in Calgary that the province's new premier isn't interested in standing up for working people.Rachel Notley said ...

May 06, 2019

Coaldale man faces fraud charges for ‘gifting circle’ scam

A southern Alberta man is facing charges in an alleged pyramid-type scheme that extends into Saskatchewan and B.C. and has generated a $2 million loss.Lethbridge police say the scheme promises a retur...

May 06, 2019

Police issue formal apology to LGBTQ community

Edmonton's police chief has issued a formal apology for wrongdoing committed by the police department against members of the city's LGBTQ community.Chief Dale McFee says the apology acknowledges that ...

May 03, 2019

Edmonton man avoids prison after girlfriend shot during sex

EDMONTON- An Edmonton man has won an appeal to serve his sentence in the community after he accidentally shot and injured his girlfriend during sex.Matthew Bergh was sentenced to a year in jail for ca...

May 03, 2019

Outlaw bikers arrested in Red Deer drug investigation

RED DEER - Members of a Red Deer outlaw motorcycle gang have been charged with drug trafficking offences following a lengthy ALERT investigation.Project Rocker was a two-year investigation by ALERT, R...

May 03, 2019

Alberta-based company buys four cannabis retail outlets in $13 million deal

Four cannabis retail outlets in Saskatchewan have been purchased by an Alberta-based company.Fire and Flower is taking over the operations of Prairie Sky Cannabis Inc., which has stores in North Battl...

May 02, 2019