Alberta

Repeat fire at metal recycling business in Calgary

CALGARY - Thick, black smoke greeted firefighters as they arrived at the scene of an early morning fire at a metal recycling business in southeast Calgary.About a dozen firefighters were initially cal...

Apr 24, 2019

Lake Louise planning on making upgrades to ski resort

Lake Louise Ski Resort is proposing some big changes to its operation in Banff National Park.The resort wants to give 1,000 hectares of land back to Parks Canada in exchange for being able to upgrade ...

Apr 24, 2019

Young students suicide connected to bullying

The Calgary Board of Education says it's reviewing the case of a young student from Syria who killed herself after her parents said she was bullied at school.The parents of Amal Alshteiwi say her scho...

Apr 23, 2019

UCP halts medical superlab construction

EDMONTON - Alberta has halted construction of a medical superlab, saying it wants to allow the just-elected United Conservative government time to review the project.An Alberta infrastructure represen...

Apr 23, 2019

Motorcycle crash hospitalizes two in Edmonton

Edmonton police think speed was a factor in a collision that left two motorcycle riders in hospital, including one in critical condition.Investigators say the crash happened yesterday afternoon on Ant...

Apr 23, 2019

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in Calgary Monday evening

Calgary police say charges are pending, including a street racing offence, after a pedestrian was killed Monday night.Officers say a car and a pickup truck were speeding towards a northwest intersecti...

Apr 23, 2019

RCMP secure money to repair memorial honouring constables killed in Mayerthorpe

The RCMP has come to the rescue of a fundraising effort to repair a memorial to four constables killed in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, 14 years ago.Colette McKillop of the Fallen Four Memorial Society says t...

Apr 22, 2019 Facebook/Fallen Four Memorial Park & Visitor Information Centre

Kenney appoints members of political staff

Alberta premier-designate Jason Kenney has gone back to his federal roots in naming a senior member of his political staff.Kenney has announced his new principal secretary is Howard Anglin -- who was ...

Apr 22, 2019

Investigation under way after 11-year-old boy shot in Pincher Creek

PINCHER CREEK, Alta. - Police say an 11-year-old from a Hutterite colony in southern Alberta has been shot by a 13-year-old.RCMP and emergency crews responded to the Pincher Creek hospital for a child...

Apr 22, 2019

Province-wide protest being planned by Calgary students

A group of Calgary students are planning a province-wide school walkout to protest the incoming United Conservative Party government's stance on gay-straight alliances.They say the protest is in respo...

Apr 22, 2019