Alberta

Alberta Election: Where the leaders are on April 15

NDP Leader Rachel Notley is in Calgary this morning for a leader's event, then she heads up to Edmonton for another leader's event in the afternoon.United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney is doo...

Apr 15, 2019

Bystander stops suspect who appears in video to set car on fire with fuel

EDMONTON - A burly, bearded man wearing a Hawaiian shirt is being praised for chasing and tackling a person who, in a video, appeared to douse a vehicle with gasoline and set it on fire in Edmonton on...

Apr 14, 2019 photo courtesy the Canadian Press

‘People need to know:’ Notley urges Albertans to look at risks with Kenney

CALGARY - With the Alberta election campaign in its final days, NDP Leader Rachel Notley launched another attack on the integrity of the United Conservative's Jason Kenney at a raucous rally in Calgar...

Apr 14, 2019 photo courtesy The Canadian Press

RCMP search business owned by Calgary United Conservative candidate Peter Singh

CALGARY - RCMP have searched an auto-repair shop owned by a United Conservative Party candidate in Calgary.Mounties seized a computer hard drive, other electronic devices and a suitcase Thursday night...

Apr 13, 2019

Driver who killed two teens and injured two others found guilty

RED DEER, Alta. - A young man who was behind the wheel in a central Alberta crash that killed two teens and injured two others has been found guilty of all charges.Dylan Beauclair, who is 21, was conv...

Apr 12, 2019

Animals killed in fire at Farm Animal Rescue

A number of animals have been killed in a fire at a non-profit operation for homeless and abused animals south of Edmonton.Flames broke out in a barn at Farm Animal Rescue and Rehoming Movement, east ...

Apr 12, 2019

Alberta Election: Where the leaders are on April 12

NDP Leader Rachel Notley begins her day in Calgary for a leader's event, she travels to Canmore for a leader's event in the noon hour, and she returns to Calgary later in the afternoon for another lea...

Apr 12, 2019

Lloydminster teen charged with making explosives

A 16-year-old boy in Lloydminster has been charged with making an explosive substance.RCMP say they got word last Tuesday about explosives possibly being kept at a commercial storage facility in the b...

Apr 11, 2019

Desmarais RCMP in search of witnesses in death of Wabasca man

Police are looking for witnesses after an accident in northern Alberta that killed a 32-year-old man.RCMP say officers on patrol early yesterday morning came across a singe-vehicle crash on Highway 75...

Apr 11, 2019

Study shows steep drop in oil and gas operations in Western Canada

A new study by a consulting firm shows Western Canada has lost nearly 300 oil and gas producing companies since the end of 2014.XI Technologies of Calgary says an analysis of its database shows 1,334 ...

Apr 11, 2019