Category Archives: Alberta
Search to continue for missing hikers after rockfall at Banff National Park
LAKE LOUISE - Rescuers in Alberta are set to resume their search today for anyone else caught up in a massive rockfall that killed one and injured three in a remote section of Banff National Park. Vid...
Jun 20, 2025
Mounties say hikers caught up in a rock slide in Banff National Park
Banff RCMP say hikers have been caught in a rock slide in Banff National Park.The nature and number of injuries, however, have not been determined.On June 19, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., Lake Louise RCMP was ...
Jun 19, 2025
Company to pay $330K after Edmonton worker trapped in smokehouse, dies in 92 C heat
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company has been ordered to pay $330,000 after one of its workers became trapped in a smokehouse and died. Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. was directed by a jud...
Jun 19, 2025
Alberta's tourism above national average
Officials with the Alberta government say the province's tourism strategy resulted in 12 per cent growth last year, outpacing other provinces at four times the national average. In 2024, the provincia...
Jun 19, 2025
Moe, Smith repeat calls for federal action and support for energy projects
The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are repeating their calls for federal support for energy projects and the abandonment of some industry regulations.Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Alberta's...
Jun 18, 2025
Provincial government hoping to help heroes find civilian success
The Alberta government says it has a new mission; helping to connect former military and public safety personnel with meaningful civilian careers.Provincial officials say members of the Canadian Armed...
Jun 18, 2025
Alberta government aiming to eliminate "bureaucratic vortex" in hospitals
Alberta's government has announced it is decentralizing decision-making to the hospital level, empowering facility leadership teams and enhancing patient care across the province.According to the gove...
Jun 18, 2025
Province says technology transforming tailings ponds
The Alberta government announced this week, it is investing up to $50 million from the TIER fund into new technologies to help reduce oil sands mine water and reclaim tailings ponds.Government officia...
Jun 18, 2025
Alberta led Canada in population growth in Q1 2025
It was a slow quarter for population growth across much of the country, but Alberta led the way with an increase.Statistics Canada says the national population grew by just 20,107 people (+zero per ce...
Jun 18, 2025
Food processing company pleads guilty to workplace safety charge in smokehouse death
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown has asked for 25 other charg...
Jun 18, 2025