Category Archives: Alberta
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
Update 5: Alberta wildfire update
Rain aids Alberta firefighting efforts, enabling more residents to return home as wildfire containment improves.Current situation (as of 3 p.m., June 17)There are 57 wildfires currently burning across...
Jun 18, 2025
Future of Sport in Canada Commission seeking public feedback
A public survey put out by the Future of Sport in Canada Commission is seeking feedback from Canadians.The Commission is looking for "experiences and perspectives" regarding Canada's sports system. An...
Jun 18, 2025
Carney to return to Ottawa after fruitful summit with G7 leaders in Alberta
KANANASKIS - Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading home to Ottawa today after hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta. He had been meeting with world leaders since Sunday to discuss topics such as U...
Jun 18, 2025
ALERT ICE warns public of growing deepfake trend
ALERT's (Alberta's Law Enforcement Team) Internet Child Exploitation unit is alerting the public and parents about the risks of the growing online trend of deepfakes involving artificial intelligence....
Jun 17, 2025
Alberta doctors association raises concerns over Smith limiting free COVID vaccines
The organization representing Alberta doctors is joining health-care worker unions in raising concerns over Premier Danielle Smith's decision to charge most Albertans for a COVID-19 vaccination this f...
Jun 17, 2025
Banff not as busy as anticipated despite nearby G7, say locals
The G-7 leaders' summit is nearby, but people in Banff, Alberta say they're not feeling the surge in activity they expected.Leaders from some of the world's largest economies are in Kananaskis this we...
Jun 17, 2025
Alberta RCMP warn of organized swarming-style jewellery scams
Alberta RCMP say they have received a number of reports related to gold and jewellery scams targeting people in parking lots across the province.Mounties say the scam follows a similar pattern or proc...
Jun 16, 2025
Alberta reports 53 more cases of measles, surpasses 900 total cases since March
Alberta has surpassed 900 cases of measles since the beginning of March.Data from the provincial government's dashboard shows 53 more cases were confirmed over the weekend, bringing Alberta's total to...
Jun 16, 2025
Health-care union calls for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines
A union representing 30,000 health-care workers in Alberta is calling on Premier Danielle Smith's government to reverse course and provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all front-line workers and any othe...
Jun 16, 2025