Alberta Hunting

• Alberta splits wildlife management into hunting, fishing and everything else

  No one from Alberta Environment and Protected Areas or Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism immediately responded to a request for comment on the rationale behind the change.

  Environment

  Feb 28, 2023
  
• ‘Nothing unusual’: Alberta MLA sees no conflict of interest in taking over wildlife rules

  An Alberta cabinet minister says he's working with lawyers and the province's ethics commissioner over concerns about possible changes to his department's responsibilities.

  Economy

  Feb 17, 2023
  
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• The Veteran Hunters offer new kind of PTSD support: ‘It’s family’

  It's a sport that requires plenty of patience and extreme focus, in addition to managing the intensity and adrenaline that comes with success.

  Features

  Dec 1, 2022
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• Nugget the service horse shot dead on Parks Canada ranch in west central Alberta

  It's hunting season in Alberta and investigators believe this may have been an accident by someone who mistook Nugget the horse for a game animal.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2021
• Calgary wildlife officer uses shotgun to free deer who locked antlers

  Quick thinking and sharpshooting by a Calgary Fish and Wildlife officer saved the lives of two entangled deer.

  Environment

  Feb 1, 2020
• Fish and Wildlife investigating after 3 deer poached in eastern Alberta

  Alberta Fish and Wildlife are looking for witnesses after a man allegedly shot three mule deer and left them dead in a field east of Edmonton.

  Crime

  Nov 20, 2019
• Fish and Wildlife looking for witnesses after bison shot by poachers in northern Alberta

  Bison are currently classified as endangered and protected in that specific hunting region of Alberta. 

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2019
• Missing Calgary hunter found west of Sundre

  On Monday night, Timothy Benedict Campbell, 33, was located 7.2 kilometres from where he went missing and flown to Sundre Hospital.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2019
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• Alberta fish and game group concerned over Métis hunting deal with province

  The deal, quietly released earlier this month, gives registered Métis the ability to hunt and fish year-round in certain areas, which the Alberta Fish and Game Association fears could put too much pressure on resources.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2019
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• Alberta outfitting company issued almost $79K in fines, ban from industry after fish and wildlife investigation

  The investigation suggested that, in 2014 and 2015, Rugged Outfitting Inc. conducted guided tours for moose and elk with expired or invalid licences.

  Crime

  Aug 31, 2018