Alberta News

• Postmedia to move Alberta community newspapers to digital, make changes in Saskatchewan

  Postmedia announced measures as part of a transformation plan to come for community newspapers in the prairies which includes Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  Jan 18
  
• Ottawa ‘not looking for a fight’ over Alberta sovereignty bill, Trudeau says

  Speaking on his way into a caucus meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday, Trudeau said the proposed 'exceptional powers' in the bill are 'causing a lot of eyebrows to raise in Alberta.'

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
  
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• Saskatchewan RCMP looking for man wanted on Canada-wide warrant

  Police say he is known to frequent Loon Lake, Meadow Lake and Pierceland, Sask., as well as Cold Lake, Lloydminster and Bonnyville, Alta.

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2022
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• Humboldt Broncos families react to truck driver being granted day parole

  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the April 6, 2018, bus crash that killed 16 people.

  Crime

  Jul 21, 2022
• Truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos crash granted day parole for 6 months

  Jaskirat Sidhu, who has been serving his sentence at a prison in Bowden, Alta., asked the Parole Board to be released pending possible deportation.

  Crime

  Jul 20, 2022
• RCMP lay 70 charges after investigation leads to ‘significant’ drug seizures in Sask, Alberta

  A drug trafficking investigation involving a crime group that was distributing large quantities of drugs across Saskatchewan and Alberta has resulted in 70 criminal charges.

  Crime

  Jun 6, 2022
• Semi driver responsible for Humboldt Broncos crash loses first bid to stay in Canada

  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm and received a prison sentence of eight years.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2022
• Kenney, Moe join forces with U.S. governors calling for end to border vaccine mandate

  The premiers and governors claimed that the COVID-19 restrictions have negatively impacted residents in Canada and the U.S. by driving up inflation and the cost of living. 

  Politics

  Feb 16, 2022
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• Kenney says relations with Trudeau ‘professional,’ but climate minister is ‘extremist’

  Alberta is facing a continued steep budget shortfall as oil price profits remain elusive, but Premier Jason Kenney ruled out imposing any new taxes.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2022
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• Up to $1M approved by Saskatchewan government to battle mountain pine beetle threat

  The governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta have renewed their agreement to fight the threat of mountain pine beetles in Alberta.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2021