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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith set to launch sweeping health-delivery changes in 2024

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith is set to take scalpel and bone saw to Alberta's $17-billion health-delivery system in 2024, while simultaneously scrambling to keep and find more family doctors.

Dec 30, 2023 9:45 AM Read more >

Alberta Christmas baby had baby this Christmas

Alberta resident Deleen Sawchyn delivered a healthy baby girl Christmas Day - on her 27th birthday

Dec 29, 2023 4:45 PM Read more >

RCMP arrest suspect in northern Alberta homicide after weeks-long search

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Mounties have ended a weeks-long search for a man wanted in a killing in northern Alberta. Wood Buffalo RCMP responded Dec. 5 to a firearms complaint in the community, 60 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.

Dec 29, 2023 2:15 PM Read more >

Society going ahead with restoration of 110-year-old Alberta church destroyed by arson

Community group meets to discuss ways they can restore the historic building which was the victim of arson

Dec 29, 2023 11:45 AM Read more >

St. Albert was an early adopter of electric buses, but found lifespan shorter than expected

“It's disappointing that [the buses] didn't live up to the hype,” said Coun. Wes Brodhead.

Dec 29, 2023 8:50 AM Read more >

Man who died with wife and son in Alberta lake wasn't a risk-taker, says friend

An Edmonton man who died with his wife and eight-year-old son after their utility terrain vehicle went into a lake wasn't the kind of person to put his family at risk, says a friend.

Dec 28, 2023 2:25 PM Read more >

Two charged with armed robbery in Smoky Lake carjacking

Vehicle taken at gunpoint

Dec 28, 2023 12:17 PM Read more >

Prime Video makes changes as it sets launch date for showing ads in Canada

TORONTO — Amazon's Prime Video has picked the date when it'll begin showing commercials on its streaming service in Canada. Representatives for the company told The Canadian Press they've marked Feb.

Dec 28, 2023 9:15 AM Read more >

Calgary man breaks through ice, drowns in Bow River in Morley Christmas Day

"RCMP believe at this time that the male was on the ice attempting to take a photo of the scenery in the area and then fell in."

Dec 27, 2023 12:45 PM Read more >

St. Paul gets ready to host women's Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2024 Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts will take place in St. Paul from Jan. 24 to 28.

Dec 27, 2023 8:55 AM Read more >