Provincial News
Alberta navigation centre to help Edmonton homeless now permanent; one more planned
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
EDMONTON – The Alberta government is making a navigation and support centre to provide safe shelter for the homeless in Edmonton permanent and has announced plans for a similar facility to be created in Calgary. The UCP government announced it was setting up the centre in mid-January, largely to deal with the hundreds of homeless ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta NDP leadership candidate Rakhi Pancholi quits bid, now backs Naheed Nenshi
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
EDMONTON – One of the candidates in the Alberta NDP leadership race is dropping out to support fellow contender Naheed Nenshi. Edmonton legislature member Rakhi Pancholi says she’s abandoning her bid because a recent update shows Nenshi has more than doubled the party’s membership totals in just a week. Pancholi says the numbers make it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two bridges in Edmonton to be named to honour two officers killed in line of duty
By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024
EDMONTON – Two bridges in Edmonton are being named to honour two police officers killed last year while responding to a call about a family dispute. Constables Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan were killed on March 16, 2023, by a teenage boy. The 16-year-old also shot and wounded his mother before killing himself. The bridges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta judge urges cross-boundary alerts after Calgary teen died from neglect
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024
CALGARY – A judge is recommending an alert information-sharing system among provinces for high-risk children to protect youth like 15-year-old Alexandru Radita of Calgary, who died weighing 37 pounds. Justice Sharon Van de Veen, in a fatality inquiry report released Monday, said such standardized cross-boundary communication”may very well have saved Alex’s life and (could) prevent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta orders reviews after non-profit ships stroke patient from hospital to motel
By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024
EDMONTON – Alberta’s minister for Seniors, Community and Social Services says there needs to be greater oversight of agencies that advertise non-medical supports to vulnerable people. Jason Nixon says the regulatory gap became apparent after CBC reported a partially paralyzed man had been discharged from an Edmonton hospital and taken to a Travelodge south of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta to review 30-hour Calgary police standoff that left barricaded man dead
By The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2024
CALGARY – An Alberta police oversight agency will investigate a 30-hour standoff in Calgary that left one person dead. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, known as ASIRT, is reviewing what happened after police tried to serve a warrant on a house in Calgary’s east end on March 14 and were met with gunfire. Nearby ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen makes 32 saves to help Sabres beat Flames, 4-1
By The Associated Press on March 24th, 2024
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) – Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves, Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Sunday night. JJ Peterka, Peyton Krebs and Connor Clifton also scored to help Buffalo improve to 34-33-5 and finish 2-3 on a five-game trip. Jonathan Huberdeau scored for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Pretty simple animals’: Alberta city hires trapper for free skunk removal
By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2024
Slavko Babincak was getting strange looks while tooling around town one day and couldn’t figure out why. “Finally two guys asked, ‘Have you been sprayed by a skunk?’ And I’m like, ‘Maybe?'” Babincak recounted. Perhaps the odour was so strong it killed his sense of smell. Perhaps he just got used to it. Either way, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta premier says province paid $25K hotel bill from social services provider
By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2024
CALGARY – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province has stepped in to pay an outstanding $25,000 bill to a hotel where a social services agency dispatched patients in post-hospital recovery. And she says her government is trying to find appropriate housing for 39 clients of Contentment Social Services. “What we discovered was substandard. There’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Profoundly disappointed’: Medicine Hat council chastises mayor over conduct breach
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2024
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – The mayor of Medicine Hat, Alta., has had her powers ““ and pay ““ greatly diminished after city council found she breached the code of conduct by failing to treat the city manager with “courtesy, dignity and respect.” At a special meeting Thursday, Medicine Hat city council unanimously censured Mayor Linnsie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zach Hyman scores 47th and 48th goals to help Oilers rout Sabres, 8-3
By The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Zach Hyman scored his 47th and 48th goals, the second in Edmonton’s five-goal third period, and the Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to rout the Buffalo Sabres 8-3 on Thursday night. Mattias Ekholm had two goals and an assist, Leon Draisaitl added a goal and two assists, Darnell Nurse, Ryan McLeod ... Read More »
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