Category: News

  • High River RCMP – Additional Charges Laid in Thefts from Retail Stores

    High River RCMP – Additional Charges Laid in Thefts from Retail Stores

    High River, Alberta – High River RCMP have laid 7 additional charges in relation to thefts from retail stores in the Calgary area.  Through surveillance photos and forensic evidence, High River RCMP were able to identify and charge one adult and two youths who are alleged to be responsible for 2 offences in the Town of High…

  • Expanding Trade and Market Access with India

    Expanding Trade and Market Access with India

    Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier will be travelling to India to generate new economic opportunities for Alberta’s agriculture sector in the world’s second-most populous nation. This trade mission will further efforts to expand Alberta’s trade with India and identify new trade and investment opportunities for Alberta’s pork and pulse sectors. “India is one of…

  • RCMP Offering Reward for Arrest of Man Charged with Murder

    RCMP Offering Reward for Arrest of Man Charged with Murder

    Eckville, Alberta – The RCMP in Alberta is continuing in its efforts to locate and arrest 35-year-old Kevin Edward Brown who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant of arrest for one count of first degree murder in the killing of Bradley Webber and one count of kidnapping of another unnamed individual. Bradley Webber’s body was found…

  • Statement from United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney: Former MLA Don MacIntyre

    Statement from United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney: Former MLA Don MacIntyre

    EDMONTON, AB (February 9, 2018): United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney today has issued the following statement regarding former MLA Don MacIntyre: “I was shocked and disgusted to learn of the serious criminal charges filed against former MLA Don MacIntyre.  There are few crimes more vile than sexual crimes against children, and those found guilty of it deserve…

  • United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney on Harmful Federal Changes for Alberta’s Energy Industry

    United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney on Harmful Federal Changes for Alberta’s Energy Industry

    Ottawa, ON: Statement from Jason Kenney, Leader of the United Conservative Official Opposition: “We are concerned that the measures announced today will discourage further investment and only create further uncertainty for our energy industry. “While legislated timelines for decision-making could have achieved more certainty for job creators, the expanded scope of what comes under review will only…

  • Conservatives React to Liberal Government’s Environmental and Regulatory Changes

    Conservatives React to Liberal Government’s Environmental and Regulatory Changes

    Ottawa, ON – (February 8th), Conservative Shadow Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Ed Fast and Shannon Stubbs, Conservative Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, responded to the release of the Liberals’ proposed Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act. “Since the Liberals were elected in 2015, major capital investments in Canada’s resource sector…

  • Official Opposition Renews Call for Emergency Legislature Sitting on Trans Mountain Pipeline

    Official Opposition Renews Call for Emergency Legislature Sitting on Trans Mountain Pipeline

    EDMONTON, AB: Official Opposition Leader Jason Kenney renewed his call for an emergency session of the Legislature to allow MLAs to debate how best to defend Alberta’s vital economic interests in the face of threats by the Government of British Columbia to block the export of Alberta oil through the Trans Mountain Pipeline. “Last week I wrote…

  • Cochrane RCMP Investigate Two Vehicle MVC

    Cochrane RCMP Investigate Two Vehicle MVC

    Two Vehicle Collision on Highway 1A West of Cochrane Cochrane, AB – Today, at approximately 11:15 a.m. the Cochrane RCMP responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 1A at approximately the Grand Valley road west of Cochrane.  The collision was between a pick up truck and a mini van.  One occupant of the van sustained undetermined…

  • Chestermere RCMP: Request for Assistance to Identify Person Involved in “Road Rage” Incident

    Chestermere RCMP: Request for Assistance to Identify Person Involved in “Road Rage” Incident

    On February 6, 2018 a report of road rage involving threats was reported to the Chestermere RCMP. At approximately 3:15 p.m. a female resident of Chestermere encountered an unknown male in a blue sedan near West Creek Car Wash on Rainbow Road in Chestermere. After what was reported to be a misunderstanding while negotiating the…

  • Calgary/Nanton RCMP Continue Investigating Murder of Adrienne McColl

    Calgary/Nanton RCMP Continue Investigating Murder of Adrienne McColl

    Nanton, Alberta – It will be 16 years this Saturday, February 17, 2018, since Adrienne McColl was found murdered in a rancher’s field five miles outside of Nanton and approximately 85 kilometres south of Calgary.  The young woman, who was 21-years-old at the time of her death, was last seen alive around Valentine’s Day 2002. The homicide investigation…

  • Avalanche Warning Issued for Kananaskis Country

    Avalanche Warning Issued for Kananaskis Country

    Recreational backcountry users should manage their risk by completely avoiding avalanche terrain including exposure to overhead avalanche terrain.

  • Premier Rachel Notley Statement: B.C. Wine Imports

    Premier Rachel Notley Statement: B.C. Wine Imports

  • Texting While Driving: It Can Wait

    Texting While Driving: It Can Wait

    Edmonton, Alta. — In today’s busy world, it is common to feel like we should be multi-tasking in every moment. Even when we are behind the wheel of a vehicle, it can be difficult to give our full attention to the task at hand. The Alberta RCMP remind drivers that any task that feels urgent when…

  • B.C. NDP Attacks Alberta Economy Again

    B.C. NDP Attacks Alberta Economy Again

    EDMONTON, AB: January 31st, the United Conservatives responded to an “emergency” NDP cabinet meeting held to deal with a report that British Columbia’s NDP government plans to restrict the transportation of oilsands crude by pipeline and rail within the province. “The NDP government of British Columbia has launched a full-frontal attack on Alberta’s economy, and in…

  • Okotoks RCMP- Smoke Device Discharged Inside High School

    Okotoks RCMP- Smoke Device Discharged Inside High School

    Okotoks, Alberta – On February 5th, 2018 around 11:00am Okotoks RCMP were dispatched to the Foothills composite high school to assist Okotoks Fire. A smoke device was discharged inside the hallway, evacuating the school. One patient was taken to hospital for precautionary reasons. The school later resumed classes. Persons of interest have been identified as high school age, and charges are pending. If you…