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Alberta defenceman finishes WHL season with Oil Kings win

Ismail "Izzy" Abougouche, who entered the DUB in 2022 when he signed with the Kelowna Rockets, was traded to the Edmonton Oil Kings on Jan. 10.

Mar 30, 2024 8:45 AM Read more >

Machete attack nets Northern Alberta man a one-year sentence

'It just doesn’t get more dangerous than that,’ says Justice Gregory Rice of machete attack in a Calling Lake home.

Mar 30, 2024 7:13 AM Read more >

RCMP locate suspect in Innisfail-area hit-and-run fatality

A male who was struck and killed this week near Innisfail was walking westbound on Highway 590 on Thursday, March 28

Mar 29, 2024 5:54 PM Read more >

Spring road trip: Canada's largest tulip festival is in Abbotsford

Part of the Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival, the tulip festival's tentative opening date is April 15 but it could be sooner, depending on conditions.

Mar 29, 2024 4:45 PM Read more >

Alberta MLA who lost to Kenney says RCMP probe helped the UCP party

No sour grapes. Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche MLA and province's Energy Minister Brian Jean says "victim" was young UCP party.

Mar 29, 2024 3:15 PM Read more >

Northern Alberta town unanimously approves Pride crosswalk

A tale of two towns: Barrhead, 30 minutes from Westlock unanimously approved Pride crosswalks weeks after Westlock voted to ban them.

Mar 29, 2024 1:45 PM Read more >

Deer in Southern Alberta tranquilized to remove container from its head

A deer in Alberta with a plastic container stuck on its head managed to get it off with a little help from some human friends.

Mar 29, 2024 12:15 PM Read more >

Fish feast may attract bears to Vermilion Lakes, forces closure

A mass die-off of fish as a result of naturally occurring winter-kill has closed a lake in Banff National Park, as hungry bears coming out of hibernation are expected in the area.

Mar 29, 2024 11:17 AM Read more >

Westlock Pride group forms weeks after Pride flags, crosswalks banned

Peer-support group for allies, supporters and parents of the gay-straight alliance (GSA) Thunder Alliance has formed in Northern Alberta town that voted to ban Pride flags and crosswalks.

Mar 29, 2024 9:45 AM Read more >

St. Albert councilor wants to end Zoom attendance for meetings

A town councillor for a town north of Edmonton says in-person meeting attendance is the “best way to represent residents"

Mar 29, 2024 8:15 AM Read more >