"We're friends,we're neighbours." That is the message from Alberta's Energy Minister as he speaks to the Vancouver Board of Trade about challenges Alberta faces in moving its oil products. Ken Hughes says he is here to collaborate and work with British Columbians when it comes to moving bitumen from Alberta through BC. And what is he … [Read more...]
Premier stands behind Alberta fundraiser
January 18, 2013 by
Premier Christy Clark is making no apologies for a BC Liberal fundraiser in Alberta this week---even if backers of the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline were on hand. "Enbridge has donated to the new democrats as you know, i think there are interests in Calgary and Toronto and outside the province that have made donations to … [Read more...]
Alberta police say teen charged in murder could be hiding in B.C.
January 9, 2013 by
RCMP in Red Deer, Alta., are looking for a 17-year-old charged with first-degree murder, and they say he may be hiding out in B.C. A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Adam William Lee Bird of Manitoba. This, after a 25-year-old man was found shot dead in a car in Red Deer on New Year’s Day. Bird has been charged with first-degree … [Read more...]
Clark again voicing frustration with Alberta over proposed pipeline
October 14, 2012 by
Christy Clark is once again voicing her frustration with our provincial neighbour to the east. Appearing on Global's "West Block" this morning, the Premier says many Albertans aren't sure of BC motivations surrounding the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. "My frustration has been from the very beginning that in Alberta, the whole debate has been … [Read more...]
U of Alberta killings suspect
June 15, 2012 by
Edmonton Police have a person of interest in the fatal shooting of three armoured car employees at the University of Alberta. 21-year-old Travis Brandon Baumgartner is an employee of security company G4S and was with the guards on an ATM delivery overnight at HUB Mall. Two men and woman died in a hail of bullets just after midnight, and a … [Read more...]
Premier Clark weighs in on Alberta election outcome
April 24, 2012 by
Premier Christy Clark is clearly hoping that pollsters in BC are just as off base as their colleagues in Alberta who were predicting a victory by the Wildrose party. Clark beamed when asked for her reaction to Progressive Conservative Premier Alison Redford's surprise electoral victory last night. ".......I phoned her last night … [Read more...]
Alberta man dead after B.C. highway crash
February 26, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - A 47-year-old commercial truck driver from Alberta is dead following a single-vehicle crash in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon.RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen says the accident took place yesterday afternoon on Highway 1, about five kilometres south of the community of Boston Bar.He says the southbound driver lost control of his … [Read more...]
Alberta woman dies on slippery roads near Invermere
January 15, 2012 by
A 46-year-old Alberta woman is dead after her car was hit by a bus on Highway 93/95 near Invermere. Police say the woman had been travelling northbound when she veered onto the snowy shoulder. She overcorrected and was hit on the passenger side by a bus travelling southbound. Police say it was significant impact. The bus was empty and the … [Read more...]
Redford says change is on the way in Alberta
October 3, 2011 by
EDMONTON - Alison Redford, set to become the first female premier of Alberta, downplayed the gender issue Sunday, saying party voters marked Xs not for an X chromosome, but for a broader desire for change. "A little bit of what happened yesterday was that our politics caught up with who we are," Redford told a late morning news conference, about … [Read more...]
3 days later, “Limited” Amber Alert issued in Alberta
September 10, 2011 by
The Amber Alert has now been expanded to include Alberta, three days after it was issued in B.C., for the disappearance of 3 year old Kienan Hebert. Sergeant Pat Webb of the Alberta RCMP says the alert will be posted on the province's Emergency Management website, Facebook and on "some" highway signs. But Webb insists this is not a full Amber … [Read more...]
