Local News: Alberta 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Advertisment

Alberta News

Local news for Alberta continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

3 hrs ago | CBC

Fatal accident closes major Alberta highway for hours

A woman is dead after a single vehicle rollover on the main highway between Edmonton and Calgary.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

Sat Jul 11, 2009

Calgary Herald

Alberta MLAs' Idaho trip to cost $39,000

Two ministers and eight backbench Tory MLAs will be in Boise, Idaho from July 12-16 to attend the 19th annual Pacific Northwest Economic Region .

Comment?

Related Topix: Travel, Canada Travel, Alberta, Canada Travel, Boise, ID, Canada,

The Twister

I Wanna Do It All - Terri Clark

Like her contemporary Shania Twain, singer/songwriter Terri Clark came storming out of Canada and captured the attention of America's country music industry in the mid-'90s. Where Twain incorporated more rock & roll elements into her music, Clark largely stayed close to her country roots, even if those roots were more new country than hardcore ...

Comment?

Related Topix: Terri Clark, Country, Shania Twain, Canada

Coast Reporter

NASA delays shuttle launch by 1 day because of bad weather

Canadian Julie Payette's second voyage to space was delayed yet again Saturday after 11 lightning strikes forced NASA officials to delay the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour.

Comment?

Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Space, Cape Canaveral, FL,

Edmonton Sun

Avenue of stabbings

A city police officer investigates the scene of a fatal stabbing on 107 Avenue near 114 Street early yesterday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

Edmonton Sun

'Stupid' drunk driver gets 10 months in cooler

A "stupid" Edmonton driver with a "total disregard for the safety of others" who went on an 18-month drunken crime spree after his wife left him was jailed yesterday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

CTV Calgary

Severe storm blows through Southern Alberta

A strong summer storm blew through Calgary and Southern Alberta Wednesday afternoon.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada

Fri Jul 10, 2009

Hospitality Net

Summer Full of Festivals in Edmonton, Alberta

Each summer, a multitude of Edmonton festivals suit practically any taste. For belly laughs and bewilderment, there's the famed Edmonton Street Performers Festival downtown, running from now through July 12.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada, Travel, Canada Travel, Alberta, Canada Travel, Edmonton, Canada Travel, Dining

The Toronto Star

Too few immigrants take language courses: Minister

CALGARYa 'Canada's citizenship minister says it's a challenge to get immigrants to fit into society when only one-quarter of them actually take advantage of free language training.

5 comments

Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Today's 6

Idaho's Simplot joins Canadian Co. for project

The J.R. Simplot Co. is starting a new company with a Canadian-based partner to help farmers and producers better track products with a computerized data management system.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada, Agriculture, Science

Regina Leader Post

Time for a family adventure in Alberta

Alberta Prairie Railway offers a fun day excursion. I started hyperventilating as I stood above the narrow chasm of rock known in Canmore's Rat's Nest Cave as the laundry chute.

Comment?

Related Topix: Family, Kids

Edmonton Sun

Human remains in farm fire spark probe

Camrose RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after human remains were found in the debris of a farmhouse fire last month.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

Calgary Sun

Plane and perch collision only sounds fishy

This fish tale was no flight of fancy. But WestJet officials initially weren't about to bite when told one of their Boeing 737s hit a fish in flight.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Truck filled with $4-million of cocaine stopped at Peace Arch border crossing

July 7, 2009 photo of 238-lbs of cocaine hidden in a truck en route to Canada. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested 32-year-old Calgary, Alberta resident Kevin Marocchi.

1 comment

Related Topix: Canada

Dose

Ottawa gives Alberta infrastructure cash, but health dollars unlikely

Alberta's request for extra health care dollars is not in the cards, unless it becomes a have-not province, a senior federal Conservative indicated Monday, as the provincial and federal Conservative caucuses met in Calgary.

Comment?

Related Topix: Alberta, VA, Canada, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, North America, World News,

Edmonton Sun

Fort Saskatchewan police looking for man who vanished

The Fort Saskatchewan RCMP are requesting assistance to locate the following individual: Jerry DACH age: 64 years of Lamont, Alberta.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

CBC

Man killed as ambulance and pickup truck collide near Smoky Lake

A 54-year old man from Stony Plain, west of Edmonton was killed Tuesday morning when the pickup truck he was driving collided with an ambulance on Highway 28, near Smoky Lake.

1 comment

Related Topix: Canada,

Journal of Commerce

Oilsands tragedy near Edmonton, Alberta

A construction worker collapsed and died while working on a bitumen refinery north of Edmonton, Alberta.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

Wed Jul 08, 2009

CBC

Tornado watch ends in Calgary

Clouds track south over Cougar Ridge in Calgary on Wednesday. A tornado watch for Calgary lasted for about four hours on Wednesday afternoon when three funnel clouds were spotted in and around the city.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada, Weather

The Victoria Star

Police looking for answers after cows shot and left in rural Alberta field

Police are trying to explain why eight cows were shot and left in a field just outside a landowner's property in eastern Alberta.

Comment?

Related Topix: Canada,

↑ Back to top

More Alberta News

Archives

Read more articles in the Alberta News Archives.

For up to the minute news, check out the Alberta News Wire.

Want to add Alberta News headlines to your web site? Get the widget here.

RSS icon mobile icon

Alberta News Editors

RoboBlogger

I edit this news page on Topix when no humans are available to help.

People just like you make Alberta News on Topix better every day. If you're interested in becoming an editor, apply today!

Edits History | Editor Blog

Also on Topix

Forums & Polls  | Top Stories  | Popular  |  Local News  | US  | World  | Sports  | Entertainment  | Offbeat  | All Topics