Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the hotel in Red Deer where Progressive Conservative delegates are voting on Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership. The protest, organized by the group Friends of Medicare, is aimed at hospital bed closures and other government cuts to health care. Most of the roughly 700 protesters are union members from across Alberta and many carried banners and ...

One person had to be rushed to hospital Friday night following a stabbing incident at a home in the Falconridge area in northeast Calgary. Police were called in just before 9 p.m. to a small house party. A 45-year-old man suffered serious stab wounds but is expected to survive. Two women claimed the offender had fled out the back door. But later, police determined the assaultant was ac...

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has told Tory delegates who will vote on his leadership this weekend that he has the courage to take bold stands and not back down. Stelmach leadership is being questioned by some party veterans but he says playing it safe is not what he's about and he's not afraid of criticism. In a speech Friday night at the party's annual general meeting in Red Deer, Stelmach told ...

A 41-year-old dad from Rocky Mountain House has been charged in relation to that fatal shooting of a teen involving a pen gun. It was back on September 7th when the boy was in a car with another teen when the gun went off. He was rushed to hospital, but later died. The man facing charges, including criminal negligence causing death and careless use of a prohibited device, is the father of the ...

Two men have been arrested and charged after they were observed breaking into unoccupied homes and construction trailers along Skyview Springs N.E, around 11pm Thursday. When they were arrested, police found break and enter tools in their possession, and say evidence also linked them to a separate incident at the same location a one month earlier. Since July, there have been over forty cases of ...

On Tuesday November 10th, Alberta Health Services will begin offering H1N1 vaccine to two new groups of individuals at high risk of developing severe illness related to influenza. As this process continues, no high risk groups will be removed from eligibility - only new groups added. On November 10th, the two new groups will be: • both parents or one parent and one caregiver of infan...

The University of Calgary's Harvey Weingarten marked his final major public speech as president of the institution in a big way - on the receiving end of a $39-million donation for the school's Brain Institute. Weingarten is stepping down in January, and issued his final U of C "report to the community" Friday, accepting the donation from well known Calgary businessman Harley Hotckiss. The cash ...

Fire officials say an electrical cooking appliance is likely the cause of that massive fire in Evergreen that damaged three homes Thursday night. The fire originated on the deck of one of the homes where three electrical appliances were stored. Damage is pegged at $525 000.

A second staff member, involved in the decision to provide Calgary Flames players and their families with H1N1 vaccinations, has now been fired. Alberta Health Services says a Flames medical representative approached an Alberta Health Services staff member on October 27th about holding an H1N1 immunization clinic. That request was forwarded to a more senior staff member, who in turn took it to a ...

Profits are up at Canada's biggest energy company. Calgary-based Suncor says it made $929 million in the third quarter of this year - up 14 per cent from the same time a year ago. It's Suncor's first quarterly financial statement since it formally merged with Petro-Canada last August 1st.

Employment in Alberta decreased by 15,000 in October, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.4 percentage points to 7.5 per cent. Since October 2008, Alberta's employment has fallen more than three per cent - the steepest rate of decline among all provinces. Nationally, the jobless rate rose to 8.6 per cent in October, a surprise to economists who expected a gain. If there was good news, it was a ...

Two familes have lost their homes after a massive 2-alarm blaze in Evergreen Thursday evening. Fire crews were called just before 10pm to the 100 block of Everoak Gardens southwest. Three homes were ablaze. Fire spokesman Jeff Budai says investigators are still trying to pinpoint the fire's origin and are not sure how it started.... though high winds appear to be a factor. There is no damage ...

What began as a police pursuit, and wove dangerously across the city for nearly an hour, came to a peaceful ending Thursday evening. Police say two suspects were arrested after evading officers and driving dangerously through traffic. Duty Inspector Rob Williams says it began in the parking lot of the Canyon Meadows theatres on Macleod Trail, where police were called to a car prowling. He says ...

A man is dead after a fiery crash on the QE2 Highway north of Calgary on Thursday evening. Police say shortly after 6pm, police received several 911 calls about a vehicle going in the wrong directon between Carstairs and Didsbury. But before police arrived, the man's vehicle collided with a southbound fully-loaded semi truck. Turnbull says the collision sparked a large blaze, and though several...

It is a crucial weekend for Alberta Tories in Red Deer as they vote on whether to hold a leadership review of Premier Ed Stelmach. However, if you listen to his cabinet ministers, a leadership review is the last thing the party needs as it deals with the current economic situation. Transportation Minister Luc Ouelette says he firmly believes Stelmach will get great support on the weekend. He ...

Day 1 of the province's H1N1 vaccination clinics, and Alberta Health Services officials say they will make a decision in the next few days when, or if, the clinics expand to include other high risk groups. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Andre Corriveau says it depends on how busy the clinics are with children and pregnant women - and how much vaccine Alberta receives. Corriveau says they ...

The Crown says it wants a life sentence for a Red Deer man who posed as a police officer when he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl. Gerard Baumgarte pleaded guilty earlier this week to six charges stemming from the February attack. During sentencing arguments Thursday the judge ordered a new psychiatric examination of Baumgarte, 57. The judge says he expects to hand down his ...

There appears to be a drycleaning bandit in Calgary. Police say one man is alleged to have robbed a northeast dry cleaning shop three times in as many weeks. In each robbery the offender is described as having a medium skin tone, possibly of east indian origin, 30 to 40 years old, about 5’10 and 150 pounds. Police are asking for tips in solving the case.

Premier Ed Stelmach spoke to the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association conference in Calgary Thursday, and gave them the news they wanted to hear. The premier received a standing ovation from the majority of the provincial politicians, especially with the news that he will keep his committment to the Municipal Sustainability Fund. He says if there are changes to the funding to help deal with ...

The three-month-old Doberman pup left for dead outside a north Calgary vet clinic has turned the corner on his road to recovery. The Humane Society's Lindsay Jones says the pup has passed the critical stage and has improved enough that surgery will likely be scheduled within the next day or so to repair his broken front leg. Meanwhile, she says the Humane Society has received hundreds of calls ...