The first degree murder trial for Christopher Watcheston has adjourned for the weekend, but there has been a new development in the case, which has caused some delays. Defence Lawyer Alain Hepner says he was given a report by the crown Friday morning and more details in the afternoon. Details were not released in court. The defence is asking for some time to go over the material. Twenty four ...

A thirty one year old Calgary man has been found guilty of first degree murder in a fatal shooting outside a Tim Horton’s on 12th Avenue and 11th Street S.W. Justice Sandy Park says while a key witness is a drug dealer and a man of disrepute, his evidence was corroborated by video surveillanced at the scene. Semere Mehari shot and killed efrem kuflom as he was driving away from the coffee sho...

A judge in Calgary has found two parents guilty of failing to provide the necessities of life after their 16-month-old daughter died of a methadone overdose in 2006. Lisa Guerin and Jonathan Hope were acquitted of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death. Summer Hope died after consuming the powerful legal drug, which is used to treat addictions. Court heard that her father told two ...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has cleared a Calgary police officer, involved in a deadly shooting at a car wash last spring, of any criminal charges. Travis Oakes, who was reportedly in a stolen car, was killed after being shot by a police officer in a southwest car wash early in the morning on March 18, 2009. The suspect was boxed in by undercover police who were hoping to make an ...

Calgary police have charged a man who was wanted on forty four outstanding warrants. Twenty six year old Scott Mendoza was arrested at a home in the 600 Block of 67th Avenue S.W with assistance from the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency. Warrants against Mendoza include break and enter, dangerous use of a weapon, robbery, trafficking and possession of stolen property.

Bow Valley College in Calgary is receiving $1.6 million in federal funding to be used for three projects through the career focus program and the office of literacy and essential skills. Lee Richardson, M-P for Calgary Centre, says the programs will help Canadians with low literacy develop the skills needed to participate in the job market. The funding comes from Canada's Economic Action Plan.

A group of Albertans, concerned about the protection of the province's watersheds, says delays in implementing recommendations from the land use framework are putting many lands at risk because there is no protection from inappropriate development in the interim. A new report from a group called Water Matters says there needs to be better land use management to address water shortages and water ...

A 46 year old Calgary trucker is in a heap of trouble after he was allegedly caught at the border with millions of dollars worth of cocaine. Mounties outside Creston B.C. say the suspect was caught last Saturday with 10 kilograms of the drug hidden in a semi truck. He was arrested on the Canadian side of the border. RCMP believe there is a link to organized crime, given the quantity of the drugs ...

A new development in the trial of a 24 year old man accused of stalking, raping, and murdering a C-Train commuter over two years ago. Defence lawyer Alain Hepner says he received a new piece of information and it's substantial enough that he may have to reconsider his case. Hepner will review the material over an adjournment and decide what to do next when the trail resumes at 2pm. His client ...

Calgary police are on the hunt for a suspect in an attempted abduction. It was Tuesday evening, a 7 year old girl was riding her bike in the alleway behind her house in Coventry Hills when a man got out of a vehicle and tried to grab her. Police say she jumped off her bike and hid, and the suspect spent a short time looking around for her before fleeing the area. He's described as tall, dark ...

Edmonton police confirm two people are dead and a third injured after a gunman opened fire at a west end car dealership. Officers were called to Great West Chrysler shortly after 8 a.m. It's believed one of the dead was the shooter, but police aren't confirming that. The injured man is being treated in hospital. Police say they don't know at this point what the motivation may have been behind th ...

A groundbreaking new study from the University of Calgary has determined pumping CO2 emissions deep underground is technologically feasible and environmentally safe. "If you do it properly the CO2 is not going to leak," said project manager Rob Lavoie. "However, there are still risks involved." 16 months of research looked at the possibility of permanently storing one billion tonnes of CO2 ...

Alberta was the only province with a notable employment loss in February pushing the unemployment rate up 0.3 percentage points to 6.9 per cent, compared to 6.6 per cent in January. 15,000 jobs were lost in February in Alberta. February marks the second month of employment declines in the province, bringing employment 0.9% (-19,000) lower than it was a year ago. The latest report from Statistics ...

The president of Canada Beef Export Federation says the country's 17th case of mad cow disease has not affected markets. The beef cow was born in 2004 in Alberta, and the fatal degenerative brain disease was confirmed on Feb. 25. Ted Haney says no markets have closed its doors due to this latest case, but it will delay Canada's move into a better status with the World Organisation for Animal ...

Reaction is mixed over the government's plan to cut royalty rates as a way to boost oil and gas investment. The NDP says it is a political move and should not have been done. The Wildrose Alliance says the move is promising, and the Liberals say it is about time the government cut the rate. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is also happy with the reduction. Officials say the rates ...

A home in Coventry Hills has been destroyed by fire. Crews were called to the home around 3pm Thursday. A neighbouring home also sustained some damage. No one was hurt. Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.

Calgary police are investigating an attempted sexual assault against a teenaged girl. The fourteen year old was walking in an alley Wednesday in the 100 Block of Whiteridge Place N.E., when she was approached by a man. The suspect asked the girl to come with him, but she refused and tried to run. Police say the man grabbed her, but she was able to fight him off and run for help. He is described ...

The Alberta government has cut royalty rates for the oil and natural gas industry. Maximum royalty rates for conventional oil will drop to 40 per cent from the current 50 per cent. The top rate for natural gas will drop from 50 per cent to 36 per cent,  close to where they were before the government raised them in January 2009. The government says the net result will be a $363-milli...

A brain-injured baby whose parents dropped a court battle to keep him on life support has died in their arms. The parents of Isaiah May had been seeking to consult with medical experts to review whether their son should be unhooked from the medical equipment that was keeping him alive. Their lawyer says Isaiah was surrounded by his family when he died around noon. The court had been slated to ...

A thirty one year old Calgary man is facing fraud charges in connection with a door-to-door scam. Police say the man started approaching people in august of last year in northeast communities claiming he was locked out of his home and needed some money to pay a locksmith. He promised to pay them back but never returned. Peter John Brown is facing six counts of fraud under $5,000.