Four Calgary women are dead in the wake of a two vehicle collision on Highway 2 South near Nanton shortly after noon Saturday. Three of the women were northbound on the divided highway when their small car went out of control, crossed the median and slammed into a southbound vehicle with a mother and baby inside. All four women died at the scene - the six month old baby who'd been buckled into ...

Four people have died after two vehicles collided on a stretch of divided highway about 75 kilometres south of Calgary....R.C.M.P. Sgt. Patrick Webb says the collision happened around noon on Highway 2, just north of Nanton. He says it appears the driver and lone occupant of a northbound vehicle may have lost control, crossed the median and slammed into an oncoming vehicle in the southbound ...

City police investigating after a couple of suspicious packages were found in the Rundlehorn area... Police were called in around 7 ;15 Saturday morning after reports of gunshots... On arrival officers were directed to a suspicious device in a large parking lot between two apartment complexes. The device appeared to be an explosive device that had detonated. All of the apartment units facing the ...

The arson unit is investigating after two people were killed in a garage fire in northeast Calgary Friday early Friday night. Fire crews were called to the Marlborough area and found a vehicle in the garage up on jacks, leading investigators to believe the two victims may have been working on the car. Department spokesman Jeff Budai said initial indications suggest the fire was not deliberately ...

The Alberta Liberals say they are pleased the Stelmach government will be conducting a full review of M-L-A salaries. Last year the Tories tacked on more than $40 thousand to the pay cheques of cabinet ministers and Premier Stelmach got a raise of more than $50 thousand. Stelmach rolled back wages a little bit last month. Liberal Leader David Swann says the review is a good idea, but the ...

The long awaited renovations & upgrades to the Calgary Zoo's north parking lot will be done by Monday. The project was initially scheduled for completion last June, but was derailed by some electronic glitches and delays in construction. The renovation increases the number of stalls from 1300 to 1800, and includes new lighting, and security cameras. A five dollar daily parking fee will also ta...

Given a positive resolution to the national vaccine shortage, and good uptake of vaccine among the highest-risk groups previously announced, Alberta’s H1N1 immunization program will expand to include all members of the public starting Monday, November 23rd. As of November 20th, Alberta has approximately 500,000 doses of vaccine on hand, and will be receiving regular shipments through December...

Calgary police are once again targeting those who drink and drive this holiday season and again they will be getting some help with enforcement. Police will get help from provincial sheriffs in an enhanced checkstop program from noon to 8pm each day. As well, there will be regular police check stops. The number of people caught drinking and driving continues to go up. Police say it may have to ...

The Conference Board of Canada reports resale housings prices in Calgary continued to grow in the past year. The latest figures from the board points to a five per cent jump in prices in the Calgary market place. The average price now sits at $402 thousand.

Alberta's Privacy Commissioner doesn't like Bill 62. That's the amendment to the Alberta Emergency Health Services Act introduced by the Stelmach government this week. The bill spells out what information paramedics can and cannot share with police. Privacy Commissioner Frank Work says there is no evidence to clearly show why the bill is necessary. He says the bill goes too far and strips away ...

The Calgary Parking Authority board is defending general manager Dale Fraser following criticism from aldermen and the media in recent days. Fraser has been under fire for budget items calling for increased parking fines and extended parking hours including paid sunday parking downtown. The board says it directed Fraser to look for ways to come up with more money and approved his recommendations ...

A fourth Alberta criminal has been sent packing by Canada Border Services. 45-year-old Parvind Chand is the fourth criminal ordered deported from Alberta in the past week. He was released from bowden last week after serving about nine years for two sex assaults. He kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old Edmonton girl while he was on bail facing charges for raping a 16-year-old girl in Brooks. Chand ...

The provincial Energy minister says amendments to Bill 50 introduced Thursday will deal with costs, public interest, locations and timelines. But Mel Knight says the amendments to the power transmission bill will not reopen the argument over whether power transmission is needed. Knight says one of the big issues was the long term cost of the power transmission lines. Knight says the amendments ...

A police pursuit in Central Alberta has left two people dead. It happened on Highway 16 just East of the Jasper park gates just after 5:00 Thursday evening. A minivan being pursued by police slammed head on into a pickup truck near Hinton. Both vehicles burst into flames and both drivers were killed. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is now investigating.

Police have released the name of the man who was killed in a southwest crash over the weekend. 48 year old Charles gordon Crichton died of injuries sustained when the Pontiac Sunfire he was driving hit a light standard in the intersection of Bow Trail and Sarcee Trail early Sunday morning. The entire intersection was closed to all traffic for several hours as police completed their investigation ...

The bus company employing a woman charged in connection with a crash that sent over 30 kids to hospital is defending its driver. Despite speculation the schoolbus' brakes failed, police blame the driver and charged 38 year old Krista Donovan with careless driving and driving to left of the centre line. But First Student Canada spokesman Steve Phillips told Global TV News regardless of what ...

Calgary police are investigating another disturbing case of graffitti vandalism, this time in the city’s southeast. Sometime between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning several symbols and phrases were spray-painted on numerous locations in the Sundance area, including Sundance Elementary School and Midsun School. Some of the signs and words are anti-semitic. Investigators do not belie...

Health officials are looking into a potential problem with some H1N1 vaccines. An investigation is underway into one specific lot which appears to be causing higher rates of severe allergic reactions. Dr. Andre Corriveau, with Alberta Health, says provinces have been asked by federal officials to hold back some of the vaccine while the investigation is underway, but he adds most of the cases are ...

Alberta's health minister is kicking around ways to put more money into health care. Ron Liepert says about one (b) billion dollars a year that was lost when the province dropped health premiums last year must be replaced. He says the money would not come from a tax or a user fee, but nothing formal is currently being considered.

An Alberta man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a northern R-C-M-P officer. Emrah Bulatci hung his head and the officer's widow cried this morniong when a jury in Yellowknife brought back the verdict. Constable Christopher Worden was responding to a call in Hay River, Northwest Territories when he was shot four times in October 2007. Bulatci testified that he ...