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Edmonton The federal government says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s application for a judicial review of Ottawa’s carbon levy is nothing more than political posturing. Alberta asking Federal Court to declare home heating oil exemption unconstitutionalLisa Johnson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 30, 2024 6:01 PM EDT | LastContinue Reading

An Alberta RCMP constable has admitted to harassment and discreditable conduct for telling a fellow officer she was a “money-chasing piece of trash” for filing a formal sexual assault complaint against another Mountie. Const. Robert Jonathon Sinnott of the Strathcona County detachment has been sanctioned under the RCMP code ofContinue Reading

Edmonton Two Edmonton artists are elated to have their paintings back a month after their theft from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital. ‘It was like absolute elation. It was like having your children back,’ says artist Barbara Mitchell Artist Barbara Mitchell received her pieces from the police on Monday, aContinue Reading

Edmonton The Edmonton Police Service is spending $16.2 million to equip its members with body-worn cameras in a rollout of the technology required by the provincial government. Police started program in September to meet provincial mandate Natasha Riebe · CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2024 8:00 AM EDT | LastContinue Reading

Edmonton Proposed changes to the Alberta Bill of Rights would allow a worker to take a provincial employer to court if the employee is subject to a vaccination requirement. The legislation, introduced Monday, would broaden Albertans’ personal rights while strengthening property rights and protections for owners of legally acquired firearms.Continue Reading

Georgina Villeneuve says the humiliation still stings when she thinks about being forced off a Porter plane last month. She was threatened by a flight attendant and berated by another passenger — all over her 20 pound service dog sleeping at her feet. “For a week I cried nonstop …Continue Reading

Edmonton Bartonella quintana, an infection caused by body lice, has been found in seven organ transplant recipients in Alberta since 2022. Organ donors had been living with homelessness and were infected themselves Julia Wong · CBC News · Posted: Oct 26, 2024 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 26Continue Reading

Edmonton Last May, when Jenny Saulnier was home alone with her dog in Nova Scotia while her son and husband were at hockey, she scrolled through social media and saw there was a house fire some nine kilometres from her home, and was assured she would be fine. ‘They’re fightingContinue Reading

The number of amputations due to frostbite in Edmonton reached 110 last winter, the highest level in more than a decade, according to new data obtained by CBC News. But Calgary marked its second consecutive winter of declining frostbite amputations, counting roughly one-third of Edmonton’s procedures last fiscal year. TheContinue Reading