Aaron Sousa

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Woman accused in drowning death of girl at Alberta lake had been under house arrest

A bail hearing has heard that a woman accused in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl in an Alberta lake didn't know the child and was supposed to be under house arrest.

Siblings team up to prolong legacy of one of Alberta's oldest general stores

Julie-Ann McNeilly and her brother have spent hundreds of hours bringing new life to Johnny's Store, a shop first built in Namao, Alta., in 1902. The store has been closed since 2018, but inspiration struck the siblings after their father's death and it is set to reopen later this month.

Alberta in talks to attract transgender health specialists to province

Alberta's health minister says her department is working to recruit physicians specialized in transgender health care, but critics say new government policies will push them away.

Alberta mayor apologizes for remarks about killing feral cats

Gale Katchur, mayor of Fort Saskatchewan, has apologized after she was criticized for musing about the "old days" of managing feral cats by throwing them in the river or gassing them with a vehicle's exhaust pipe.

CCMAs bring the best of Canadian country music to Edmonton

Josh Ross took home top honours Saturday with his whisky-soaked ballad of heartbreak and k.d. lang got the band back together as the Canadian Country Music Association Awards returned to Edmonton for the first time in a decade.

Townspeople torn about homeless shelter closure in Slave Lake, Alta.

A grey trailer with boarded-up windows and doors was once the only homeless shelter in Slave Lake, Alta. It used to house upwards of 20 people, but it now sits empty after town council halted operations in May, then voted to close it last month.

Opt-in sex education policies coming to Alberta classrooms this fall, province says

The Alberta government says it's moving ahead this fall with legislation that would require parents to proactively sign up to have their children opt-in, rather than the usual practice of opting out, for sex education.

Alberta finance minister accepted free VIP Oilers playoff tickets

Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says he accepted free VIP tickets to Edmonton Oilers hockey games during the Stanley Cup playoffs but didn't break conflict-of-interest rules.