Новости за 12.11.2015

Day parole has been granted to an Alberta man who took nine people hostage at gunpoint in a Workers' Compensation Board office in downtown Edmonton.

A 26-year-old man was arrested in western Alberta after being on the run from police for nearly two weeks.

On Thursday morning, special needs students from around Edmonton had the chance to experience what it's like to be a rodeo star.

More than 100 special needs students were the stars of the show at the CFR Thursday morning. Erin Chalmers was to capture all the details of the event.

Alberta School Board Association staff were treated to birthday and Christmas gifts, team building Easter egg hunts and lunches, and received tickets to local events - all on the taxpayer's dime, according to a watchdog group.

Canada's biggest operator of full-service food outlets says traffic has lightened up in provinces hit by the oil downturn. 'It’s a cycle, it’s not going to be like this forever.'

No charges will be laid against a man caught on camera yelling racial slurs at a Calgary cab driver.

A man from Peerless Trout First Nation in northern Alberta has been charged in the death of his 35-year-old common-law wife.

One of Canada's largest indoor Remembrance Day ceremonies gave Saskatoon-area residents a chance to thank active service members and war veterans.

CNIB has grown from a small group created by First World War veterans to a national organization supporting people who are blind or partially-sighted.

Author David Alexander Robertson depicts the story of 19-year-old Helen Betty Osborne who was abducted as she was walking home in the Pas in 1971 and killed.

London's Royal Free Hospital says it has discharged Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was hospitalized last month after suffering from a rare relapse of Ebola.

Police have released the identity of a male suspect wanted in connection to an alleged sexual assault of a 28-year-old woman in downtown Toronto last Friday.

Peel Regional Police have scheduled a press conference Thursday morning to update the case of a murdered Mississauga spa owner whose own son has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

In just a few weeks you'll notice angels, plenty of them, out in various parts of our city.

Police in Italy say they have issued 17 arrest warrants for Iraqi Kurds on terrorism-related charges in a Europe-wide blitz.

Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar.

Several homes in a Brampton neighbourhood had to be evacuated following a large fire Wednesday night.

Sexual abuse survivor Sheldon Kennedy has dedicated his life to helping other victims, but comments made by a Calgary judge during a 2014 sexual assault trial have him questioning the progress that’s been made since he was young.

An animal rescue group is working to help more women and children escape violent relationships by providing their pets emergency shelter.

The largest annual indoor rodeo in Canada got underway Wednesday, bringing to town fierce competitors, competing for more than $1.5 million in prizes.

Infill projects continue to pop up in mature neighbourhoods around Edmonton, but development faces several obstacles. Vinesh Pratap has the latest.

A fire caused extensive damaged to a home south of Edmonton on Remembrance Day.

The Alberta SPCA is working to help victims of domestic violence escape abuse by providing their pets emergency shelter. Kendra Slugoski reports.

A number of ceremonies were held in the Edmonton area on Remembrance Day, remembering the brave men and women. Michel Boyer reports on the ceremonies.