Alberta News

LAC STE. ANNE, Alta. — Thousands of religious pilgrims were cleaning up their ravaged campsite Tuesday after a heavy storm blew through Lac Ste. Anne, Alta., cancelling events for the first time in decades.

LAC LA BICHE, Alta. — Mounties in an area northeast of Edmonton are still searching for a man considered armed and dangerous, though residents are no longer being told to stay home.

Health Canada says a Calgary medical clinic that soon plans to charge its patients a fee to gain faster access to a family doctor would be breaching medicare laws.

CALGARY — A Calgary police officer who slammed a handcuffed woman to the ground face first will not be serving jail time. Const. Alex Dunn, 37, was found guilty in 2020 of assault causing bodily harm.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have acquired defensive lineman Ja’Gared Davis from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2024 CFL draft.

CALGARY — Analysts say a dramatic narrowing in the price discount for western Canadian heavy crude in the second quarter of 2023 should mean healthy profits for oilsands producers poised to start reporting their earnings later this week.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed former coach Darryl Sutter's son Brett to a minor-league contract extension.

CALGARY — If an obsession with medals contributed to Canada's safe sport crisis, how will the country measure success in Paris? In federal parliamentary committee hearings in recent months, MPs were told the pressure on national sports organizations

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks home game against the B.C. Lions on Saturday will be the first professional football game broadcast in Punjabi.

CALGARY — The federal Conservatives coasted to victory Monday to fill a seat left vacant after MP Bob Benzen called it quits last year.