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Alberta builds groundwork for optional provincial police agency for municipalities

EDMONTON — Alberta’s government is taking another step toward giving municipalities the option of ditching the RCMP in favour of a new provincial police service.

Apr 7, 2025 5:20 PM Read more >

Alberta shifting health-care grants to 'activity-based,' competitive surgical funding

EDMONTON — Alberta is fundamentally changing how it funds hospital surgeries, but critics say the change won't improve the public system and will only accelerate more care in the privatized system.

Apr 7, 2025 4:06 PM Read more >

Alberta premier suggests Mark Carney has issues with strong conservative women

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith responded Monday to Liberal Leader Mark Carney using her as a stump speech punchline, saying Carney has issues with assertive women of opposing ideologies.

Apr 7, 2025 3:46 PM Read more >

'Special to the world': Supporters hope to save beloved Drumheller dinosaur

DRUMHELLER — A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared.

Apr 6, 2025 10:39 AM Read more >

Flames settle for a point after 'unlucky' bounce leads to 3-2 overtime loss to Vegas

CALGARY — Desperately trying to stay in the playoff hunt, the resilient Calgary Flames picked up an important point on Saturday night.

Apr 6, 2025 12:09 AM Read more >

Smith scores in OT as Golden Knights edge Flames 3-2

CALGARY — Reilly Smith scored twice — including the overtime winner — on Saturday night as the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Calgary Flames 3-2.

Apr 5, 2025 10:40 PM Read more >

Canadian surfer finishes ninth in El Salvador after close round-of-16 battle

LA LIBERTAD — Canadian Erin Brooks finished ninth at the Surf City El Salvador Pro on Saturday after being edged out by American Bella Kenworthy in a tight round-of-16 battle.

Apr 5, 2025 8:45 AM Read more >

'We are not the gods': Fire-torn Jasper prepares for diminished summer tourism season

JASPER, ALTA. — Every summer for 61 years, tourists have piled onto Jasper’s SkyTram to see the boomerang-shaped town nestled inside the sprawling Rocky Mountains. It'll happen again this summer, but the view will be different.

Apr 5, 2025 5:00 AM Read more >

Police investigating suspicious death of woman in southeast Calgary

CALGARY — Calgary police say their homicide unit is investigating after a woman was found dead in a residential neighbourhood in southeast Calgary Friday night. Police say at around 9 p.m.

Apr 5, 2025 4:43 AM Read more >

Alberta premier says latest U.S. tariffs hard to celebrate, but give time for talks

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn't want to be "exuberant about dodging the bullet" with U.S.

Apr 4, 2025 8:00 AM Read more >