Alberta News

CALGARY — The return of the Calgary Stampede's canvas auction Tuesday night mirrored much of the economic uncertainty coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

EDMONTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Alberta government Tuesday for not addressing the opioid epidemic in ways that have proven to be effective elsewhere.

CALGARY — A high-profile United States senator is backing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in pushing for more North American oil to supplant Russian supplies during the invasion of Ukraine. West Virginia Sen.

EDMONTON — Emails suggesting a former Alberta justice minister hired a political fixer to pull the phone logs of a reporter to trace her sources show how the province's politics has deteriorated, observers say. "Current Alberta political culture ...

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed quarterback Michael Beaudry and released defensive back Eric Blake on Tuesday. Both players are Canadian.

CALGARY — Joan Snyder, a driving force behind women's hockey and the treatment of chronic disease, has died at age 90. Snyder died April 7, the University of Calgary said in a statement on the school's website.

CALGARY — Canadians from all backgrounds are finding ways to support Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, from Ukrainian Canadians across the Prairies holding regular perogy fundraisers to Sikhs and Muslims in Calgary collecting donated household

EDMONTON — A judge who is to rule on a defamation threat sent in the middle of a civil trial by Alberta’s former justice minister has been told the warning reignited fear and anxiety in the plaintiff and led another witness to beg off testifying.

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA — One of four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade protest in southern Alberta wants to go directly to trial.

A self-described political fixer says a former Alberta justice minister hired him to obtain a reporter's phone logs.