Alberta News

CALGARY — After spending most of the season on the Calgary Flames' fourth line Sean Monahan finally found his scoring touch.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says COVID-19 hospitalization rates are rising to levels not seen in the province since mid-October when the health-care system was grappling with the fourth wave. Dr.

CALGARY — Alberta's top court will hear an urgent appeal by harm reduction advocates who want to stop a provincial policy that requires supervised drug-use clients to identify themselves. The rule, set to come into place on Jan.

RED DEER, Alta. — A central Alberta restaurant was closed temporarily after public health inspectors say some of its staff accepted photos of patrons' dogs instead of their vaccine passports to dine inside.

EDMONTON — The Opposition in the Alberta legislature says Premier Jason Kenney needs to disclose when he learned that his justice minister had phoned Edmonton’s police chief about a traffic ticket and what Kenney did when he found out.

EDMONTON — Quarterback Khalil Tate, who threw for over 6,000 yards during four seasons at Arizona, was among four players signed by the Edmonton Elks on Tuesday. Tate amassed 6,318 passing yards with 57 TDs at Arizona (2016-19).

CALGARY — Fuel marketer and convenience store retailer Parkland Corp. says it has reached a deal to acquire M&M Food Market for $322 million.

WESTLOCK, Alta. — RCMP say a man experiencing homelessness was found dead inside his tent in a central Alberta town. Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says Mounties in Westlock, about 80 kilometres north of Edmonton, were notified of a missing person on Jan. 7.

CALGARY — A man who randomly killed a Nigerian nursing student in a brutal attack will have to serve 15 years in prison before he is eligible to apply for parole.

CALGARY — The chief executive of Suncor Energy Inc. says the company must do more to improve workplace safety after a truck crash earlier this month resulted in the death of a contractor at the company's Base Mine site near Fort McMurray, Alta.