Alberta News

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — A man has been killed after an altercation with police officers in northern Alberta. Wood Buffalo RCMP were called to a firearms complaint in the community of Beaconwood Place in Fort McMurray at about 4 p.m. Wednesday.

EDMONTON — The University of Alberta is returning endowment funds from the family of a Ukrainian man whose military service was linked to the Nazis.

EDMONTON — Shares of Aurora Cannabis Inc. were down more than 10 per cent after the cannabis company announced plans to raise $33.8 million in a share offering.

CALGARY — Hardwired to flee her comfort zone, speedskater Ivanie Blondin has found a new way to push her envelope.

EDMONTON — A poll released Thursday suggests nearly two-thirds of Albertans oppose the provincial government's moratorium on approvals for new renewable energy projects.

EDMONTON — Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada's top court sides with Quebec in a landmark constitutional case.

EDMONTON — Connor McDavid was having a quiet game by his standards Wednesday night, but the Edmonton Oilers captain was a factor when it mattered the most.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Mikael Backlund signed a two-year, $9-million extension with the Calgary Flames and was named captain, the team announced Wednesday. Backlund would have become an unrestricted free agent next summer without an extension.

CALGARY — The company that runs a commercial kitchen at the centre of an E. coli outbreak that infected hundreds at numerous Calgary daycares has been charged with operating without a business licence.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames didn't have a captain last season, but to many players, Mikael Backlund was the de facto leader of the team.