Alberta News

CALGARY — Miguel Angel Jimenez, Colin Montgomerie, Jesper Parnevik, Lee Janzen and Tom Lehman have joined the field for the PGA Tour Champions Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary. The US$2.4-million senior tour event Aug.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says rising interest rates had little impact on last month's home sales, which reached a record level for July. The Albertan board says sales for the month totalled 2,647, up 18 per cent from the prior July.

CALGARY — The Alberta government says a Calgary clinic has halted its plan to charge patients fees for faster access to its family doctor.

CALGARY — Strathcona Resources Ltd. announced Tuesday it will go public through a deal to purchase oil and gas exploration company Pipestone Energy Corp.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says a Calgary medical clinic has responded to its demand for a decision on whether the clinic will begin charging membership fees Tuesday for faster access to a family doctor.

CALGARY — A man who died in a plane crash along with five others in the Rockies west of Calgary is being remembered as courageous and generous, and was expecting a baby next month.

EDMONTON — When the 0-8 Edmonton Elks return to action after a bye week, they'll have a new offensive coordinator calling the plays and a different quarterback under centre.

REDCLIFF, Alta. — Police say three people have been killed after a vehicle crashed into an irrigation canal in southern Alberta. RCMP say officers from the Redcliff detachment were dispatched to the scene at about 1 a.m. on Monday.

CALGARY — Ryan Straschnitzki’s Paralympic dreams haven't fizzled, but his path to the international stage could take him from the ice to the hardwood. The 24-year-old from Airdrie, Alta.

SURREY, B.C. — The mother of two children who became the subject of an 11-day Amber Alert across British Columbia has been charged with abduction after being arrested in Alberta, police announced Sunday. Surrey RCMP Cpl.