Alberta News

A father's hope turned to pain in less than 24 hours after his son entered a residential drug treatment facility and fatally overdosed. "Our son died in a place that was supposed to be safe," Ray Corbiere told The Canadian Press.

CALGARY — After Calgary's acquisition of Calle Jarnkrok from Seattle earlier on Wednesday intensified the competition for playing time, the Flames' depth players stepped up with a big night.

CALGARY — Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames acquired forward Calle Jarnkrok from Seattle on Wednesday as the Kraken started their pre-trade deadline fire sale.

CALGARY — A witness says she was worried about providing evidence against two men accused of killing a popular Calgary chef.

EDMONTON — Alberta says it's time to start moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic because the province's decision to ease measures does not appear to have caused an uptick in hospitalizations.

MILK RIVER, ALBERTA — RCMP say they have laid additional charges related to an almost three-week protest at Alberta's main U.S. border crossing at Coutts.

EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing to change laws to better protect those who work near traffic. Drivers must already slow down to at least 60 kilometres an hour when passing a tow truck or emergency worker.

EDMONTON — Brian Jean, the new member of Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative caucus, is expected to return to the Alberta legislature this week and escalate his campaign to get Kenney ousted from the top job.

EDMONTON — Veteran receiver Adarius Bowman won't be making a CFL comeback with the Edmonton Elks. Bowman announced his retirement for a second time Wednesday. Bowman initially retired Oct. 17, 2019 but re-signed with the Elks on Jan. 26.