Alberta News

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney reaffirmed Thursday his government's commitment to a referendum on equalization payments while announcing a second vote on daylight time to be held during municipal elections this fall.

CALGARY — Alberta is committing more than $18 million over the next three years to build Calgary's first cyclotron and a new radiopharmaceutical facility. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the funding is a part of the government's $3.

EDMONTON — The continuing spread of a fatal wildlife disease in Alberta and Saskatchewan has a federal agency recommending a deer cull across a wide swath of the Prairies.

CALGARY — Flags at the Elbow River camp at the Calgary Stampede are at half mast this year to mark recent discoveries of unmarked graves at former Canadian residential school sites. A moment of silence is observed every day in a sombre ritual.

EDMONTON — A member of the Alberta legislature who was booted from the United Conservative Party caucus for failing to perform his duties has been welcomed back to the fold.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Three southern Alberta police officers have been cleared of misconduct after a restaurant worker in a “Star Wars'' storm-trooper costume and carrying a plastic gun ended up with a bloody nose when she was forced to the ground.

CALGARY — A teen charged with first-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer is to remain in custody until his trial early next year.

CALGARY — One man's waste is another man's treasure.

CALGARY — As the lights dimmed and the music started pumping at Calgary's Home and Away sports bar last weekend, owner James Martin felt something he hadn't in a long time — hope.

EDMONTON — Alberta has added outdoor activity prizes to its vaccine lottery to get more people in the province immunized. The province says Albertans can win a lifetime fishing licence or a lifetime hunting licence.