Alberta News

Two-year old girl dies after being found in the water at Alberta campground

CANMORE, Alta. — A two-year old girl has died after she was reported missing at a campground west of Calgary.

Jun 9, 2023 9:15 AM Read more >

CFL players adjust to their bigger heads, helmet covers worn in practice

CALGARY — There are some big heads on CFL practice fields this season. Players in four position groups were mandated to wear a product called Guardian Cap in training camp and padded practices.

Jun 9, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Adams Jr., Rhymes in sync in B.C. Lions' 25-15 win over Calgary Stampeders

CALGARY — Vernon Adams Jr. and Dominique Rhymes clicked early for the B.C. Lions in a 25-15 win over the Calgary Stampeders to open the CFL season Thursday. Rhymes caught two touchdown passes and totalled 100 receiving yards in the game.

Jun 9, 2023 12:01 AM Read more >

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith downplays link between wildfires and climate change

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says the government is bringing in arson investigators from outside the province to trace the cause of some wildfires during an unprecedented season in Alberta.

Jun 8, 2023 4:09 PM Read more >

Alberta spiritual leader, wife facing additional sexual assault charges: police

EDMONTON — A self-styled spiritual leader and his wife are facing additional charges for alleged sexual assaults between 2012 and 2019.

Jun 8, 2023 2:47 PM Read more >

Alberta premier plays down prospect of advisory council of defeated candidates

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is playing down an earlier pledge to create a council of defeated Edmonton candidates to advise her.

Jun 8, 2023 1:22 PM Read more >

Stantec buying Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design

EDMONTON — Stantec Inc. has signed a deal to buy Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Jun 8, 2023 5:10 AM Read more >

Lawyer tells Alberta's highest court review board biased in de Grood's case

EDMONTON — Alberta's highest court is being asked to overturn a review board decision that confined a man to a supervised Edmonton group home after the stabbing deaths of five young people at a Calgary house party.

Jun 7, 2023 4:39 PM Read more >

Alberta Premier Smith facing challenges, smaller roster, in naming new cabinet

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is to name her new cabinet Friday, with a lot of jobs to fill, fewer people to fill them and a conspicuous urban-rural divide to bridge.

Jun 7, 2023 3:03 PM Read more >

Bail hearing to continue for Alberta man accused of sexually assaulting five women

CALGARY — A bail hearing for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary will continue later this month.

Jun 7, 2023 12:57 PM Read more >