Skip to content

Alberta News

Alberta to let cabinet decide on limits, rules surrounding gifts for politicians

Alberta to let cabinet decide on limits, rules surrounding gifts for politicians

EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing legislation to make it easier to change dollar limits and rules surrounding gifts for elected officials.
'Sick and twisted': Police say man, 11-year-old son intentionally shot and killed

'Sick and twisted': Police say man, 11-year-old son intentionally shot and killed

EDMONTON — A known gang member was tracked down, shot and killed along with his 11-year-old son on Thursday while they were in a car parked outside an Edmonton fast-food restaurant, police say. Acting Supt.
Alberta CPP-exit panel argues with callers, tries to persuade naysayers at town hall

Alberta CPP-exit panel argues with callers, tries to persuade naysayers at town hall

EDMONTON — The panel hearing from Albertans on quitting the Canada Pension Plan argued with callers and tried to persuade naysayers in its third telephone town hall session Thursday night.
Man and 11-year-old son dead after 'targeted' shooting in Edmonton: police

Man and 11-year-old son dead after 'targeted' shooting in Edmonton: police

EDMONTON — Police say a man and child are dead after a shooting in southeast Edmonton.
Aurora Cannabis revenues rise in Q2, led by strength in medical cannabis sales

Aurora Cannabis revenues rise in Q2, led by strength in medical cannabis sales

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it earned $256,000 in the second quarter, up from a loss a year earlier of $45.5 million. The Edmonton-based cannabis company says net revenue for the quarter was $63.4 million, up from $48.
Campus tensions and the Mideast crisis: Will Ontario and Alberta's ‘Chicago Principles’ on university free expression stand?

Campus tensions and the Mideast crisis: Will Ontario and Alberta's ‘Chicago Principles’ on university free expression stand?

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site.
Suncor says still hunting for cost savings after wave of job cuts

Suncor says still hunting for cost savings after wave of job cuts

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it has wrapped 1,500 job cuts two months ahead of schedule, but that it will continue to look for areas to trim as part of a wider efficiency push.
Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning

Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning

FORT McMURRAY, Canada (AP) — During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and pine forest in northwestern Canada, Julia Cardinal lost a riverside cabin that was many things to her: retirement project, gift from from her husband, and som
DNA technology results in arrest of Alberta man in decades-old death of young mother

DNA technology results in arrest of Alberta man in decades-old death of young mother

COCHRANE, Alta. — RCMP have laid a murder charge against an Alberta man in the death of a young mother 47 years ago.
Alberta announces new health delivery system, promises to try to protect jobs

Alberta announces new health delivery system, promises to try to protect jobs

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta's provincewide health provider has lost its way, grown too big and become unaccountable, and that a massive reorganization can no longer wait.
push icon
Be the first to read breaking stories. Enable push notifications on your device. Disable anytime.
No thanks