Alberta News

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick, will host the world junior hockey championship in December and January, a tournament originally set for Russia.

CALGARY — Nine years after a catastrophic flood caused billions of dollars in damage to parts of Calgary and surrounding communities, work is to begin on a dam to protect the area from rising water in the future.

Alberta's environment minister says there has been public input on a plan to build a cattle feedlot near a popular recreational lake southwest of Edmonton.

CALGARY — Milan Lucic is fine with his broad shoulders employed as a public safety message.

EDMONTON — He's far from the biggest player in the Oilers' lineup, but Kailer Yamamoto is making his presence felt in Edmonton's first-round series against the L.A. Kings.

CALGARY — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s profits more than doubled from a year ago in the first quarter, as surging oil prices pushed the Calgary-based energy company closer to reaching its debt reduction target.

Calgary's tech community can boast another "unicorn" with fintech company Neo Financial's close of a funding round that values the startup at more than $1 billion.

EDMONTON — Mike Smith wanted to atone for a mishandled puck — and he did it in dramatic fashion on Wednesday. The veteran goalie posted a 30-save shutout to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a decisive 6-0 victory over the L.A.

EDMONTON — The NHL has no plans to change its playoff format, regardless of what other leagues are doing, says commissioner Gary Bettman.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it is making a pill to treat COVID-19 more accessible by allowing doctors and other health-care workers to prescribe the drug.