Alberta News

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The Alberta government is setting up more drug treatment courts in an effort to fight the ongoing problem of substance abuse in the province.

CALGARY — An Alberta energy services company says its management accepts full responsibility for a decal the business distributed bearing its logo beneath a sexually suggestive cartoon appearing to depict 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Th

CALGARY — There are dozens of approved oilsands projects that could be built in the wake of the shelving of the Frontier oilsands mine this week but analysts say they won't be built until more export pipeline capacity comes online.

RED DEER, Alta. — Beck Warm stopped all 26 shots he faced as the Edmonton Oil Kings blanked the Red Deer Rebels 4-0 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.

EDMONTON — Surpassing 100 points was made all that much sweeter for Leon Draisaitl by the important two points the Edmonton Oilers earned along with it on Saturday.

EDMONTON — The head of the Alberta Medical Association says a provincial budget that holds the line on physician compensation at $5.4 billion will actually be a 20 per cent cut as costs go up and billing fee changes kick in. Dr.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — A southern Alberta man who was accused of trying to use fake money with anti-Semitic slogans printed on it has pleaded guilty to wilfully promoting hatred. Loki Hulgaard of Medicine Hat was to go to trial this week.

CALGARY — RCMP in central Alberta say a decal that appears to show a well-known teenage climate activist in a sexual act is not child pornography.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups. "Modernizing Alberta's parks system is long overdue," Jess Sinclair, spokeswoman for Environment Minister Jason Nixon, said Friday.

EDMONTON — A condo board in Alberta has won a court battle preventing owners from engaging in short-term rentals through web-based platforms.