Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has approved a $175-million recovery program for municipalities and Metis settlements affected by wildfires.

CALGARY — A bull rider heralded as a promising star on the Indigenous rodeo circuit has died during a competition in southern Alberta.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers padded their goaltending ranks by signing 22-year-old Olivier Rodrigue on Tuesday to a one-year, two-way NHL contract with an average annual value of US$775,000.

VANCOUVER — Alberta's transport minister wants the federal government to recall Parliament to consider back-to-work legislation that would end a strike at British Columbia ports.

CALGARY — After a few years of uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with the Calgary Stampede say they're happy the advice they'll be handing out this year is to simply wear a cowboy hat and stay hydrated.

EDMONTON — A preliminary report on a weekend tornado in central Alberta says its winds were so violent they picked up a 10-tonne farm combine and tossed it half the length of a football field.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says June home sales rose by nearly 11 per cent from a year earlier as the market saw a surge in apartment and condos changing hands.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada appointed Katherine Henderson as its next president and chief executive officer on Tuesday.

CALGARY — Alberta's top court has denied an appeal for a man found guilty of trying to extort a businessman of $1 million and killing a random stranger.

CALGARY — Paramount Resources Ltd. says it expects its average sales volumes for the first half of 2023 will come in below its earlier guidance as it works to restore the last of the production that was put on hold due to the Alberta wildfires.