Alberta News

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers bounced back nicely from a bad home loss.

EDMONTON — Squaring their playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights and recovering from a bad home game were the Edmonton Oilers' priorities Wednesday.

THREE HILLS, Alta. — Alberta RCMP are looking for a suspect accused of conspiracy to commit murder, and say he could be armed. Three Hills RCMP say a woman reported that two men had come to her home the night of May 3.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. — An arrest warrant has been issued for a man wanted on a charge of second-degree murder in a shooting death on an Alberta First Nation northwest of Red Deer.

The number of Alberta wildfire evacuees dropped Wednesday, but thousands remain out of their homes as firefighters braced for hotter, drier conditions in the coming days.

EDMONTON — Police say autopsies are complete in the deaths of a mother and child who were killed outside of a school in Edmonton.

Western Canada is bracing for an unseasonable and extreme heat wave and dry spell that will raise the risk of wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia over the coming days.

EDMONTON — Police say a man has been arrested at the Alberta legislature after a gun was allegedly pointed at some construction workers.

CALGARY — Alberta's two main political parties offered competing visions Wednesday for women's shelters and sexual assault counselling centres as the second week of Alberta's election campaign continued. Voters go to the polls on May 29.

BANFF, Alta. — Calgary police say their homicide unit is working with RCMP after human remains were discovered in Banff National Park.