Alberta News

CALGARY — Alberta's two big-city mayors say a separation referendum would be "devastating" to their local economies and is a needless distraction during a period in which the country should be focused on unity.

An intra-provincial rivalry will kick off the 2025 Canadian Elite Basketball League season. The Edmonton Stingers will host the Calgary Surge in the first CEBL game of the year on Sunday.

LAS VEGAS — The Edmonton Oilers head home from Las Vegas with the odds in their favour. Teams that win the first two games of a best-of-seven series that starts on the road are 88-22 for a winning percentage of .800, according to the NHL.

EDMONTON — Alberta's chief electoral officer is warning the government that proposed legislation will impair the election commissioner's power to investigate election rule breaking.

EDMONTON — Alberta's access to information watchdog has found the provincial government to be non-compliant with its own freedom of information rules.

CALGARY — An Alberta court has denied the appeal of a Calgary man convicted three years ago of a Ponzi scheme that saw his clients bilked out of millions of dollars.

CALGARY — The chief executive of Pembina Pipeline Corp. says he believes there will be enough demand to support an expansion to the Cedar LNG project on the B.C.

EDMONTON — Higher humidity and lower temperatures have helped crews responding to a wildfire north of Edmonton, but officials say they aren't out of the woods yet.

EDMONTON — The number of Albertans who have contracted measles since cases were first detected in March has reached 326. The Alberta government's latest update reports 13 more cases of the highly contagious disease.

LAS VEGAS — The Edmonton Oilers' sixth straight playoff win was their steepest and scrappiest of the half dozen.