Alberta News

EDMONTON — Larry Thompson is the new private owner of the Edmonton Elks. A CFL source requesting anonymity said the former owner of Thompson Brothers Construction, will become the franchise’s new owner.

BANFF, Alta. — Banff residents have given a thumbs down to a pedestrian zone in the community's downtown, rejecting the idea in a plebiscite Monday.

ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, ALTA. — Alberta RCMP say one suspect in a fatal shooting at a rural intersection east of Calgary has been arrested and a second has been identified.

CALGARY — Three daycares in Calgary have been shut down effective immediately over concerns for child safety.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba, now the only western Canadian province without an overarching cellphone ban in school classrooms, says an update is coming.

TORONTO — A third person from Ontario has died in a Listeria outbreak connected to Great Value and Silk plant-based milks, the province's Ministry of Health said Monday afternoon.

The 5,000 residents of Jasper, Alta., chased out of their homes three weeks ago ahead of a devastating wildfire, can go home Friday. Officials said essential services have been restored to the point where they can allow a blanket re-entry.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have re-signed forward Adam Klapka and defenceman Yan Kuznetsov to one-year contract extensions, the NHL club announced Monday. Both are two-way contracts worth US$750,000 at the NHL level.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Two men convicted of mischief at the Coutts, Alta., border blockade are to learn their sentences later this month. On Aug.

CALGARY — Tourmaline Oil Corp. continues to snap up natural gas assets, this time with a $1.3-billion deal that will see it acquire Montney-focused natural gas producer Crew Energy Inc.