Alberta News

EDMONTON — The backup plan was more than sufficient for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Alberta’s police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man who died in hospital after being arrested by officers in Medicine Hat.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. shaved $590.4 million off its net loss in its most recent quarter as it continued to focus on uncovering savings. The Edmonton-based pot business said its first quarter net loss amounted to $28.

CALGARY — A woman is dead after she was hit by a light-rail-transit train in Calgary on Wednesday morning. Police say the call came just before 9 a.m. while the CTrain was travelling in the downtown core.

CALGARY — A prayer of thanks planned for 10 men injured in a massive house explosion in late March has been delayed after three survivors met setbacks in their recovery.

BANFF, Alta. — Jaclyn and Brennen McConnell had planned their elopement in the Alberta Rockies a year ago, but they hadn't prepared to spend their wedding night sleeping on the floor in a building on the top of a mountain. The couple from Kelowna, B.

Alberta's decision to pause approvals of new renewable energy projects is putting the lives of thousands of workers on hold, an industry group says.

EDMONTON — The mission is clear for Tre Ford: lead the Edmonton Elks to their first home win since 2019. It’s a big ask of the Canadian quarterback, who was elevated from No.

BANFF, Alta. — Hundreds of visitors who took a sightseeing gondola up a mountain in Banff National Park had to be helped down from the summit Tuesday after a power outage shut it down overnight.

EDMONTON — Ottawa is threatening the provinces by suggesting it will withhold federal funding from electricity projects that don't reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says Alberta's minister of environment and protected areas.