Alberta News

CALGARY — Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is boosting Canada's energy sector as promised — but questions still linger about who will pay for the project's massive cost overruns.

RED DEER, Alta. — Gracyn Sawchyn scored twice and added an assist while Alex Worthington made 42 saves as the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings defeated the Red Deer Rebels 5-1 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at the Peavey Mart Centrium.

CALGARY — A man has been arrested after a stabbing at a Calgary light-rail station that police say injured a transit peace officer.

HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell finally has his first win over the Calgary Stampeders. Mitchell threw for 450 yards and five touchdowns to lead Hamilton past Calgary 42-20 on Friday night.

EDMONTON — Alberta has announced new regulations that will once again allow corporate and union donations in local elections. The move by the United Conservative Party government reverses a ban brought in under the NDP.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government will look at proactively releasing more information about its out-of-province travel expenses, Premier Wab Kinew said Friday.

JASPER, ALTA. — The Alberta and federal governments are putting a combined $5.5 million toward attracting tourists to the Rocky Mountain town of Jasper, Alta.

WABAMUN, Alta. — Mounties say they're treating the death of a five-year-old girl pulled from an Alberta lake as a criminal matter. RCMP said Sunday that two people had been found after a canoe overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her plan to "Uber-ize" and replace the province's online continuing care directory is aimed at making it easier for patients to navigate spaces, and the analogy shouldn't be taken too far.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Three men convicted of helping lead and co-ordinate the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., in 2022 are to be sentenced next year.