Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Opposition NDP says it will be watching to make sure advice to Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t grant her back-door permission to continue interfering in Alberta’s justice system.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary say they have arrested a youth in relation to a terrorism investigation. Details about the accused's identity are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

CALGARY — WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech says bringing Swoop and Sunwing Airlines under its banner won't lead to higher airfares as integrating the discount carriers will also tamp down costs.

CALGARY — Baytex Energy Corp. says it has closed its $2.9-billion acquisition of U.S. oil company Ranger Oil Corp. The deal, first announced in February, grows Calgary-based Baytex's presence in the Eagle Ford shale region of south Texas.

EDMONTON — The mayor of Yellowhead County in west central Alberta says it's been a wild few weeks in the area as residents deal with wildfires, rain and snow.

TSUUT'INA FIRST NATION — Police at a First Nation near Calgary say a man has died after a workplace accident. The Tsuut'ina Police Service says officers responded to a report of an injury on Tsuut'ina Nation.

CALGARY — New modelling from the Canada Energy Regulator suggests Canadian oil production will plummet by 2050 — and large portions of Alberta's oilsands facilities will be shut down — if the world is successful in reaching net-zero greenhouse gas em

CALGARY — Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says it's a "sombre anniversary" for many Albertans. It has been 10 years since the floods in southern Alberta.

EDMONTON — Just days after thousands of residents of Alberta's Yellowhead County were allowed to return home following their second evacuation in only a few weeks due to forest fires, it's now flooding that's forcing some county residents to flee.

OTTAWA — There is no line in the sand between his government and Alberta over energy and climate policies but there is also still a lot of daylight in their respective visions, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Monday.