Alberta News

Special air quality statements from Environment Canada continue to cover most of Alberta as smoky air blankets much of the province.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith said it's time to depoliticize LGBTQ rights on the same day her party came under fire for a candidate's comments on transgender children.

The mayor of a west-central Alberta town said it was emotional to return home nearly two weeks after an out-of-control wildfire forced residents to flee, but thousands elsewhere remain on edge as scores of fires continue to rage across much of the We

EDMONTON — A United Conservative Party candidate who compared transgender children in schools to having feces in food says she is sorry, plans to learn from it and is staying on to run in the May 29 Alberta election.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP is promising to increase funding for emergency medical services if it wins the election on May 29.

EDMONTON — A United Conservative Party candidate who compared transgender children in schools to having feces in food is apologizing while staying on to run in the Alberta election.

EDMONTON — Ken Holland says he plans to see out his contract as Edmonton Oilers general manager, which enters its fifth and final year next season. He isn’t sure what comes next.

An evacuation order for a west-central Alberta town has been lifted as wildfires continue to keep thousands of people out of their homes in the province.

CALGARY — Some oil and gas companies in Alberta are once again shutting in production as hot and dry conditions exacerbate the wildfire situation in the energy-producing province.

EDMONTON — Albertans are scheduled to go to the polls May 29.