Alberta News

EDMONTON — One of Canada's greatest painters, who wedded Indigenous elements to the mainstream of modern art, has died. Alex Janvier, whose thousands of works hang in private homes and public galleries across the country, was 89.

GARDEN RIVER, ALTA. — A community of 700 people in northern Alberta has been ordered to evacuate due to a wildfire.

CALGARY — The Canada Growth Fund is partnering with Strathcona Resources Ltd. on a carbon capture and sequestration project, with each group contributing up to $1 billion in funding.

EDMONTON — The provincial government's management of Alberta's increasingly stressed water resources is all wet, says the province's auditor general.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A defence lawyer for one of two men accused of conspiracy to commit murder at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., has suggested some of the guns seized by police were rifles used for hunting small game.

EDMONTON — Renowned artist Alex Janvier has died at the age of 89. Officials at the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting announced his death and held a moment of silence on Wednesday.

CALGARY — As Alberta considers an overhaul of its troubled auto insurance system, a global credit rating agency is warning a "clear long-term solution" must be found or more insurers will depart the province.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has hired Trevor Murphy as vice-president of hockey development. The governing body said in a statement Wednesday that Murphy will be tasked with leading the development of grassroots hockey across Canada.

Efforts are underway to combat growing rat populations in two of Ontario's largest cities, as the rodents that typically lurk underground become more visible thanks to a combination of construction and climate change.

A prominent Alberta company has agreed to pay $3 million in fines for misleading the province's utilities watchdog about its costs in two separate projects.