Alberta News

EDMONTON — Universities that require masks on campus are in the minority as the fall semester and the prospect of another wave of COVID-19 infections loom.

CALGARY — An Alberta legislature member and candidate for the leadership of the United Conservative Party says there's no doubt hacks on her social media accounts were targeted and she's promising not to back down.

EDMONTON — WNBA players Natalie Achonwa, Bridget Carleton and Kia Nurse headline Canada's women's basketball roster for its pre-World Cup training camp.

CALGARY — A member of Parliament says Ottawa may have underestimated Canadians' desire to travel when planning for a return to normal following the end of most pandemic restrictions.

CALGARY — WestJet is arguing it shouldn't have to compensate a passenger that filed a complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency last year about a last-minute flight cancellation prompted by a lack of staff.

CALGARY — A Calgary man who bilked his clients out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $3.1 million in restitution for what the judge called a "deliberate and large-scale" fraud.

CALGARY — The head of Alberta's RCMP says a proposal by the provincial government to form its own police service has been a distraction and harmful to its members.

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CALGARY — Pot shop owner SNDL Inc. says it will acquire cannabis manufacturer the Valens Company Inc. and combine the businesses in an all-stock transaction it valued at $138 million.

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — In a brightly lit surgical room around sunrise, Dr. Alika Lafontaine recounts why he chose to become an anesthesiologist as he fills syringes for his first patient of the day.