Alberta News

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. — Another Alberta hospital has announced a closure due to a lack of physician coverage.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s jobs minister is leaving politics even earlier than planned. Doug Schweitzer, in a brief message posted on social media, says he has resigned from cabinet as the minister for jobs, economy and innovation.

CALGARY — After a tumultuous start to the off-season, the Calgary Flames announced some good news late Thursday night with the signing of newly acquired left-winger Jonathan Huberdeau to an eight-year, $84 million contract extension .

EDMONTON — The president of Athabasca University says the Alberta government’s demand that the online school relocate 500 staffers to a rural town is so backward, unfair and self-defeating, it threatens to put the institution “on the path to ruin.

BANFF, Alta. — Mounties say they are investigating a homicide in a well-known tourist town in Banff National Park. RCMP say in a news release that Banff officers were alerted to a fight around 2:30 a.m.

BANFF, Alta. — A fire ban is now in place in three mountain parks in Alberta and British Columbia due to a high risk of wildfires in the area.

CALGARY — The new interim CEO of Suncor Energy Inc. says the oil and gas giant is ready to stop studying its workplace safety problem and start implementing solutions instead.

CALGARY — Alberta's police watchdog is investigating the arrest of a man at the Calgary Municipal Building earlier this week.

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. reported a loss of $80 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $12 million in the same quarter last year.

CALGARY — The federal government suspending Hockey Canada's funding because of problems distant to the national women's team can still affect it. The Canadian women's and para hockey teams rely heavily on federal funds to operate.