Alberta News

CALGARY — A candidate vying to lead Alberta's United Conservatives has brought on a high-profile former federal politician as campaign chair.

CALGARY — To outsiders, it's a rodeo — a 10-day party featuring cowboy hats, country music and an abundance of pancakes.

EDMONTON — Peyton Logan and the Calgary Stampeders appear to be the real deal this season.

SUNDRE, Alta. — RCMP say a tornado has significantly damaged up to nine homes in west-central Alberta. Cpl. Gina Slaney says no one was seriously hurt and everyone has been accounted for in the impact zone southeast of Sundre.

CALGARY — The City of Calgary wants three dogs that mauled a senior last month to be euthanized. The 86-year-old woman who was attacked by the dogs on June 5 later died in hospital of her injuries.

CALGARY — Lyndsey Smith, a third-year agribusiness student at Olds College in Alberta, was surprised when she heard that long-standing industry organization the Canadian Cattlemen's Association had changed its name.

CALGARY — A worker has died in an incident at Suncor Energy Inc.'s Base Mine in Alberta. The Calgary-based energy company confirmed Thursday that a contractor was killed Thursday morning at the site north of Fort McMurray.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers say assistant coaches Dave Manson and Glen Gulutzan will return next season as the NHL team shored up its hockey operations staff on Thursday.

CALGARY — Rod Hay continues to live the rodeo life, but times three. An eight-time national champion and winner of four Calgary Stampede titles, no other Canadian saddle bronc rider has qualified for more world championships.

CALGARY — Crescent Point Energy Corp. is raising its quarterly dividend after announcing it has sold off some of its non-core assets and reached its net debt target ahead of schedule.