Alberta News

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders' season has gone from bad to worse. Head coach Dave Dickenson said Tuesday the club is placing veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell on the six-game injured list with a broken fibula.

LEDUC, Alta. — A Lac La Biche woman will be back in court later this week after a weekend assault in Leduc left a man dead. RCMP, Fire and EMS were called to the scene on Sparrow Drive near Airport Road at around 3 p.m.

CALGARY — Many Alberta post-secondary schools are not requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff even as others across the country are making different choices.

EDMONTON — Alberta's police watchdog says a suspect in an alleged hostage taking was alone when he was fatally shot by officers during a weekend standoff at an oilfield battery site.

EDMONTON — Crown prosecutors are appealing a 12 1/2-year sentence given to an Ontario truck driver found guilty in the killing of a woman in his Edmonton hotel room.

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CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders could be minus veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell when they host the Montreal Alouettes on Friday. Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson said Mitchell's presence under centre is "definitely up in doubt.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders cancelled outdoor practice Monday because of smoke from forest fires. The city's air quality health index was eight on a scale of one to 10 and thus deemed high risk for outdoor activities.

EDMONTON — A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg.

EDMONTON — Goals by Joe Mason and Ben Fisk sent Cavalry FC through to the quarterfinal of the Canadian Championship with a 2-0 victory over FC Edmonton on Sunday.