Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta's general COVID-19 mask rules are going, but they won’t be completely gone by July 1. Dr.

EDMONTON — An out-of-control wildfire has forced the evacuation of an area in Yellowhead County west of Edmonton. An Alberta Emergency Alert message says the evacuation order affects people along Highway 16 between Evansburg and Wildwood.

EDMONTON — A school in Edmonton that will open next year has been named after Joey Moss, a legendary locker-room attendant for the city’s national hockey and football teams.

CALGARY — A federal regulator has lifted a stop-work order on tree cutting and grass mowing along the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project route.

Two coal companies planning to develop mines in Alberta's Rocky Mountains say they hope to move forward despite new regulatory and political roadblocks.

EDMONTON — The Natural Resources Conservation Board has approved a controversial reservoir that could protect Calgary from future flooding, ruling that it's in the public interest.

EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing two new plans to monitor water quality on the North Saskatchewan, Battle and Upper Athabasca rivers. Environment Minister Jason Nixon says clear objectives to monitor and maintain water quality are to be established.

CALGARY — The Alberta Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether a man charged with first-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer should be granted bail.

A new report grades Canadian governments in how they responded to the country's international promise to conserve at least 17 per cent of its land mass and 10 per cent of its oceans by 2020.

HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. — Alberta's police oversight agency has released new details about last week's death of a man whose pursuit, arrest and death near a provincial park also resulted in the death of a police service dog.