Alberta News

EDMONTON — On Thursday it’s budget day in Alberta, a time that will cruelly and ironically remind residents that last year’s projected eye-popping $6.8-billion deficit was actually the good old days.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers superstar captain continues to amaze and get the better of his team's provincial rival.

DRUMHELLER, Alta. — RCMP say three people have been found dead of suspected drug overdoses at a residence in Drumheller, Alta. Police say officers were dispatched to the home Saturday evening in response to a 911 call about sudden deaths.

CALGARY — Varying degrees of game rust were evident on the first full day of curling at the national women's championship Saturday.

EDMONTON — Dozens of police and sheriffs kept hundreds of opponents of Alberta's pandemic restrictions separated from counterprotesters at the province's legislature on Saturday.

CALGARY — A game has been postponed at the Canadian women's curling championship after a Northwest Territories curler fell ill with suspected food poisoning. N.W.T.

EDMONTON — A mother bent over and wept with other loved ones in an Edmonton courtroom Friday night as a jury declared a man guilty of manslaughter in the death of her daughter.

CALGARY — The Edmonton Oilers relied on defence instead of their scoring stars to beat the host Calgary Flames 2-1 on Friday.

CALGARY — Kerri Einarson picked up where she left off at the Canadian women's curling championship.

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says more seniors, along with Albertans in group homes and homeless shelters, will receive priority in the next round of COVID-19 vaccinations.