Alberta News

CALGARY — The Alberta government says it will support a proposal to build a hyperloop transport system capable of whisking passengers in an elevated tube between Edmonton and Calgary at 1,000 kilometres per hour.

CALGARY — A former board member of the Calgary Homeless Foundation who pleaded guilty to charges that included sexual assault of a minor has abandoned an appeal of his sentence.

CALGARY — A class-action lawsuit alleging the defendants acted recklessly and unreasonably has been filed against the operators of a tour bus involved in a fatal rollover at Jasper National Park's Columbia Icefield.

EDMONTON — From a goal off the chest to another that may have just crossed the line — depending who's asked — the Dallas Stars were getting the big bounces and breaks. That's what it takes this time of year.

EDMONTON — Alexander Radulov scored on a deflection off his chest as part of a four-goal second period and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the second-round series.

PRINCE ALBERT, Alta. — A charge of sexual exploitation against the former manager of a girls minor hockey team in Saskatchewan has been stayed.

EDMONTON — Alberta's chief medical officer of health says Albertans can't let the COVID-19 pandemic divide them. Deena Hinshaw says people in small towns where infection rates are low have to remember those rates can spike very quickly.

CALGARY — Alberta has become the third province in Canada to offer a promising treatment for individuals with specific types of leukemia and lymphoma.

EDMONTON — Vegas Golden Knight Robin Lehner buried the Vancouver Canucks Sunday then laid to rest a Twitter controversy surrounding him and fellow goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A police force in southern Alberta says one of its officers has been charged with assault stemming from an altercation with a prisoner.