Alberta News

The fate of a massive coal mine expansion on the doorsteps of Jasper National Park is now in the hands of Alberta’s energy regulator. The company submitted a formal application in April.

GRANDE PRAIRIE — An evacuation has been ordered on the outskirts of a northern Alberta city due to a wildfire.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers head into an NHL second-round playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights looking to make up for a series that got away just two years ago.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart.

CALGARY — A jury has found a Calgary man guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a woman on a downtown street three years ago.

EDMONTON — Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual.

CALGARY — The prospective new riding for federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is home to wheat fields, dinosaur bones and Nickelback. It's also Tory country through and through.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has had a "positive" meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

CALGARY — The fate of a Calgary man, who claims he was suffering a psychotic episode when he stabbed and killed a woman three years ago, is in the hands of a jury.

EDMONTON — Alberta's government is defending a hefty bill to replace the carpet in Premier Danielle Smith's office, after it became a point of attack in question period.