Alberta News

EDMONTON — Canadian summer camp organizers say they expect a ripple effect of bolstered emergency plans and preparations after more than two dozen campers and counsellors were killed by severe flash floods in Texas.

RED DEER — Red Deer Minor Hockey says it is conducting an internal investigation after a video surfaced showing one of its coaches, former NHL player Nick Tarnasky, involved in a fight at a golf course.

CALGARY — A former Alberta teacher accused of sexually assaulting eight students is facing numerous charges. RCMP Cpl. Gina Slaney says the alleged assaults happened when the man was a teacher at a school in a town north of Calgary.

EDMONTON — Nita Jalkanen checks on the avian neighbours that fly into her Edmonton backyard to drink from her bird bath nearly every day with her dog Ariel. "I talk to them. I say, 'Good morning or good afternoon, Mr.

VANCOUVER — Ryan Ness of the Canadian Climate Institute says he's been following the "terrible tragedy" of deadly flash flooding unfolding in Texas, where more than 100 people have died.

EDMONTON — Alberta's government is jumping on board a federal initiative aimed at saving Canadians a buck if they stay close to home this summer.

CALGARY — Mounties in Alberta have charged a 23-year-old man with first-degree murder after he allegedly gave another man cough syrup laced with a fatal dose of fentanyl. Cpl.

VERMILION — A man has been charged with causing over $1 million in damages in a vandalism spree in a rural Alberta town. Vermilion RCMP say they received a complaint Sunday that a provincial government building and six sheriffs vehicles were damaged.

Canada's housing agency says advertised rents in some major cities are easing due to factors such as increased supply and slower immigration, but renters are still not feeling relief.

The Telus Canadian Championship quarterfinals resume this week, some seven weeks after three of the four ties kicked off. A lot has happened in the interim.