Alberta News

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the total number of housing starts in 2024 rose two per cent compared with 2023, helped by increased starts in Alberta, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.

CALGARY — A man and woman are accused of lighting their Calgary home on fire, triggering an explosion that injured several people last fall.

EDMONTON — Three Alberta disability advocacy groups say they're shocked and saddened after learning the provincial government plans to back out of their funding contracts more than a year early.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Dru Brown to a one-year contract extension Wednesday. The deal leaves Brown under contract with Ottawa through the 2026 season.

CALGARY — A non-profit that helps fund Legal Aid Alberta is raising concern over potential funding changes by the provincial government that it says would limit access to justice for vulnerable and low-income Albertans.

TOFIELD, Alta. — Alberta's police watchdog says a man fatally shot by RCMP before Christmas was uncooperative and "made comments" that prompted police to call in its bomb squad.

EDMONTON — Albertans convicted or accused of a crime can now be ordered to wear ankle bracelets that electronically track their movements.

MONTREAL — Andrew Brooks ordered three school buses from Lion Electric Co. on Nov. 20, just before American Thanksgiving.

EDMONTON — An ultrasound technician has been charged with sexually assaulting a patient at his southeast Edmonton clinic last year. Edmonton police say 53-year-old Aasim Syed Ahmed was charged in August 2024 with one count of sexual assault.

EDMONTON — A suspect in an August 2023 shooting at West Edmonton Mall has been arrested in the Northwest Territories. Edmonton police say they're working with their counterparts in the territory to execute warrants related to the shooting.