Alberta News

CALGARY — The final days of hearings into a contentious coal exploration project in southwestern Alberta were met with protests in downtown Calgary on Tuesday.

EDMONTON — Political watchers say Premier Danielle Smith is walking a tightrope, diplomatically pleading Alberta’s case to an incoming U.S. president threatening to annex Canada without throwing the rest of the country under the bus.

FREDERICTON — Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King is hoping cooler heads prevail and trade continues to flow uninterrupted across the United States-Canada border after president-elect Donald Trump takes office next week.

CALGARY — Workers represented by Unifor at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway have voted in favour of strike action if their union cannot reach a new deal with the company The union says members voted 99 per cent in support of the strike mandate.

EDMONTON — It was a game that had a playoff vibe and Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner answered the bell accordingly.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid scored in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Monday night for their second straight win.

EDMONTON — Connor McDavid scored the only goal of the night as the Edmonton Oilers won their second game in a row by beating their Pacific Division rival Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Monday.

EDMONTON — Education support workers gathered under pitch-black pre-dawn skies in Edmonton and nearby communities Monday to go on strike in a wage dispute with their employers.

More than 60 Canadian front-line firefighters are on their way to the Los Angeles area as part of international efforts to fight the raging wildfires that have claimed lives and destroyed thousands homes. A statement from the B.C.

LLOYDMINSTER, Alta. — Mounties in Lloydminster have laid charges in the case of an Alberta minor hockey association that was defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars.