Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta's fire chiefs are "urgently" asking the provincial government to explain how it's getting ready for the upcoming wildfire season and to release its preparedness strategy.

EDMONTON — Investigators probing a plane crash that killed six people in the Northwest Territories have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and talked to the lone survivor.

CALGARY — One family doctor in Calgary says she doesn't know how much longer she can continue to care for her 1,500 patients.

EDMONTON — Lance Colby saw what was coming. The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens.

EDMONTON — An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop shipping it directly to consumers.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. has announced a plan to consolidate its shares on a one-for-10 basis.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta.

MANNVILLE, Alta. — An air quality alert issued for an area east of Edmonton due to a fire at an oil lease site has been cancelled. Officials say the alert was cancelled after the fire was brought under control by emergency crews.

CALGARY — A trial for a man accused of sexually assaulting seven women in Calgary has been put on hold after the accused fired his lawyers. Defence lawyers Kim Arial and Andre Ouellette have been released from the case.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. says it expects its adjusted earnings to grow by double digits this year, following an almost 20 per cent year-over-year drop in net income last quarter.