Alberta News

CALGARY — Fluoride is back in Calgary's drinking water. The city, in a news release, says it has begun adding the chemical into the water at the direction of councillors.

EDMONTON — The U.S. Justice Department says an Alberta man is awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy and mail fraud after he allegedly operated a mail scam with other people that targeted vulnerable American seniors.

CALGARY — Alberta's government is seeking advice to address violence and aggression in schools. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says it's a serious problem as learning disruptions and mental health concerns are becoming more and more common.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary are trying to piece together how TV screens and lights fell down at a weekend pop-up market, injuring eight.

Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have kicked into high gear amid the U.S.-Canada tariff war.

CALGARY — Canada's first liquefied natural gas cargoes will soon arrive on Asian shores, a milestone touted — and doubted — as a boon for global emissions-cutting efforts.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary say eight people were injured when equipment at a temporary African market outside City Hall collapsed.

EDMONTON — Three years after Alberta's government paid $70 million for children's pain and fever medicine, its front-line health provider says it has worked out a deal to off-load what remains of the controversial stockpile.

DRUMHELLER — Tyra the Tyrannosaurus is set to be poked and prodded this fall to determine whether Drumheller’s towering, monstrously popular icon can be saved from extinction.

TORONTO — A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction of lesser-known tick-borne diseases, public health specialists say.