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Alberta NDP says it would scrap COVID-19 review panel if party wins election

Alberta NDP says it would scrap COVID-19 review panel if party wins election

EDMONTON — Alberta Opposition Leader Rachel Notley says if her NDP was to win the spring election, it would scrap a COVID-19 review panel led by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning.
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Alphabet to close Edmonton office of AI subsidiary DeepMind

Alphabet to close Edmonton office of AI subsidiary DeepMind

EDMONTON — Alphabet Inc. says it will close the Edmonton office owned by its artificial intelligence subsidiary DeepMind.
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Nearly one-quarter of trails in southern B.C., Alberta unmapped and unmanaged: study

Nearly one-quarter of trails in southern B.C., Alberta unmapped and unmanaged: study

New research has spelled out for the first time the gap between official lists of trails in the southern Rockies and the number of trails there actually are, suggesting effects from the growing number of backcountry users may be larger than suspected
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Canada opens women's world hockey golden three-peat bid against Swiss

Canada opens women's world hockey golden three-peat bid against Swiss

CALGARY — Canada will open its quest for a third straight women's world hockey championship gold medal against Switzerland in Brampton, Ont.
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Flames edge Blue Jackets 4-3 in OT in Johnny Gaudreau's return to Saddledome

Flames edge Blue Jackets 4-3 in OT in Johnny Gaudreau's return to Saddledome

CALGARY — Dillon Dube's overtime winner for the Calgary Flames capped Johnny Gaudreau's eventful return to the Saddledome on Monday. Dube ended Calgary's see-saw battle with the Columbus Blue Jackets at 2:25 of extra time for a 4-3 victory.
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Network outage that affected some health-care services in Alberta is resolved: AHS

Network outage that affected some health-care services in Alberta is resolved: AHS

CALGARY — Doctors and staff at hospitals across Alberta went back to using paper charts, whiteboards and phone calls to communicate with each other during a network outage on Monday, said a senior official with Alberta Health Services.
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Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay national parks to see infrastructure upgrades

Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay national parks to see infrastructure upgrades

BANFF, Alta. — Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Alberta government contracts out thousands of hip and knee surgeries

Alberta government contracts out thousands of hip and knee surgeries

CALGARY — Alberta Health says it will contract out thousands of orthopedic surgeries to chartered surgical facilities in Calgary.
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Alberta government says no evidence of emails to prosecutors on border blockade cases

Alberta government says no evidence of emails to prosecutors on border blockade cases

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it could not find any emails to substantiate an allegation that one of Premier Danielle Smith’s staffers wrote to prosecutors to try to influence how they handled cases tied to a blockade in Coutts, Alta.
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Alberta First Nation school finds textbook way to keep language alive

Alberta First Nation school finds textbook way to keep language alive

KANANASKIS, Alta. — The Stoney Nakoda First Nation in southwestern Alberta is using the written word as a way to preserve its traditional oral language.
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