Alberta News

CALGARY — Police say a 26-year-old man charged in the stabbing death of a Calgary woman on Friday had no connection to her. A police news release says Vanessa Ladouceur, who was 31, was killed in what appeared to be a random attack.

CALGARY — If the work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. doesn't end soon, southern Alberta feedlot operator James Bekkering says he and many of his counterparts will be facing a serious situation.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenceman Brett Kulak from the Montreal Canadiens ahead of Monday's NHL trade deadline.

EDMONTON — An upcoming vote to decide the fate of Jason Kenney as United Conservative Party leader and Alberta premier is driving up membership numbers and igniting concerns about possible rule changes and ballot box shenanigans.

CALGARY — One of two men accused in the killing of a popular chef has testified he remembers being in a scuffle with the cook but has no memory of stabbing him.

CALGARY — Cavalry FC goalkeeper Marco Carducci has revealed he is recovering from testicular cancer. In a statement, the 25-year-old from Calgary said he was diagnosed Feb.

CALGARY — The company and the union are pointing fingers of blame at each other for a shutdown of Canadian Pacific Railway operations that began Sunday while the two sides remained at the bargaining table.

CALGARY — Will Malcom scored a hat trick and added four assists to power the Panther City Lacrosse Club to a 14-11 victory over the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League Saturday.

CALGARY — Police arrested several people at a so-called freedom protest in downtown Calgary on Saturday after some demonstrators refused to leave a park that has become ground zero in the city for the weekly rallies.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are certainly not having troubling finding the back of the net at the moment.