Alberta News

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.

Jan 24, 2023 1:15 PM Read more >

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

Jan 24, 2023 11:15 AM Read more >

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.

Jan 24, 2023 10:58 AM Read more >

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.

Jan 23, 2023 11:36 PM Read more >

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.

Jan 23, 2023 8:30 PM Read more >

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.

Jan 23, 2023 4:56 PM Read more >

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.

Jan 23, 2023 4:24 PM Read more >

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.

Jan 23, 2023 3:43 PM Read more >

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.

Jan 23, 2023 2:50 PM Read more >

Johnny Gaudreau comes back to Calgary's Saddledome as a Blue Jacket

CALGARY — Johnny Gaudreau returned to the NHL city that accelerated him to league stardom for the first time since he left.

Jan 23, 2023 2:17 PM Read more >