Alberta News

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Alberta's controversial sovereignty act is a political tool for Premier Danielle Smith to pick a fight with the federal government.

CALGARY — Several pediatricians with the Alberta Medical Association are calling for stronger public health measures as children's hospitals continue to feel the strain of several respiratory illnesses.

CALGARY — A Calgary police officer who slammed a handcuffed woman to the ground face first will not be allowed another appeal of his original conviction. Const.

EDMONTON — Emergency shelters in Alberta haven't been able to provide refuge to thousands of women who were fleeing domestic violence due to a lack of space, a report shows.

EDMONTON — The defence lawyer for an Alberta Mountie charged with manslaughter says his client was doing her job when she fired shots at a man that she thought was the suspect of a shooting the day before. Const. Jessica Brown and Cpl.

CALGARY — Canada's junior hockey team is getting another big boost from the NHL. Hockey Canada says the Seattle Kraken have loaned forward Shane Wright to the team before the start of its selection camp in Moncton, N.B.

CALGARY — The Canada Energy Regulator has issued financial penalties against Trans Mountain Corp. related to the 2020 death of a worker.

CALGARY — After an Olympic gold medal, going where no team as gone before drives Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin and Valérie Maltais.

EDMONTON — Mark McMorris will celebrate his 29th birthday this weekend. But, in snowboarding terms, he’s an old man. Eli Bouchard is just 14 years old, and McMorris is one of his idols.

EDMONTON — The Alberta legislature has passed Premier Danielle Smith’s controversial sovereignty act but not before first stripping out the provision that granted Smith’s cabinet the power to bypass the legislature and rewrite laws as it saw fit.