Alberta News

EDMONTON — Kyran Moore won't be hitting CFL free agency this year. The American receiver signed a one-year contract extension Friday with the Edmonton Elks.

SPIRIT RIVER, Alta. — Alberta's police watchdog says an RCMP officer was justified in a takedown that resulted in the broken neck and paralysis of a suspect during an arrest.

EDMONTON — Freezing temperatures in Edmonton have forced one of the city's hospitals to fire up temporary heaters in its emergency department.

EDMONTON — Marshall Finnie knocked in the game-winning goal at 18:56 in the third period as the Oil Kings edged the Americans. Gavin Hodnett scored twice while Ty Nash, Marshall Finnie, Roan Woodward and Cole Miller scored once for Edmonton.

EDMONTON — The mayor of Edmonton says he plans to declare a housing and homelessness emergency because the system has reached what he calls a "breaking point.

CALGARY — There were sobs and tears in a Calgary courtroom Thursday at the sentencing hearing for a man convicted in the beating death of his girlfriend’s three-year-old daughter. Ivy Wick was injured on Sept.

EDMONTON — The new president of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says ER physicians already coping with long hours, staff shortages and jammed waiting rooms are also being obligated, in some cases, to work for free. Dr.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. — A youth has been charged after a seven-year-old was assaulted at a bus stop in Rocky Mountain House, Alta., last month. RCMP charged the 14-year-old with assault causing bodily harm after the Dec.

CALGARY — Knowing what it takes to defend a national women's figure skating championship has Madeline Schizas feeling prepared to do it again. Winner of two straight titles, the 20-year-old from Oakville, Ont.

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria, and the Fraser Valley are expecting frigid wind chills to arrive tonight, joining much of the rest of Western and Northern Canada under various cold weather warnings.