Alberta News

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services says there will be an independent review into why it took an ambulance 30 minutes to get to an 86-year-old woman who had been attacked by three dogs.

Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi highlighted provincial funding discrepancies between his city and Calgary to tackle homelessness as he outlined Thursday a plan to address rising crime in the downtown area.

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health says the province has now recorded four cases of monkeypox. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says all four cases involve adults who are now self-isolating and helping health officials trace their close contacts.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A judge has denied bail for a third man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade earlier this year in southern Alberta. Anthony Olienick appeared by video today in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge, Alta.

RED DEER, Alta. — A judge says a man who committed a "senseless and horrific act of violence" when he shot a shopper outside a central Alberta Walmart must serve 10 years before he can apply for parole.

CALGARY — Caeli McKay doesn't call herself a wimp anymore because she knows she's not. The Canadian diver has discovered in herself a battler who can compete in pain at the highest levels of her sport.

EDMONTON — Two women told a murder trial that aliens, 5G technology, the government, and a spiritual awakening occupied a man's mind before he was charged in the fatal stabbing of a seven-year-old girl.

EDMONTON — Two Alberta NDP workers say they quit recently because they could no longer stomach a culture they describe as demeaning and ignores volunteers, with the majority of those targeted being women.

CALGARY — Two Olympic divers from Canada are about to take their new partnership out for an international spin. Montreal's Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Rylan Wiens of Pike Lake, Sask.

CALGARY — The Alberta government has expanded a smartphone app aimed at preventing overdoses in people using drugs alone at home.