Alberta News

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.

Edmonton police arrested one man and two women Wednesday as they dismantled a homeless encampment, including a reporter who had been covering the issue.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition says it’s time to dump once and for all the remaining bottles of imported Turkish children’s fever medicine, given a new report states the liquid clogs hospital feeding tubes and can put newborns at risk of severe illn

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed Canadian offensive lineman Brett Boyko two a two-year contract extension Wednesday. Boyko was slated to become a free agent next month.

CANMORE, Alta. — A group of Canmore residents is asking the Alberta government to follow its own legislation and refer two major developments in the mountain town for an environmental assessment.