Alberta News

BARONS, Alta. — Mounties are on the scene of a train derailment in southern Alberta. RCMP say the Canadian Pacific Rail train had an engine derail at 9:30 a.m. and some empty fuel cars tipped over near Barons, Alta., north of Lethbridge.

EDMONTON — A second game in as many days was forfeited Wednesday at the world junior men's hockey championship because of COVID-19.

EDMONTON — It was a speech that symbolized Alberta's pandemic politics in 2021: Premier Jason Kenney’s boastful, bullhorn-loud, first-out-of-the-gate victory whoop over COVID-19 preceding a crushing hospital crisis.

RCMP say two people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning in northern Alberta.

EDMONTON — Canada's Connor Bedard became the youngest player to score four goals in a single world junior men's hockey championship game on Tuesday. The 16-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C.

RCMP in Alberta say they're investigating the discovery of human remains in Strathcona County. Police say they located a man's body in a rural subdivision off Highway 21 near Wye Road on Monday. They say the death is believed to be suspicious.

EDMONTON — There will be no respite from frigid temperatures until the end of the week for most of Western Canada as arctic wind chills blanket the area, sending temperatures plummeting.

CALGARY — Alberta's premier asked people to reconsider their New Year's plans as the province recorded more than 8,000 COVID-19 cases over a five-day period.

EDMONTON — Defending champion United States forfeited Tuesday's game against Switzerland at the world junior men's hockey championship because two players tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The American team was placed in a mandated quarantine.

CALGARY — Two hockey games between the Canadian and U.S. women's hockey teams in Alberta have been cancelled Canada and the U.S. were scheduled to conclude their Rivalry Series on Jan.