Alberta News

CALGARY — WestJet is adding 11 domestic routes across Western Canada in anticipation of summer demand for travel. The announcement follows a decision by the airline earlier this week to restore service to Atlantic Canada and Quebec City.

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says he regrets recently downplaying and dismissing the bitterness of a year-long fight with physicians over pay and working conditions.

CALGARY — Developing chemistry on the fly plus brilliant shots propelled Kerri Einarson and Brad Gushue to their first Canadian mixed doubles curling championship. Einarson of Gimli, Man., and Gushue of St. John's, N.L.

EDMONTON — Alberta reported Thursday its highest single-day COVID-19 case count since January when growing hospitalization rates forced the province to impose stricter health measures. Dr.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes the Supreme Court decision upholding Ottawa’s right to levy a carbon tax on provinces doesn’t open the door to federal overreach in other areas.

CALGARY — The Supreme Court of Canada's ruling that the federal carbon price is constitutional raises questions about Canada's ongoing ability to compete with other energy producers around the world, an oil and gas expert said Thursday.

CALGARY — Alberta's top court has rejected an appeal by a husband and wife who felt their sentences in the death of their 14-month-old son were too harsh.

CALGARY — John Morris may have returned to men's team curling this winter, but mixed doubles is still very much in his wheelhouse.

BOWDEN, Alta. — A man who was once called the "Paper Bag Rapist" has again been denied parole.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s justice minister has given the scandal-scarred Lethbridge Police Service until April 16 to serve up an action plan to fix its problems or face being disbanded.