Alberta News

RED DEER, Alta. — Alberta municipal leaders are calling for the provincial government to reverse its ban on vote counting machines, saying it’s more costly and time-consuming to count by hand.

CALGARY — A psychiatric report has found a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting six women east of Calgary is fit to stand trial but his lawyer wants the court to order another hearing before the long-delayed matter resumes.

A southern Alberta First Nation says it will fight a government decision on a dam that it says broke promises to take its concerns into account.

CALGARY — The two men arrested after a deadly roadside shooting near Calgary last month will be tried together. A manhunt began Aug.

CALGARY — Kevin Koe will skip a three-man curling team for now.

CALGARY — Gabby Wood says her curling team is ready for anything this season after facing the No. 1 women's team in the world.

CALGARY — An analysis of race-based data shows Calgary police used a disproportionate amount of force against Indigenous and Black individuals in the city last year.

It's a dinosaur that roamed Alberta's badlands more than 70 million years ago, sporting a big, bumpy, bony head the size of a baby elephant. On Wednesday, paleontologists near Grande Prairie pulled its 272-kilogram skull from the ground.

Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says there's more work to be done before a new compensation contract for the province's doctors is finalized.

CALGARY — Calgary police fired stun guns at a man and punched him in the head before he was put in restraints and died, investigators with Alberta’s police watchdog said Wednesday.