Alberta News

CALGARY — Looking to build on a solid rookie campaign, Connor Zary is off to a terrific start.

EDMONTON — Matt Coronato is making his case to become a full-time Calgary Flame.

EDMONTON — Edmonton Oilers' forward Evander Kane had successful abdominal surgery last Friday in New York and is expected to take a minimum of five to six months to recover.

EDMONTON — An Alberta doctors' group says even though a new pay deal with the province is ready to be implemented, the government isn't putting its money where its mouth is. Dr.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.

EDMONTON — Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch was happy with his team’s start to exhibition play, especially considering not a single player in his lineup on Sunday played with the club during its lengthy recent playoff run.

CALGARY — Calgary is lifting water restrictions that lasted much of the summer following successful repairs to a major feeder main.

CALGARY — Nick Kolomyja reckons axe throwing may have saved his life. After 30 years as a welder working long hours in heavy construction, he opened an axe and knife-throwing venue in Calgary with his wife last year. "You work 21 days straight.

EDMONTON — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have a nickname for the opposition’s end zone. They refer to it as the “chicken box.” So, after each of running back Brady Oliveira’s two fourth-quarter touchdowns, he did a chicken dance.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have promoted Warren Rychel to pro scouting director and added former Oiler forward Zack Kassian to the pro scouting staff.