Alberta News

MACKLIN, Sask. — Saskatchewan Mounties have charged a man in a string of hay bale arsons in and around Macklin -- and the Macklin fire department says the accused is one of their own.

BLACKFALDS, Alta. — A daycare in central Alberta has been temporarily shut due to an E. coli outbreak. Alberta Health says a child who attended the Aspen Lakes Discovery Centre in Blackfalds tested positive on Friday.

EDMONTON — The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the wildfire that tore through Jasper is the second-most expensive one in Alberta's history for insured losses.

VANCOUVER — Cellphone use will be restricted in all British Columbia school districts when pupils return next week, as the province becomes the latest to curtail the use of the devices by students.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith needs to explain her plan to potentially transfer control of underperforming hospitals to third parties.

CALGARY — Taps may run dry and firefighters could encounter empty hydrants if residents don't shape up and abide by renewed water restrictions, Calgary's mayor warned Tuesday.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — An Alberta judge says evidence shows two men convicted for their roles at the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta., were ready for a shootout with police.

BANFF, Alta. — It'll be one last hurrah for a pedestrian zone along the main downtown drag of Banff, Alta., this long weekend.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta.

The Alberta Energy Regulator seems to be going ahead with hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains despite a court ruling that opened the question of whether those applications should have been accepted.