Alberta News

VANCOUVER — Nate Petrone led the way with 30 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists as the Calgary Dinos thumped the UPEI Panthers 87-54 on Friday in U Sports men's basketball Final 8 semifinal action.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Two skiers are dead after separate avalanches in the Alberta backcountry.

CALGARY — Parker Kelly scored twice on Friday night to lead the red-hot Colorado Avalanche to a 4-2 NHL victory over the Calgary Flames. It was Kelly's second career two-goal game.

Cricket Canada says it is "consulting with legal and governance experts to determine the appropriate course of action" in the wake of CEO Salman Khan being charged with theft and fraud.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s front line health agency says it fired its leader earlier this year not because she was investigating corruption but because she was an “alarming” failure at her job.

OTTAWA — Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Friday morning, along with a leaner Liberal cabinet that he said is focused on "meeting the moment" and facing down the threat posed by U.S.

EDMONTON — An Alberta judge won't review the Crown's decision not to charge an Edmonton police officer who kicked an Indigenous teenager five years ago.

CALGARY — Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund will be out on a week-to-week basis with an upper-body injury, the NHL team said Friday. Backlund was hurt in the first period of a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.

EDMONTON — A standoff is brewing between Alberta's government and the province's biggest and oldest craft brewery.

SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. — Alberta RCMP say there could be more victims after four assaults allegedly took place at a daycare just west of Edmonton.