Alberta News

CALGARY — Canadian crude-by-rail shipments nearly doubled in volume in the last six months of 2023, as oil output from Alberta surged to all-time highs and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion remained under construction.

VEGREVILLE, Alta. — New details have emerged in a police shooting that happened two weeks ago in central Alberta. The province's police watchdog says officers in Vegreville, about 100 kilometres east of Edmonton, got a call on Feb.

Alberta politicians are set to return to the legislature this week for a spring sitting that is expected to see the first steps on sweeping structural reforms to a health-care system grappling to find and keep family doctors.

EDMONTON — Officers have found a stolen car used to flee a deadly hit-and-run following a high-speed police chase on the weekend, and they continue to search for a suspect. The Honda Civic was recovered early this morning outside Edmonton.

CALGARY — Jennifer Jones bid a reluctant goodbye to a curling stage where she's performed brilliantly in her career.

OKOTOKS, Alta. — Henk de Haan says that for five years he was blissfully unaware of the invisible danger as his children slept in the basement of their acreage home southwest of Calgary.

EDMONTON — RCMP say a 45-year-old woman was killed while officers chased a man fleeing in a vehicle late Saturday night just outside of Edmonton. Supt.

CALGARY — Rachel Homan reclaimed the Canadian women's curling championship seven years after her last one with a 5-4 win over Jennifer Jones on Sunday. Homan and longtime teammate Emma Miskew won their fourth titles and lead Sarah Wilkes her second.

CALGARY — Noah Chadwick scored twice and added two assists as the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes whipped the Calgary Hitmen 9-2 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

CROWSNEST PASS, Alta. — A man has died after being buried in an avalanche while snowmobiling in southwestern Alberta. RCMP in Crowsnest Pass, Alta.