Alberta News

EDMONTON — Just days after thousands of residents of Alberta's Yellowhead County were allowed to return home following their second evacuation in only a few weeks due to forest fires, it's now flooding that's forcing some county residents to flee.

OTTAWA — There is no line in the sand between his government and Alberta over energy and climate policies but there is also still a lot of daylight in their respective visions, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Monday.

CALGARY — Alberta’s United Conservative Party government says it's sticking to its campaign promise to extend the fuel tax relief program until the end of the year.

FORT CHIPEWYAN, ALBERTA — Residents forced to leave their homes in a community in northern Alberta are being allowed back in with a phased re-entry plan.

STELLARTON, N.S. — Empire Co. Ltd. says it's launching its Voilà online grocery home-delivery service in Calgary, Edmonton and the surrounding areas.

AIRDRIE, Alta. — Two young girls are in hospital with life-threatening injuries after police say an off-highway vehicle they were riding collided with a pickup truck in southern Alberta. RCMP in Airdrie, Alta.

CALGARY — Every June, many Calgarians who live near the Bow and Elbow rivers start to worry. Some watch the weather forecasts more closely.

CALGARY — Alberta RCMP say a 20-year-old man from Calgary is facing several terrorism-related charges.

CALGARY — After four years in Winnipeg, the Western Hockey League's Ice franchise is moving west. The team and league announced Friday that the club has been sold and relocated to Wenatchee, Wash.

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