Alberta News

CALGARY — Tyler Toffoli notched the overtime winner, but the game never would have reached extra time if not for the big night from Calgary's penalty killers.

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EDMONTON — The St Louis Blues remain the only perfect team in the NHL, even if it remains a small sample size with just three games under their collective belt.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking legal advice on whether she can pardon those fined for non-criminal violations of health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CALGARY — Alberta's NDP leader Rachel Notley poked fun at the United Conservative Party, it's recent turmoil and focused on the upcoming provincial election Saturday but never mentioned Danielle Smith once in her speech to her party's convention.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have gone two seasons without winning a home game. They finished the 2022 CFL campaign with a 4-14 record, on the heels of a 3-11 record in 2021.

EDMONTON — The B.C. Lions will have a home playoff date for the first time in six years. Keon Hatcher, James Butler and Antonio Pipkin all recorded touchdowns as the Lions earned a 31-14 CFL victory over the Edmonton Elks on Friday.

CALGARY — The Saskatoon Blades are quietly building something special in Saskatchewan. The Blades won their eighth game in 10 Western Hockey League outings on Friday by crushing the host Calgary Hitmen 3-0 at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith reorganized the top tier of the Alberta government Friday, keeping some stalwarts while mixing, matching, creating and erasing job titles across a range of ministries in a new supersized cabinet.

CALGARY — A judge has found that an Alberta man who killed his mother earlier this year because he thought she was possessed by Satan is not criminally responsible for her death.