Alberta News

EDMONTON — The head of the new provincial ministry that oversees Alberta's parks says there will be a new emphasis on putting people in them.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s finance minister says there will be legislation next month to re-index both income tax brackets and benefit payments for seniors andthe severely handicapped.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A police chief in southern Alberta says the firing of a veteran officer for misconduct was necessary to provide a safe and respectful workplace.

CALGARY — Luge Canada has joined Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government's new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport.

CALGARY — Canadian crypto trading platform Bitvo Inc. says its deal to be acquired by FTX, the crypto-exchange giant that collapsed last week and filed for bankruptcy, will not go ahead.

CALGARY — After losing 100-point wingers Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk in the off-season, it has taken a while for Calgary centre Elias Lindholm to find chemistry with new linemates, but it is finally starting to come together.

EDMONTON — Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health who became the face of Alberta’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been officially removed from her post.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says she won't mandate masks in schools as Alberta fights a wave of viral illnesses that is sending thousands of students home sick and pushing hospital capacity to the brink.

TORONTO — Ontario's chief medical officer of health strongly recommended Monday that residents wear masks in indoor public settings to protect children from a "triple threat" of respiratory viruses, while Alberta's premier said she will not impose a

FOX LAKE, Alta. — Mounties say children are among four people found dead after a house fire in northern Alberta. The fire happened Saturday in Fox Lake, a remote community northwest of Fort McMurray.