Alberta News

CALGARY — Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni successfully defended her world women's curling title Sunday with a 4-2 victory over Russia's Alina Kovaleva.

JASPER, Alta. — A last-ditch attempt to save some of Canada's vanishing caribou herds is a step closer after a scientific review panel's approval of a plan to permanently pen some animals and breed them to repopulate other herds.

Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid sprinted to a 100-point NHL season and joined elite company with a goal and three assists Saturday in a 4-3 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks.

CALGARY — Kerri Einarson kicked off play in the curling bubble with a bang. She's leaving it with a whimper.

MIRROR, Alta. — RCMP ticketed protesters leaving an anti-lockdown rally outside a central Alberta café Saturday, after the establishment was closed by health officials earlier in the week.

CALGARY — The path to the playoffs was a bumpy one for Canada's Kerri Einarson at the world women's curling championship.

EDMONTON — An Edmonton woman was found guilty Friday of manslaughter in the death of her five-year-old daughter, who showed up in hospital with brain injuries experts said were often seen in car crash victims.

ST. ALBERT, Alta. — Alberta's senior minister says her department and Alberta Health Services are working with the operator of a retirement and long-term care complex to find housing for residents forced out by a fire.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. is reporting a first-quarter net loss of $1.1 billion after taking a $2.2-billion after-tax asset impairment charge on its cancelled Keystone XL export oil pipeline.

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney is urging the federal government to push hard to bring surplus COVID-19 vaccines in from the United States.