Alberta News

CALGARY — Alberta's top court has upheld a first-degree murder conviction for a man found guilty in the swarming death of a young man outside a Calgary nightclub.

CREMONA, Alta. — A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming.

HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. — RCMP have lifted a warning for people in a northern Alberta community to shelter at home with their doors locked after they allege officers were shot at while responding to an early-morning traffic complaint.

EDMONTON — Not long after she became a member of Parliament last fall, Heather McPherson was at an event with one of her favourite Olympians.

EDMONTON — Lyle Massie takes his bright-orange motorcycle out for a ride around the city once or twice a week. The Edmontonian says he's noticed way more speeding on the roads since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March.

EDMONTON — Alberta is planning to distribute 20 million non-medical masks for free at hundreds of drive-thru fast-food restaurants.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary say the death of a man in his late 80s after a fire at a seniors facility last month is being investigated as a homicide. Police say the man died on Wednesday as a result of his injuries.

ST. ALBERT, Alta. — A six-year-old Alberta girl is unhurt after being run over by a car. RCMP in St.

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — RCMP say a lengthy investigation has ended with the arrest of two Alberta residents and a sizable seizure of drugs and weapons.

EDMONTON — CWB Financial Group reported its second-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as the economy tanked due to the steps taken to slow the COVID-19 pandemic and its provisions for credit losses more than doubled.