Alberta News

EDMONTON — Shutting down a broad range of Alberta's environmental monitoring over pandemic fears wasn't necessary, says the head of a group responsible for such work.

CALGARY — The mayor of Calgary wants disaster relief from other orders of government after a powerful hailstorm shredded vinyl siding and shattered windows in several neighbourhoods.

BANFF, Alta. — A wildlife photographer says he's worried about a rare white grizzly living in mountain parks in Alberta and British Columbia after watching people get too close to it and seeing it run across a highway.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have re-signed Russian goaltender Artyom Zagidulin to a one-year contract. The 24-year-old from Magnitogorsk posted a record of 16-7-1 with the American Hockey League's Stockton Heat last season.

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. is inching towards a gradual reopening of its Canadian theatres, starting with six locations in Alberta later this month. Canada's largest movie exhibitor says it plans to begin showing movies in the province on June 26.

CALGARY — Alberta residents, including Calgary's mayor, are mopping up after tornadoes were spotted in several southern Alberta communities and the city was struck Saturday evening by torrential rain and hail.

CALGARY — The union representing Canada Safeway workers in Alberta says it is consulting with its members about a possible strike vote.

INNISFAIL, Alta. — There was some friction and angry words but a Black Lives Matter rally in central Alberta Saturday remained largely peaceful. The protest in Innisfail, Alta.

CALGARY — A Calgary company is apologizing for making a Black Lives Matter gelato, which it says it launched Friday with the inention of donating the profits to organizations that support inclusion and diversity.

GLENDON, Alta. — A second person in Alberta has been charged in the deaths of a Cree-Metis hunter and his uncle, who were found shot to death earlier this year after family said they'd gone on a moose hunting trip.