Alberta News

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — One of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says he was worried about government overreach, food shortages and the COVID-19 vaccine.

EDMONTON — The Law Society of Alberta has cleared Tyler Shandro of professional misconduct after he confronted a physician at the edge of his driveway four years ago over a social media post, when Shandro was the province’s health minister.

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. — The federal government is spending $89 million to fund 10 greenhouse gas emission reduction projects as the government works toward the goal of conserving 30 per cent of the country's land and water by 2030.

CALGARY — Out-of-control wildfires blazing in northern Alberta have prompted fresh evacuations of workers from oilsands sites. MEG Energy Corp.

EDMONTON — When Canadian North showed off its new Boeing 737NG flight simulator at Edmonton International Airport this week, it let a few dignitaries try a scenario where the jet flipped upside down and dove nose-first towards an Arctic lake.

CALGARY — Calgary continues to relax its outdoor water restrictions as a repaired water main gradually returns to full capacity. Mayor Jyoti Gondek says residents can now use sprinklers to water their lawns for one hour a week.

VANCOUVER — More than two dozen daily heat records were broken or tied in British Columbia on Wednesday as sweltering temperatures swept across the province. At least 27 communities set daily temperature records across B.C.

EDMONTON — Hundreds of residents forced to flee a remote northern Alberta community seven days ago can now apply for emergency payments from the provincial government.

TORONTO — Any Ontario strategy to end intimate partner violence must include more programs for men at risk of becoming perpetrators, an area in which the province is currently sorely lacking, experts told a committee Wednesday.

EDMONTON — Alberta's ombudsman says thousands of low-income residents seeking benefits to cover off health-care costs face unfair barriers.