Alberta News

Fresh research suggests western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a policy that will likely have to go on for decades.

EDMONTON — For once the Edmonton Oilers won’t have to dig themselves out of a hole to start the NHL playoffs.

EDMONTON — An aircraft hangar built during the Second World War at Edmonton's former municipal airport has been destroyed by fire.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is stepping in to stop Calgary residents from being forced to pay hefty surcharges on their power bills.

CARIBOO, B.C. — Susanne Langan first noticed the Burgess Creek wildfire from the mine where she works in British Columbia's Cariboo region as a distant, thin column of smoke.

DIDSBURY, ALBERTA, CANADA — The case of an Alberta hockey association volunteer charged with sex offences against four teens has been put over to next month.

EDMONTON — Alberta Investment Management Corp. says its balanced fund earned a net return of 8.0 per cent for 2023, short of its benchmark return of 9.3 per cent. The investment manager says its public equity investments earned 15.

EDMONTON — As a key deadline looms Monday in the leadership contest for Alberta's New Democrats, numbers and opinion suggest it remains Naheed Nenshi’s race to lose.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Residents of a hamlet near Fort McMurray, Alta., are being told to be ready to evacuate on short notice due to a wildfire that could spread towards the community.