Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's committed to Calgary’s multibillion-dollar Green Line light-rail transit project, but as it was originally envisioned.

CALGARY — The Insurance Bureau of Canada says a severe hail storm that battered Calgary last month is the second-costliest event in Canadian history. The bureau says the initial damage estimates come from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc.

CALGARY — The proportion of Canadian business leaders who say they are worried about climate change jumped dramatically in 2024.

BANFF, Alta. — A Mountie serving in Alberta’s Rocky Mountain resort town of Banff has been charged with breaking and entering at a hotel almost two years ago.

CALGARY — An appeal made by members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team to an independent board has been adjourned until the criminal trial involving those players has ended. A London, Ont.

EDMONTON — Jade Eagleson didn't think he could be any more passionate about music, but he says he's found another gear. The country singer-songwriter from Bailieboro, Ont.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith is defending recent policy announcements at private party events, saying Albertans are kept in the know and shouldn't be caught off guard by her agenda.

CALGARY — A deal that was billed as Canada's largest-ever Indigenous equity ownership agreement has hit a snag. TC Energy Corp.

CALGARY — Veteran defenceman Tyson Barrie will attend the Calgary Flames training camp on a professional tryout, the team announced Tuesday. Barrie had one goal and 14 assists in 41 games with the Nashville Predators last season.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — One of two men sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years for firearms violations and mischief at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says the time he has already spent behind bars has changed him and his "solemn weapon” is now love.