Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta's police watchdog says it was necessary for police to shoot a man who stabbed a mother and her child outside a school last year. Carolann Robillard and her 11-year-old were killed in what Edmonton police called a random attack.

CALGARY — Canadian drivers are enjoying cheaper gas prices heading into fall, a trend experts say could persist through the remainder of the year. As of Friday morning, the average gasoline price in Canada was 152.

EDMONTON — As the Edmonton Elks and Calgary Stampeders prep for Saturday’s Labour Day Classic rematch, the fortunes of their veteran quarterbacks are trending in opposite directions.

WETASKIWIN, Alta. — Family of a 17-year-old girl stabbed to death as she sat in her desk in an Alberta high school had angry words for her killer at a sentencing hearing Thursday.

As several provinces get rid of their existing COVID-19 vaccine supplies to make way for updated shots expected in the fall, pharmacists and some doctors say the move raises questions about gaps in vaccine access and government messaging.

CALGARY — An oil and gas industry group is calling on the federal Competition Bureau to ensure environmental groups are held to the same truth-in-advertising standards as other sectors under new federal greenwashing rules.

EDMONTON — Video from police cruisers has revealed new details about a shooting by officers that resulted in the death of a 15-year-old boy south of Edmonton.

CALGARY — Canada's canola industry could take a $1-billion hit in the wake of Chinese trade actions, according to a new report from an international credit rating agency.

CALGARY — Fans gathered on the front steps of the Scotiabank Saddledome on an emotional Wednesday night as the Calgary Flames held a candlelight vigil for Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew.

CALGARY — Alberta's government says it's pulling $1.53 billion in funding from a massive Calgary Green Line light rail transit project already deep in sunk costs.