Alberta

Calgarians are being urged to keep reducing their water use as work to repair a major water main entered a second day in Calgary, Friday, June 7, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Calgary urged to stop wasting water during unprecedented main break

‘If we do not reduce our water use even further, we’re at risk of running out’

 

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Ascent Helicopters has been awarded a contract for night-time forest firefighting with the Alberta government. Photo shows an air ambulance helicopter. (Ascent Helicopters photo via Facebook)

Night-firefighting contract a first for B.C. helicopter company

Ascent Helicopters lands night Alberta contract for next 5 summers

 

Minister of Municipal Affairs Ric McIver and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduce legislation addressing agreements between the federal government and provincial entities in Edmonton on April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta introduces powers to fire municipal councillors, postpone elections

Proposed law would also allow political parties to run on municipal ballots in Edmonton and Calgary

Minister of Municipal Affairs Ric McIver and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduce legislation addressing agreements between the federal government and provincial entities in Edmonton on April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Crowds walk through the concourse before the start of a Calgary Flames game in Calgary, Saturday, April 6, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta’s population growth is breaking records. Signs of strain are showing

The equivalent of 550 people moved to the province every day in 2023

Crowds walk through the concourse before the start of a Calgary Flames game in Calgary, Saturday, April 6, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A cyclist makes their way along a roadway in a lane marked for bicycles, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 in Ottawa. Bodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Alberta scientists working to shift climate change focus to health impacts

Group hopes reframing of issue will help public understand more personal impacts of climate change

A cyclist makes their way along a roadway in a lane marked for bicycles, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 in Ottawa. Bodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Naheed Nenshi speaks with media in Ottawa on Thursday Nov. 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Purple to orange: Former Calgary mayor vying for Alberta NDP leadership

Naheed Nenshi calls current premier Danielle Smith an ‘existential threat’ to Alberta

Naheed Nenshi speaks with media in Ottawa on Thursday Nov. 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
File photo: The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities precisely trigger controlled avalanches above Thane Road, reducing the chances of a catastrophic natural avalanche. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire File)

Kelowna man killed in Alberta avalanche

The man was skiing in near Tower Peak in Kananaskis

File photo: The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities precisely trigger controlled avalanches above Thane Road, reducing the chances of a catastrophic natural avalanche. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire File)
Singer Corb Lund, centre, speaks to media on land proposed for coal mine development in the eastern slopes of the Livingstone range southwest of Longview, Alta., Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Lund is criticizing the province’s energy minister for advising its energy regulator to accept initial applications for a coal mine project in the eastern slopes of the southern Rockies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Country star Corb Lund criticizes Alberta minister over coal mine support

‘I was alarmed by how little he knew,’ Lund said of Energy Minister Brian Jean

Singer Corb Lund, centre, speaks to media on land proposed for coal mine development in the eastern slopes of the Livingstone range southwest of Longview, Alta., Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Lund is criticizing the province’s energy minister for advising its energy regulator to accept initial applications for a coal mine project in the eastern slopes of the southern Rockies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A Hockey Canada logo is seen on the door to the organizations head office in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Hockey Canada says Alberta will host the world junior hockey championship in 2027. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta to host world junior hockey championship in 2027

Cities and venues yet to be announced

A Hockey Canada logo is seen on the door to the organizations head office in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Hockey Canada says Alberta will host the world junior hockey championship in 2027. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Burnt out trucks from a wildfire sit on a property near Drayton Valley, Alta., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Alberta Wildfire says it saw an average number of wildfires last year, but the area burned across the province set a record. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta to add firefighters for expected busy wildfire season: minister

Todd Loewen says communities will have to become more fire smart

Burnt out trucks from a wildfire sit on a property near Drayton Valley, Alta., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Alberta Wildfire says it saw an average number of wildfires last year, but the area burned across the province set a record. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith answers questions at a news conference in Calgary on Thursday, February 1, 2024. Doctors are criticizing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for her medically “false” statements about transgender youth care and gender reassignment surgery. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol

Alberta premier’s policy changes around trans youth could be harmful: doctors

Smith says the province will ban puberty blockers and hormone therapy for children 15 and younger

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith answers questions at a news conference in Calgary on Thursday, February 1, 2024. Doctors are criticizing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for her medically “false” statements about transgender youth care and gender reassignment surgery. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
Police were investigating a shooting Tuesday at Edmonton City Hall, where a Molotov cocktail was also thrown from the building’s second floor. Police surround city hall during an investigation, in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Police were investigating a shooting Tuesday at Edmonton City Hall, where a Molotov cocktail was also thrown from the building’s second floor. Police surround city hall during an investigation, in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
The Prairie View trail near Barrier Lake in Kananaskis Country, Alta., is shown on Sunday, Nov.2, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lauren Krugel
The Prairie View trail near Barrier Lake in Kananaskis Country, Alta., is shown on Sunday, Nov.2, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lauren Krugel
NDP leader Rachel Notley, gives a concession speech after election results, in Edmonton Alta, on Tuesday April 16, 2019. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)

Former Alberta premier Notley stepping aside as provincial NDP leader

Notley will stay on as leader until a replacement is chosen, fulfill current term

NDP leader Rachel Notley, gives a concession speech after election results, in Edmonton Alta, on Tuesday April 16, 2019. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
Views from Sombrio Beach on Vancouver Island, B.C. (left) versus the scenery from Wasootch Ridge in Kananaskis, Alberta (right).

Residents fleeing B.C. for Alberta as housing crisis deepens

British Columbians left for Alberta in 2023, according to StatsCan report

Views from Sombrio Beach on Vancouver Island, B.C. (left) versus the scenery from Wasootch Ridge in Kananaskis, Alberta (right).
A recreational boat travels on the harbour as Canada Place and the downtown Vancouver skyline are seen from North Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, March 12, 2022. Statistics Canada released its latest data Dec. 19, 2023 on Canada’s population estimates for the third quarter of 2023, and B.C. is continuing to lose more residents to interprovincial migration than it’s gaining. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. losing more residents to interprovincial migration

Statistic Canada data shows out-migration is outpacing in-migration for more than a year

A recreational boat travels on the harbour as Canada Place and the downtown Vancouver skyline are seen from North Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, March 12, 2022. Statistics Canada released its latest data Dec. 19, 2023 on Canada’s population estimates for the third quarter of 2023, and B.C. is continuing to lose more residents to interprovincial migration than it’s gaining. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Suncor Energy Centre is pictured in downtown Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta Energy Regulator reports spill at Suncor’s Fort Hills oilsands site

‘Unplanned release’ may have gone on for over a year, energy company admits

The Suncor Energy Centre is pictured in downtown Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
<div>The president of the University of Alberta says the school has replaced its sexual assault centre director over the centre’s endorsement of an open letter that questions the validity of sexual assault claims against Hamas during its deadly incursion into Israel last month. A jogger runs past the University of Alberta Butter Dome in Edmonton, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson</div>

Head of UofA sex assault centre fired over letter doubting alleged Hamas rapes

Director signed open letter, questioning claims that Hamas sexually assaulted people during Oct. 7 attack

<div>The president of the University of Alberta says the school has replaced its sexual assault centre director over the centre’s endorsement of an open letter that questions the validity of sexual assault claims against Hamas during its deadly incursion into Israel last month. A jogger runs past the University of Alberta Butter Dome in Edmonton, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson</div>
Acting Supt. Colin Derksen, EPS Criminal Investigations Division, speaks about the shooting deaths of a father and 11-year-old son, in Edmonton, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

Boy, 11, deliberately shot dead outside Edmonton fast food restaurant

Dad also gunned down, police say both killings were targeted

Acting Supt. Colin Derksen, EPS Criminal Investigations Division, speaks about the shooting deaths of a father and 11-year-old son, in Edmonton, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.