Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it’s early days on figuring out how the province will patrol its border with Montana but says there are options, and pointed to existing specialized sheriff units as a model.

EDMONTON — Alberta is taking the federal government to court, saying Ottawa has failed to follow through on what Premier Danielle Smith calls necessary changes to a law governing resource development.

EDMONTON — Alberta election officials say they are working to get the word out as they deal with a Canada Post strike ahead of a Christmas-week byelection in Lethbridge-West.

OTTAWA — A Canadian soldier deployed to Europe has died of medical complications. The Canadian Armed Forces says Lt.-Col. Kent Miller was serving in Casteau, Belgium, when he died Monday.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Alberta's plan to make greenhouse gas emissions data the property of the provincial government could lead to oil and gas companies breaking federal laws.

STONY PLAIN, Alta. — An Alberta woman accused in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl silently shook her head Wednesday as a judge denied her bail pending trial.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A Ukrainian girls’ hockey team is in Canada for a few days of peace and hockey in an arena that doesn’t have a missile-sized hole in its roof.

CALGARY — The Alberta government did not consult with the oil and gas sector before announcing a sweeping set of plans it says it could use to challenge the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions cap, industry sources say.

EDMONTON — Mounties in Alberta are investigating the death of a fighter following a mixed martial arts charity event. RCMP Cpl.

CALGARY — As his time with the B.C. Lions appeared to be coming to an end, Vernon Adams Jr. was talking about his CFL future with Calgary cornerback Demario Houston. “We were just talking scenarios and things like that.