Alberta News

CALGARY — The push for Canada to send more of its oil and natural gas to markets outside of the United States intensified Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump pressed ahead with a 10 per cent levy on energy imports.

EDMONTON — An Alberta-based analyst asked by the military to study white supremacy in its ranks says if it doesn’t want the problem to take root, it should take action against a culture that gives it room to grow.

The head of the Canada Infrastructure Bank says the power and export-enabling projects the Crown corporation backs are more crucial than ever as trade tumult intensifies with the United States.

KELOWNA, B.C. — When Ontario's Sam Mooibroek was warming up ahead of his Montana's Brier debut on Saturday, Canadian curling heavyweights could be spotted at every turn.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Records aren't on Brad Gushue's mind at the Montana's Brier. Another title for the reigning Canadian men's curling champion would make him the first skip to win four straight Brier crowns.

EDMONTON — Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky might be in the penalty box in the minds of many Canadians right now, but one Alberta-based superfan says his admiration for the Great One remains intact.

EDMONTON — Police say charges won't be laid after a baby was found dead in an Edmonton parking lot. Officers were called in December to a south side shopping centre where the infant was discovered.

CALGARY — Premier Danielle Smith defended on Friday the massive income-tax break in Alberta’s proposed 2025 budget, as critics accused her of giving with one hand while taking with the other.

EDMONTON — Nicole Gladue-Weesemat wailed after learning the man who stabbed her mother in northern Alberta a decade ago, then moved her dead body to Manitoba, is out of prison.

WATERLOO, ONTARIO — Speed and strength earned Ope Oshinubi a spot in the CFL's national combine. The Alberta running back was among 11 players from the CFL's invitational combine to earn berths to the league's national event March 21-23 in Regina.