Alberta News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier says he is withdrawing amendments to a bill that would have allowed his government to fire the province’s auditor general without cause and veto the public release of her reports.

EDMONTON — An Alberta junior soccer coach accused of vanishing with thousands of dollars raised by his team has been arrested. RCMP say they found Randy Knodel on Saturday in a vehicle in a parking lot in Sherwood Park, east of Edmonton. Cpl.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. and Unifor say 1,200 mechanics have ratified a new collective agreement.

CALGARY — Life is good these days for Calgary Flames journeyman defenceman Joel Hanley.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Joel Hanley scored his first goal of the season at 13:26 of the third period to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night.

CALGARY — Joel Hanley's first goal of the National Hockey League season at 13:26 of the third period was the game-winner on Sunday night as the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2.

EDMONTON — Gavin McKenna had two goals and an assist and the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers scored three unanswered goals in the third period to beat the Edmonton Oil Kings 5-3 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at Rogers Place.

EDMONTON — Archpriest Cornell Zubritsky sometimes hears the loud wailing of air raids thousands of kilometres away in Ukraine. The sirens screech from the cellphones of congregants at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Christina Black's deployment of a five-player rotation on her curling team, instead of the traditional four players and alternate, delivered Saturday in a playoff win at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

CALGARY — Teenage American snowboarder Oliver Martin swears he broke no laws Saturday in celebrating his first World Cup medal — a gold — in men’s snowboard slopestyle.