Alberta News

EDMONTON — AutoCanada Inc. says it has bought 11 auto dealerships from the Autopoint Group in southwestern Ontario. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

EDMONTON — Investigators at the Alberta Utilities Commission are asking the regulator to look into what they say is illegal behaviour by one of the province's largest and most prominent homegrown companies.

EDMONTON — The head of Alberta's police watchdog has resigned after seven years on the job.

Alberta and British Columbia are reporting their first cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant that has now been detected in four Canadian provinces. Dr.

CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. says it is selling 337 Husky gas stations for a total of $420 million. Parkland Fuels says it will buy 156 of the retail fuel stations for $156 million. Federated Co-operatives Ltd.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is proposing to rename a Calgary constituency to honour former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Manmeet Bhullar.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Italy's Sofia Goggia had the fastest time in the first training session as the world's top female alpine skiers prepared for a pair of downhill races this week at Lake Louise. Goggia sped down the hill in one minute 51.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Two Lethbridge Police Service officers have been demoted for misconduct after circulating inappropriate images, including pictures of senior staff pasted onto the bodies of characters from the animated comedy film "Toy Story.

EDMONTON — Alberta's budget outlook for this year is turning a rosier shade of red ink with jobs up, the deficit down and oil and gas prices humming along at unexpectedly high levels.

Calgary will host the third window of group stage games for the upcoming Basketball Champions League Americas. The BCLA features 12 teams from seven countries in the Americas competing over four months for a berth in the 2023 FIBA International Cup.