Alberta News

CALGARY — The Alberta Securities Commission is alleging a Vancouver company made misleading statements when it claimed to be researching and developing for sale a cedar leaf oil vapour product to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

CALGARY — Hotels. Convention centres. Even rodeo grounds. Courts across the country are working to figure out how — and where — to resume jury trials this fall after months of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

IRVINE, Alta. — A report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a derailment last year in southern Alberta was caused by an unstable track. The derailment and chemical spill happened in the hamlet of Irvine on Aug.

CALGARY — Calfrac Well Services Ltd. says a U.S. competitor urging shareholders to reject its recapitalization plan is a "wolf in sheep's clothing" whose real goal is a corporate takeover.

EDMONTON — The Dallas Stars spotted the Calgary Flames three goals, then ran them out of the rink and out of the NHL playoffs Thursday, crediting a cheeky, inexplicable penalty from Calgary's Milan Lucic for igniting their comeback.

EDMONTON — Alberta's chief medical officer says her children will return to the classroom in September, but that every parent will have to weigh what's right for their family.

EDMONTON — The Alberta Crown has given notice that it wants to appeal the sentence given to a former Edmonton nightclub employee convicted of sexually assaulting five women.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it will upgrade facilities in the province's west-central backcountry where increased use has left behind garbage, damaged sites and human waste.

JOHN DOR PRAIRIE, Alta. — Police have charged a man in the death of a 15-year-old girl from a northern Alberta First Nation.

CALGARY — A Kentucky man could face a fine of up to $750,000 or six months in jail for allegedly violating a quarantine order in the Alberta Rockies in late June.