Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting a total of 1,045 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The province says there were 1,925 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend. It says 627 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday, 721 on Saturday and 577 on Sunday.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has withdrawn its team from the Spengler Cup. Canada often competes in the European club-based tournament based in Davos, Switzerland, sending a squad of Canadians selected off European pro teams along with some free agents.

CALGARY — Ben King scored 57 seconds into overtime and Connor Ungar made 47 saves to lead the Red Deer Rebels past the Calgary Hitmen 3-2 in the Western Hockey League Sunday.

LA VILLA, Italy (AP) — A slightly different wax job or a bit sharper ski edges can mean all the difference in a sport decided by hundredths of a second. So, too, can a slight alteration to the ski boots.

WETASKIWIN, Alta. — A tent lies mangled on a pile of soot where a fire burned down part of a homeless encampment in a central Alberta city.

CALGARY — A man who lost his wife when an all-terrain tour bus rolled at the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains is pressing the RCMP for answers about what happened.

RED DEER, Alberta (AP) — Pre-tournament play in the world junior hockey was pushed back Saturday because of the COVID-19 surge.

EDMONTON — It started with a puppy they named Tucker. In 2017, constables Ilka Cunningham and Ted Dyck with the Edmonton Police Service were sent to an animal cruelty call and found a puppy that had been beaten.

CALGARY — Dane Dobbie had seven goals and two assists to lead the San Diego Seals past the Calgary Roughnecks 17-12 in the National Lacrosse League Friday. Casey Jackson chipped in with four goals for the Seals (2-1).

EDMONTON — Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner says an older cow has tested positive for atypical BSE. It's Alberta's first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, in almost six years.