Alberta News

LAVAL, Que. — Lia Cho took a deep breath to calm her nerves before skating out to the biggest crowd of her young life. A flawless performance followed for the 12-year-old figure skating phenom from Calgary.

EDMONTON — The CFL suspended veteran defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy for two games Friday for violating its drug policy. Hours before the CFL's announcement, the Edmonton Elks released Purifoy.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms on a one-year contract with defenceman John Klingberg on Friday. Klingberg was a free agent and hasn't played an NHL game since Nov. 11, 2023.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta Energy Regulator has laid nine charges against Imperial Oil almost two years after an estimated 5.

WASHINGTON — Exactly what president-elect Donald Trump plans to do with his tariff threat remains a mystery to Canadian officials and most Republicans, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thursday.

OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney officially kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau on Thursday by launching barbs at Pierre Poilievre and describing the Conservative leader as a dangerous, sloganeering populist.

OTTAWA — Mark Carney is a known commodity in Liberal circles. Party organizers have tried to convince the former central banker to run under the big red banner for the past decade.

EDMONTON — The union representing more than 3,000 school support workers in Edmonton says their public school division is having substitute teachers replace its members in the classroom.

An Alberta judge has stayed sex charges against a deaf man because the courts couldn't find an interpreter to help him understand the legal proceedings.

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the total number of housing starts in 2024 rose two per cent compared with 2023, helped by increased starts in Alberta, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.