Alberta News

EDMONTON — Ditching the practice of switching the time twice a year may seem like a no-brainer to some, but Alberta psychologists warn that the result of a provincial referendum could have unexpected consequences.

EDMONTON — Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the first CFL team to secure a playoff berth. Collaros threw two touchdown passes Winnipeg defeated the Edmonton Elks 26-16 on Friday night.

CALGARY — A Calgary mother who was found buried along with her young daughter in a shallow grave two years ago was beaten and shot in the head, a forensic pathologist testified Friday at a second-degree murder trial.

OTTAWA — Quebec is slated to lose one seat in the next redrawing of federal ridings in Canada. Quebec's 78 MPs will be reduced to 77 — the first time since 1966 that a province has lost a seat when the electoral map is reconfigured.

CALGARY — Alberta's efforts to clean up tens of thousands of inactive oil and gas wells in the province could be delayed by a shortage of rig workers.

CALGARY — A Calgary city councillor who is running for re-election next week was represented by a lawyer at his first court date on charges of fraud and breach of trust.

EDMONTON — A human rights commission has ordered the Alberta Pipe Trade College to pay $35,000 to a former instructor who was fired because she was pregnant.

CALGARY — Meaghan Mikkelson doesn't dwell on timelines and deadlines. The 36-year-old from St. Albert, Alta., says she accepts what her recovering left knee can give her each day.

RED DEER, Alta. — When a central Alberta city renewed its state of local emergency in response to rising COVID-19 cases, workers at an emergency shelter were overcome with relief.

CALGARY — A goal by Sergio Camargo and an own-goal by York lifted short-handed Cavalry FC 2-1 over United on Thursday, and into first place in the Canadian Premier League.