Alberta News

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.

CALGARY — The Canadian men’s long-track speedskating team won gold in the team pursuit Friday on the final day of the Four Continents speedskating championship. Calgary’s Ted-Jan Bloemen, Toronto’s Hayden Mayeur and Kaleb Muller of Cranford, Alta.

CALGARY — Ophelia Cara clicks play on an upbeat indie song before injecting a prescribed opioid into the vein of her arm in a tent at a downtown Calgary park. She says the music gets her in the right headspace.

There are no plans yet to limit spectators at the world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta.