Alberta News

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services says it has withdrawn its contempt of court application against a Calgary pastor who was arrested earlier this month on allegations of violating COVID-19 laws.

CALGARY — A professor of public health says the Alberta government's decision to close down a safe injection site in Calgary is short-sighted and sad.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says more than 60 per cent of the province's eligible citizens have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine — a key benchmark in its phased reopening plan.

EDMONTON — The Canadian Press has clarified a May 21 story on “anti-Alberta” inquiry researcher Vivian Krause. An early version of the story did not include proper sourcing in headlines and the lead paragraph.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampede is expected to go ahead this summer, but the country music star initially pegged to headline the main stage won't be taking part.

Two different grizzly bears were behind a pair of fatal attacks in the Alberta foothills, a provincial wildlife officer said Friday.

EDMONTON — A man who was in a mental crisis has received a 6 1/2 year sentence after he assaulted his father and shot at six RCMP officers from the garage of his rural Alberta home.

CALGARY — Vancouver-based CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd. says it will change its name to Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. effective Monday.

CALGARY — Interfor Corp. is forging ahead with a strategy fuelled by record high prices to grow its lumber production in the United States as the U.S. moves to increase softwood lumber duties on Canadian imports to protect its domestic producers.

EDMONTON — CWB Financial Group topped expectations as it reported its second-quarter profit rose 40 per cent compared with a year ago.