Alberta News

Canadian junior hockey team scheduled to resume selection camp after quarantine

RED DEER, Alta. — The Canadian junior hockey team says it will resume its selection camp on Tuesday after completing a 14-day quarantine. The camp was suspended on Nov. 26 after two players and one non-core staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

Dec 8, 2020 9:33 AM Read more >

Alberta man charged with assault after Indigenous man beaten, car rear-ended

AIRDRIE, Alta. — Telly Bear says he is feeling better but his wife is too traumatized to go out by herself after they were followed from a gas station and attacked north of Calgary.

Dec 7, 2020 6:14 PM Read more >

New health rules in Alberta failing to bend COVID-19 curve: top doctor

EDMONTON — Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says the latest round of health restrictions in the province isn't getting the job done on high rates of COVID-19. Dr.

Dec 7, 2020 5:56 PM Read more >

Cardinal Energy jumps on billionaire Murray Edwards' increased investment

CALGARY — Shares in junior oil and gas producer Cardinal Energy Ltd. rose eight cents or 12.3 per cent on Monday to 73 cents after it announced billionaire oilman Murray Edwards stands to nearly double his stake in the company to about 18 per cent.

Dec 7, 2020 3:42 PM Read more >

Edmonton Football Team GM Brock Sunderland receives contract extension

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Football Team has extended the contract of general manager and vice president of football operations Brock Sunderland through the 2023 season. The CFL team said Monday the extension was finalized earlier this year.

Dec 7, 2020 3:09 PM Read more >

"Epicentre for syphilis:' Alberta to try dual syphilis, HIV test to fight outbreak

EDMONTON — The University of Alberta has started a clinical trial to try to fight a syphilis outbreak in Edmonton and across northern Alberta.

Dec 7, 2020 2:50 PM Read more >

'Where he belongs:' Bronze tribute to Calgary's wandering turkey in the works

CALGARY — Efforts have begun to immortalize the late Turk Diggler, a wild turkey whose jaunts through several Calgary neighbourhoods delighted many as the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave upended normal life.

Dec 7, 2020 2:36 PM Read more >

Calgary Stampeders re-sign international wide receiver Andres Salgado

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have re-signed receiver Andres Salgado. Salgado, a Mexico City native, appeared in 15 regular-season games for the Stampeders during the 2019 season and recorded one special-teams tackle.

Dec 7, 2020 2:29 PM Read more >

Alberta ditches registration stickers on licence plates, moves to reflective ones

EDMONTON — Starting in the new year, Alberta licence plates will start to be sticker free. The province says the stickers, which mark the year and month of a vehicle's registration, have become redundant in the era of reflective plates.

Dec 7, 2020 2:10 PM Read more >

Rocky Mountain Dealerships proceeds with go-private vote after no alternative offers

CALGARY — Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc. shareholders are being asked to vote next week in favour of a go-private arrangement after no alternative proposals were made during a 35-day solicitation process.

Dec 7, 2020 2:05 PM Read more >