Alberta News

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Charges were dropped against a prominent northern Alberta First Nations chief Wednesday as it was revealed that one of the officers involved in his violent arrest had been charged in an off-duty assault seven months earlier.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is pushing back on Opposition NDP claims that his new referendum bill is a backdoor attempt to unfairly influence debate during elections and bring big money back into politics.

Calgary will start construction on an event centre that will be the new home of the NHL's Flames in August, 2021.

CALGARY — WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it will lay off 3,333 employees as part of major restructuring amid the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated the travel industry.

PEMBERTON, B.C. — A search is underway in a remote and mountainous area in British Columbia where the burned out vehicle of a missing Alberta man was found by hikers last November.

EDMONTON — Alberta's NDP Opposition says a new government bill that calls for broadening the use of referendums is an anti-democratic power grab by Premier Jason Kenney that would allow him to game public opinion while introducing big money back into

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is spending $10 million on four studies to track the spread of COVID-19 through blood tests. The studies aim to detect the presence of antibodies.

CANMORE, Alta. — A woman in her 40s has been found dead in the Rockies after being separated from her hiking group. Kananaskis Country's public safety section says they were called to Mount Fable east of Canmore, Alta., around 8:30 p.m.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has quietly halted the closure of 17 provincial parks and recreation sites this year because of COVID-19.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. is making its second round of significant cuts this year as it continues with a restructuring plan meant to address profitability struggles.