Alberta News

EDMONTON — Public protest has persuaded the Alberta government to U-turn on a major section of its economic road map and reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains for almost 45 years.

CALGARY — A snow penguin protest that generated buzz in Edmonton is now in Alberta's biggest city.

CALGARY — The Montreal Alouettes have signed Canadian offensive lineman David Foucault. The native of Lasalle, Que.

CALGARY — The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that a trial judge erred by not applying consecutive parole eligibilities for two men convicted in the slayings of three family members.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary are crediting advances in forensics for identifying and arresting a suspect in a cold case. Tara-Anne Landgraf was 37 when her body was discovered by a passerby in August 2007.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that his province's state of emergency will not be extended, while authorities in Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia began lifting COVID-19 restrictions.

CALGARY — The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld the sentence for a man who killed two people and their young grandson.

CALGARY — Alberta's top court has upheld a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years for a man who killed a Calgary couple and their young grandson.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it moved a record amount of grain in January. CP Rail says it carried 2.

CALGARY — Cathedral Energy Services Ltd. says industry veteran Tom Connors has been tapped to replace president and CEO Scott MacFarlane next month as he retires from the Calgary-based directional and horizontal drilling company.