Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has begun enforcing a pass for visitors to the popular Kananaskis Country mountain parks, but the NDP Opposition says it will scrap the fee if the party wins next year's election.

CALGARY — Seeding delays across much of the prairies are raising concerns about potentially lower crop yields in a year when Canadian farmers are under pressure to deliver a strong harvest.

SIKSIKA, Alta. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the chief of a southern Alberta First Nation have signed a historic land-claim settlement which the federal government says is one of the largest of its kind in Canada.

EDMONTON — Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province has identified a case of monkeypox. Dr.

CALGARY — An animal rights group says it has sent a letter to Kevin Costner urging him to step away from the Calgary Stampede. The Hollywood actor was named parade marshal for this year's event.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says a private laboratory service that collects blood and other samples for medical testing will be expanding its operations.

EDMONTON — The first United Conservative backbencher to publicly call for Premier Jason Kenney to quit says he is running to replace him.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary are warning parents, caregivers and teens about an online "sextortion" scam. Police say they have already had 48 reports this year and most have targeted teenage boys.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says sales activity in the western city trended down for the second month in a row in May.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has approved a bid by the Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton to build a private clinic to perform thousands of publicly covered hip and knee surgeries.