Alberta News

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 23, 2022. What we are watching in Canada ...

CALGARY — Alberta's police watchdog says a man killed by Calgary officers was Tasered and hit with less-lethal projectiles from a launcher before two officers shot and killed him.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the spring sitting of the legislature will focus on health care and a plan to double the number of surgeries done in private facilities.

MACKENZIE COUNTY — Alberta's largest and most northern county says it is no longer working with local businesses that have a mandatory vaccination policy.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he'll announce "a final decision" this Saturday on whether to proceed with the second phase of the province's pandemic reopening plan.

EDMONTON — Justin Sourdif scored two goals and added an assist and teammate Josh Williams scored two of his own as the Edmonton Oil Kings won their sixth game in a row with a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Ice.

CALGARY — Thanks to Elias Lindholm's last-minute dramatics on Monday, there are two new entries in the Calgary Flames record book.

Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for several parts of British Columbia along the Alberta boundary.

Calgary police say Alberta's police watchdog is investigating after officers fatally shot a man who they say injured a police dog and assaulted someone.

HALIFAX — Police are asking Nova Scotia residents to come forward if they think they have been victims of a 44-year-old man at the centre of a sexual assault investigation in Alberta.