Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will call a referendum on pushing Ottawa for a better deal on equalization payments as well as explore the province cutting ties with the RCMP and leaving the Canada Pension Plan.

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. says 800 employees have voluntarily left the company, allowing it to avoid layoffs as it cuts costs to counter impacts from COVID-19 and lower global oil prices.

JASPER, Alta. — Jasper National Park says visitors must stay in their vehicles when viewing wildlife on roads.

EDMONTON — The University of Alberta has suspended men's and women's hockey, basketball and volleyball for 2020-21 season for what the university says are "financial reasons.

CALGARY — Researchers believe they have cracked the mystery of why fossilized eggs of only a few types of dinosaurs have been found.

EDMONTON — A judge has denied bail to a man accused of killing two Metis hunters northeast of Edmonton. Jacob Sansom, 39, and Maurice Cardinal, 57, were shot and killed on a rural road near Glendon, Alta., in March.

CALGARY — A lawyer for a man who killed a Calgary couple and their young grandson says the trial judge imposed a "vengeful sentence," since his client will be 129 years old before he is eligible for parole.

CALGARY — A Crown prosecutor has told the Alberta Court of Appeal that a trial judge erred by not applying consecutive parole eligibilities for two men convicted in the slayings of three family members, but their lawyers say they need hope for the fu

EDMONTON — An Edmonton police officer has been charged with assaulting a person during an arrest last year. Police say Const. Michael Partington, who has been with the force for four years, was arrested Tuesday.

CALGARY — Seven players from this year's gold medal-winning squad and the underage Canadian Hockey League rookie of the year highlight the roster for Canada's national junior team development camp next month.