Alberta News

EDMONTON — A criminal law firm is warning that the extension of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Alberta's courthouses will worsen a backlog that existed before the pandemic.

EDMONTON — Country music star Paul Brandt will lead a committee on human trafficking in Alberta. The Calgary-born musician is one of seven people appointed to the committee set up by the provincial government.

CALGARY — Billions of dollars in lawsuits will likely result if Joe Biden is elected U.S. president this November and carries out a threat to cancel the presidential permit allowing operation of the Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian observers say.

CALGARY — Everett Silvertips netminder Dustin Wolf has been named the Western Hockey League's goaltender of the year. Wolf compiled a 34-10-2 record, 1.88 goals-against average, .

CALGARY — The financial stress caused by low oil prices from plummeting fuel demand during the COVID-19 pandemic will result in a wave of Canadian energy mergers and acquisitions — but not until after the world begins to return to normal, observers s

EDMONTON — Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a child in Edmonton. Edmonton police say officers responded to a report of a stabbing at a home in the southeastern part of the city just before 9 p.m. Monday.

JANVIER, Alta. — Mounties say an officer in northern Alberta was found in medical distress and later lost consciousness while assisting a man believed to have overdosed on drugs.

EDMONTON — The Chinese Consulate-General in Calgary is firing back at Alberta Premier Jason Kenney for his rebuke of China's handling of the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

EDMONTON — A panel exploring Alberta's role in Confederation is complete, but the government says it won't be released to the public until after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc.'s interim chief executive says the COVID-19 boom in cannabis sales has dissipated.