Category Archives: Alberta
Alberta francophone groups don't want bilingualism requirements for Supreme Court to become political issue
Two Alberta-based francophone groups say they don't want to see bilingualism requirements for Canada's top court become a political issue. Alberta's French lawyers association and the provincial chapt...
Feb 05, 2026 Supreme Court of Canada (Image Credit: ID 12480000 © Howard Sandler | Dreamstime.com)
'Willing to slaughter': Calgary man gets 16-year terrorism sentence for joining ISIS
CALGARY - A Calgary man who joined the Islamic State terrorist group in the Middle East was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison. "Terrorism has been described as the most vile form of criminal c...
Feb 04, 2026
Alberta government to review Stavely intersection where 3 junior hockey players died in crash
The Alberta government says it will review an intersection where three junior hockey players died in a car crash while heading to practice.The crash happened Monday at a highway entrance to Stavely, j...
Feb 04, 2026 The intersection where three junior hockey players were killed in a vehicle crash at Stavely, Alta., Feb. 3, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal)
Alberta sets budget date for Feb. 26, warns will be tough one amid global uncertainty
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government says it will bring in the new budget on Feb. 26 and is warning it will be a tough one. Finance Minister Nate Horner says declining oil prices and ongoing gl...
Feb 03, 2026
Grizzlys' St. Louis AJHL's Top Rookie for second straight week
For a second week in a row, Olds Grizzlys forward Jordin St. Louis has earned AJHL Rookie of the Week honours.The Portland Winterhawks prospect extended his point streak to six games and 10 points, in...
Feb 03, 2026 (Image Credit: Calgary Hockey Academy/Olds Grizzlys)
Three killed in southern Alberta collision
A junior hockey team has confirmed that three of its members died in a collision.Southern Alberta Mustangs Junior Hockey has announced that a collision on Monday, Feb. 2, took the lives of three of it...
Feb 03, 2026 Three youths have died following a collision on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
Smith says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection
Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding for new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province a say on who is picked.In a letter to Prim...
Feb 03, 2026 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Justice Mickey Amery announce proposed changes to several pieces of democratic process legislation, in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
Extra Alberta ER doctor shifts delayed amid talks between government, physicians
Alberta's recently announced effort to add physician shifts to help triage patients in crowded emergency rooms has been delayed. The program was to have started over the weekend. The head of the Alber...
Feb 03, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 45423610 © Tyler Olson | Dreamstime.com)
Former PM Harper says he did not sign Alberta separation petition
Former prime minister Stephen Harper said he has not signed a petition seeking to force a referendum on Alberta leaving Canada.Harper made the comment while speaking alongside former prime minister Je...
Feb 03, 2026 Former prime minister Stephen Harper delivers a speech on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in Ottawa. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Alberta UCP caucus has 'no business' signing separation vote petition; former premier
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says the governing United Conservative Party caucus has ``no business'' signing a petition to force a vote on the province quitting Canada. Kenney says the party, w...
Feb 02, 2026 Former Alberta Jason Kenney.