Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has announced plans to ban new mountaintop removal and open-pit coal developments on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, but the new rules wouldn't apply to advanced projects like a contentious mine proposed f

A Canadian company that has received a US$40-million grant from Bill Gates' climate solutions venture firm says its Alberta test site will be removing carbon directly from the atmosphere as early as this spring.

CALGARY — The Alberta government says it's creating an advisory panel to inform the province's approach to handling homelessness.

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is calling on the provincial and federal governments to review medically-assisted dying legislation to ensure proper safeguards are in place.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed Canadian receiver Jalen Philpot to a two-year contract, the CFL club announced Friday. Philpot had been scheduled to become a free agent in February. The 24-year-old from Delta, B.C.

CALGARY — A sentencing hearing for a Calgary couple in the death of their badly burned and emaciated toddler has been scheduled for next year. Sonya Pasqua and Michael Sinclair pleaded guilty last week to manslaughter.

CALGARY — Nine stitches, one lost tooth, one overtime goal. That was Brady Tkachuk's stat line on Thursday night as Ottawa's captain scored 55 seconds into extra time to give the streaking Senators a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.

EDMONTON — When Leon Draisaitl saw teammate Connor McDavid get a silver stick for hitting 1,000 points earlier this season, he clearly wanted one of his own.

CALGARY — Brady Tkachuk scored the overtime winner on Thursday night as the Ottawa Senators extended their win streak to five games with a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.

EDMONTON — Mattias Ekholm scored the overtime winner as the Edmonton Oilers overcame a shoddy start to emerge with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday.