Alberta News

TORONTO — If you catch Sasha Ivanov at the supermarket these days, chances are he'll be snapping a photo of something on the store's shelves.

STONY PLAIN, Alta. — RCMP say they were wrong in reporting an ambulance that crashed with an SUV near Edmonton was responding to a call. They say the ambulance was not heading to a call at the time.

STONY PLAIN, Alta. — RCMP say five people went to hospital after an ambulance responding to a service call crashed with an SUV west of Edmonton. The crash happened Monday along a stretch of highway in Parkland County, south of Stony Plain.

Toronto FC will host CF Montreal on April 30 in the first round of the Telus Canadian Championship in a battle of MLS rivals who have combined to win 13 of the last 17 editions of the cup competition.

EDMONTON — An Alberta oil and gas company has been fined $15,000 for failing to report a potentially lethal amount of hydrogen sulphide, or sour gas, had been released into the atmosphere.

EDMONTON — A two-week-old boy who was bitten by a pet dog at a home west of Edmonton on the weekend has died in hospital, RCMP say.

Seven unique hunting licences issued by the Alberta government have sold for the equivalent of C$356,000 at an auction in Utah. The Alberta Minister's Special Licences are issued annually and exempt hunters with the highest bid from certain rules.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Kayla Skrlik defeated Selena Sturmay 6-5 in a key matchup of Alberta-based rinks on Monday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Rachel Homan's curling team battled both the ice and Kayla Skrlik's foursome and triumphed on both counts to stay unbeaten at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Sunday.

ENTWISTLE, Alta. — A baby just 14 days old has been injured in a dog attack in a community west of Edmonton. RCMP Cpl. Gina Slaney says police were called to a home in Entwistle, Alta., at around 7:30 Sunday morning.