Alberta News

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman has lowered the boom on opponents all spring. The workhorse winger for the Edmonton Oilers led the NHL — by a wide margin — with 109 playoff hits entering Tuesday night.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are one win away from a return trip to the Stanley Cup final.

EDMONTON — Viktor Arvidsson wasn't a happy camper.

A new report says the annual levy charged to Alberta oil companies to fund the cleanup of orphaned oil and gas wells remains too low to clear the backlog or keep up with the rate of surrendering.

CALGARY — Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and receiver Dominique Rhymes want their shared history to be an advantage, for each other and their new team, as both men settle into becoming Calgary Stampeders.

CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company at the centre of a massive E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares was fined $10,000 Tuesday, with parents of some of the hundreds of children who fell ill saying it wasn't enough. Fueling Minds Inc.

GRANDE PRAIRIE — A northern Alberta city replacing the RCMP with its own municipal police force says it is nearly halfway to its officer recruitment target.

HALIFAX — At a Mezza Lebanese Kitchen restaurant, Tony Nahas demonstrates slicing from a spit of roasting chicken much as his father did — with a razor-sharp knife dropping the aromatic meat from grill to gathering tray.

EDMONTON — Alberta is bringing in new rules this fall to ensure only “age-appropriate” books are available in school libraries.

SWAN HILLS — An evacuation order has been issued for a town in northern Alberta as a wildfire burns nearby. Officials say a wildfire is burning seven kilometres north of Swan Hills.