Alberta News

Remi Laboucane says memories of being bullied were finally fading, memories so awful he switched schools.

EDMONTON — Legal Aid Alberta says it will continue to provide lawyers to those who can't afford them as negotiations resume with the province and law society over a new governance agreement.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — One of the jurors hearing evidence in the murder-conspiracy trial surrounding the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., has been dismissed for falling asleep in the courtroom.

WETASKIWIN, ALBERTA, CANADA — Mounties say a five-year-old has drowned near a campsite in central Alberta. Police say it happened Tuesday at the Lions Campground in Wetaskiwin, south of Edmonton.

CALGARY — Calgary residents took a break from their water woes Friday, lining up six-deep downtown to watch the parade launching the annual summer Stampede festival. “I’m saddled up,” said Rita Freese, with her grandson beside her.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers traded forward Ryan McLeod and farmhand Tyler Tullio to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday in exchange for prospect Matt Savoie.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed 2024 first-round draft picks Zayne Parekh and Matvei Gridin to three-year entry-level contracts. The average annual value for both contracts will be US$975,000.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it has temporary curtailed some production after withdrawing all non-essential workers from its Firebag oilsands site in response to a wildfire burning out of control in northern Alberta.

CALGARY — The federal government fulfilled a budget promise to Canada's athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games with Monday's announcement of $55-million infusion into the sport system.

CALGARY — Calgary is cancelling a state of emergency over its water conservation crisis, but a ban on outdoor watering remains.