Alberta News

VEGREVILLE, Alta. — Mounties say a child is in hospital after a school bus flipped on a highway east of Edmonton. Officers were dispatched to the crash on Highway 16 near Vegreville after the lunch hour. Two students and a driver were on board.

CALGARY — The trial for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting seven women east of Calgary is to continue in May as he was again found fit to stand trial by an Alberta judge.

EDMONTON — A strike by thousands of school support workers in Alberta is poised to get bigger as unions for two more divisions reach an impasse.

CALGARY — Jakob Pelletier got bumped up to Calgary's No. 1 line on Thursday and immediately took full advantage.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers had a bad taste in their mouth after their last game against the Vancouver Canucks, but they enjoyed some revenge on Thursday with a 6-2 victory.

CALGARY — Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal, two assists, and was a plus-four on Thursday to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday night.

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday.

LAC LA BICHE, Alta. — Murder charges have been laid against three people almost a year after a man was found dead in a fire pit on a First Nation in northern Alberta.

CALGARY — A Calgary-based machine shop has been ordered by Alberta's top court to pay a six-figure fine after one of its workers died on the job in 2019. Inland Machining Ltd.