Alberta News

CHARD, Alta. — Raoul Montgrand, president of the Chard Métis Nation in northern Alberta, called a 200-square-foot camper trailer home for close to two years.

EDMONTON — The mayors of Alberta's two biggest cities say the province has pulled at least $12 million in funding meant to help low-income residents access public transit.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have made the case they can rely on their defending to win games. That doesn’t mean it’s their preferred way of getting the job done.

CALGARY — The long-awaited Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open.

CALGARY — The Alberta government will consult with the province's sexual assault centres to determine how to spend an additional $10 million over the next three years.

CALGARY — A judge is to determine in June if he will approve a proposed settlement for complainants in a class-action lawsuit that alleged the Calgary Stampede allowed a performance school staffer to sexually abuse young boys.

The Alberta government is helping fund what it says is Canada's first test site for geothermal energy drilling techniques. Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says the province will spend $750,000 to help fund a feasibility study on the project.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Some Indigenous communities in northern Alberta hope the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion willmark the start of a new chapter in their relationship with Canada's oilsands industry.

EDMONTON — The organization representing Alberta's cities, towns and villages says a bill that would grant the province sweeping new powers over local governments is creating an atmosphere of fear.

CALGARY — The Alberta government has announced a master plan aimed at increasing passenger rail service in the province. But at this point it could be decades if and when the finished product comes to fruition.